Publications by authors named "Eevi Karsikas"
Aim: This study aimed to describe self-assessed clinical gerontological nursing competence and its associated factors among licensed practical nurses.
Design: A descriptive cross-sectional design was adopted for the study.
Methods: Data were collected in Autumn 2023 from 394 licensed practical nurses working in healthcare services for older people in one well-being services county in Finland.
Aims: To describe healthcare professionals' self-assessed competence in stroke care pathways based on their self-evaluation and identify the factors associated with competence.
Design: A cross-sectional, descriptive explorative study design was used.
Methods: The data were collected during May and September 2021 through a survey sent to healthcare professionals (N=1200, n=215) working in neurological care.
Aim: To describe health and social care managers' self-assessed competence in knowledge management and the factors associated with management competence.
Background: It has been shown that the performance of an organization is as good as the competence of its managers, so health and social care managers' competence in knowledge management should be assessed to improve organizational performance.
Desgin: A descriptive cross-sectional design.
Aim: To describe healthcare professionals' experience of needed competence in patient stroke care within specialist and primary healthcare.
Background: Healthcare professionals who provide stroke care need multifaceted, multi-professional skills; ongoing training is important for competent stroke care.
Design: A descriptive qualitative study.
Aim: To describe health and social care managers' perceptions of the factors affecting the competence of managers in knowledge management.
Design: A qualitative descriptive study.
Methods: A semi-structured interview was conducted with 15 managers from three public health and social care organizations in Finland.
Aim: To identify current evidence on health care managers' competence in knowledge management.
Background: Although successful knowledge management improves the quality of care and performance of health care organisations, there is limited evidence on health care managers' competence in knowledge management EVALUATION: A scoping review was conducted by including original published and unpublished studies (qualitative, quantitative, and experimental) and review designs in English, Finnish, or Swedish. The studies were retrieved from six databases (CINAHL, ProQuest, PubMed, Scopus, Mednar, and Finnish database Medic) in November 2020 and then complemented in January 2022.
Background: The challenges of caring for stroke patients are growing due to population ageing and improved survival rates. Healthcare professionals' competence development in stroke care is a necessity to ensure high-quality patient care.
Objectives: To identify and describe the competence areas of healthcare professionals working in the stroke patient care pathway and factors influencing these competences.