Kristin Skei

Areas of professional interest

• Person-centered practice.
• Communication and collaboration.
• Identity, roles, and coping.
• Mental health.
• Ethics and problem-solving.
• Learning in practice.
• Pre- and post-operative nursing.
• Nursing: orthopedics, stroke, dementia, gastrointestinal and vascular surgery.
• Health pedagogy, supervision, and teaching.
• Qualitative methods.
• Skills training and simulation.
• Teaching and supervision

Professional background

• Bachelor’s programs in Nursing and Paramedicine:
• Fundamentals of nursing. Mental health and communication.
• Academic writing
• Qualitative methods
• Health pedagogy
• Supervision of clinical placements
• Skills training and simulation
• Supervision and grading, Bachelor’s thesis

Education

• Master’s degree in Nursing Science. University of Oslo (UiO), Faculty of Medicine, Oslo.
• Registered Nurse (RN). 1997, Nord-Trøndelag University College, Namsos campus.
• Practical-pedagogical education. 2012, Akershus University College, Sandefjord.
• Previous experience
• Program Coordinator
• Bachelor’s in Nursing (HiM 2021–2022).
• Course Coordinator
• Fundamentals of nursing (HiM 2023–2026).
• Medical and surgical practice (USN 2012–2016)
• Problem-based learning and pathophysiology 2 (USN 2016–2021)

Professional development

• "Basic teacher" scheme in fundamentals of nursing.
• Acute medicine days in collaboration with Norwegian People's Aid (USN 2018–2021). Professional competency assessment for nurses educated outside the EU/EEA and Switzerland (USN 2018).
• Collaboration project with the clinical practice sector: South-East Norway Regional Health Authority (Helse Sør-Øst), Tønsberg (USN 2012–2016).
• Student-led initiatives in clinical practice.
• Nursing students as agents of change in the implementation of nutritional screening in clinical practice.
• Simulation (SimMan) in the Bachelor’s nursing program (USN 2012–2015).
• Implementation of Electronic Nursing Documentation (EDS) and Practical Nursing Procedures (VAR) at the hospital in Tønsberg (2008–2010).

Professional Network

• LÆR VEL: National competence network for student learning environments and welfare.