Jeanette Varpen Unhjem

Faculty of Health Sciences and Social Care
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Norwegian version of this page Position
Associate Professor
Contact
+4771214114
Study place
Molde
Office nr.
B213

Background

I am a registered nurse (HiNT, 2000) with a further education in violence risk assessment and violence risk management (HiM, 2007). I have a master's degree in criminology (UiO, 2006) and a PhD in medicine and health sciences (UiO, 2019). 

I have worked as a nurse within forensic psychiatry (Gaustad hospital, 2001 - 2007) and at Molde University College as a assistant professor (2008 - 2012, 2018 - 2019) and as a associate professor (2019 - ).

Areas of work

  • Lectures for nursing students on topics like qualitative methods, sociology, professional boundaries and the health risks in the helping professions
  • Supervise students in clinical studies and bachelor thesis writing
  • Lectures for health personnel or others on topics related to my PhD work or later research

Other

  • Editorial board member, Panorama University College Newspaper (2014 - )
  • Board member, Molde University College Administrative Board (2011 - 2015)
  • Vice-rector, Molde University College (01.08.2019 - 31.07.2023)
Jeanette Varpen Unhjem on ResearchGate

Research groups

Publications

  • Unhjem, Jeanette Varpen (2020). Accept or decline? : nurses and patients as Facebook friends. Sykepleien Forskning. ISSN 1890-2936. 15. doi: 10.4220/Sykepleienf.2020.83092en.
  • Unhjem, Jeanette Varpen (2020). Akseptere eller avvise? : sykepleiere og Facebook-vennskap med pasienter. Sykepleien Forskning. ISSN 1890-2936. 15. doi: 10.4220/Sykepleienf.2020.83092. Full text in Research Archive
  • Unhjem, Jeanette Varpen; Hem, Marit Helene & Vatne, Solfrid (2018). Encountering ambivalence : a qualitative study of mental health nurses' experiences with dual relationships. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. ISSN 0161-2840. 39(6), p. 457–466. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1416507.
  • Unhjem, Jeanette Varpen; Vatne, Solfrid & Hem, Marit Helene (2018). Transforming nurse-patient relationships : a qualitative study of nurse self-disclosure in mental health care. Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN). ISSN 0962-1067. 27(5/6), p. e798–e807. doi: 10.1111/jocn.14191.

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