Jenny Windahl

About Jenny Windahl

 Background

Jenny Windahl is a registered nurse, she has a Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Nursing -Primary Health Care, and holds a PhD in Nursing Science. She defended her thesis titled ‘Life Situation After Stroke - The Spouse’s Perspective in 2005. Since 2011, Jenny has been working as a Senior Lecturer in nursing science at the Department of Health Sciences, Örebro University.

Teaching

Jenny has extensive experience in teaching both undergraduate and advanced levels inwithin the nursing program and the specialist nursing programs. She has held and currently holds assignments as course coordinator and examiner at both undergraduate and advanced levels, primarily within the specialist nursing programs with a focus on district nursing and occupational health nursing, but also in the nursing program and independent courses. She supervises at undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels.

Other assignments

Jenny has the role of Programme Coordinator for the Specialist Nursing Programs with a focus om Primary Health Care, Occupational Health Nurse, and Paediatric Care.

Additionally, Jenny also holds the position of Vice Dean for Quality in Education at the undergraduate and advanced levels at the Faculty of Medicine and Health.

Research focus / current project

Jenny is part of the research group “Elderly Health and Living Conditions in Person-Centered Care,” where the main focus of the research is on how person-centered care can be developed within elderly care based on the subjective experiences of the various actors.

The focus in Jennys ongoing research is on the older person's health and living conditions, based on the person's own subjective experience and the care provided to the elderly, with a connection to person-centered care. The studies also shed light on care staff and leaders' views on their work situation, roles and organizational aspects in elderly care. Great emphasis is placed on disseminating and implementing new knowledge in elderly care, in cooperation with various actors. 

Jenny Windahl is currently a co-supervisor for a doctoral student. She has previously served as the main supervisor for a doctoral student who defended their thesis in 2010. Additionally, she has been a co-supervisor for two other doctoral students who defended their theses in 2014 and 2019, as well as a doctoral student who obtained a licentiate degree in 2014.