Maria Jaensson

Background

Maria Jaensson is senior lecturer, associate professor in nursing science  and  excellent teaching practitioner. She  qualified as a nurse in 1988 and qualified as a registered nurse anesthetist  in 1992. Maria completed her PhD studies in 2013 with a thesis entitled ’Post-operative sore throat and hoarseness. Clinical studies in patients undergoing general anaesthesia. 

Teaching

Maria Jaensson is teaching in anesthesiological nursing including postoperative care and research methodology. She supervise theses at the undergraduate, advanced and third cycle level. 

Research

Maria Jaenssons research projects is mainly about perioperative care with a focus on postoperative recovery. Several projects examines patients' experiences, needs and conditions for obtaining an optimal recovery. Maria also perform research about professional development for nurses and students learning during education and clinical practice.

Maria´Jaensson is main supervisor for one PhD student and co-supervisor for one PhD student. She has had several assignments as external expert. 

Current projects

• The SEHLO project
  The project investigates health literacy and self-efficacy impact on postoperative recovery in a group that has undergone bariatric surgery.
• Patient safety 
  The project investigates threats  to patient safety in surgical care. 
• Learning during work-based training
  Doctoral project that examines and describes the learning situation in an operating room, from the perspective of anesthesia nursing students and supervisors.
• Team in occupational health care
  Doctoral project that maps and describes occupational health care in Sweden from an employee and manager perspective with a focus on interprofessional team collaboration.
• HLS19-Q12
  Psychometric evaluation of the Swedish version of an instrument measuring health literacy.
• Evaluation of clinical placement for nurses
  The project examines nurses experiences during clinical placements with different instruments.