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Nina Øye Thorvaldsen

Nina Øye Thorvaldsen

About

I am a university lecturer and PhD candidate at the Department of Bachelor Paramedicine, Institute of Nursing and Health Promotion, Faculty of Health Sciences.

As a lecturer, I teach and supervise students, focusing on prehospital mental health care and health legislation related to capacity to consent, voluntariness, and coercion.

My PhD project explores ambulance personnel’s knowledge and experiences in assessing patients’ decision-making capacity and their right to self-determination in prehospital settings, particularly among patients with mental health or substance use challenges. Our overarching goal is to improve the quality of care provided by ambulance services.

 

Research projects

Ongoing research projects

Completed research projects

Scientific publications

Bergem, Anne Kristine ; Thorvaldsen, Nina Øye ; Häikiö, Kristin ; Olsen-Bergem, Heming (2024). "Some missions can be quite emotionally painful." Paramedic´s experience exercising coercion during assignments—A qualitative study. PLOS ONE. Vol. 19.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0290593

Häikiö, Kristin ; Bergem, Anne Kristine ; Holst, Øyvind ; Thorvaldsen, Nina Øye (2023). Ambulance personnel use of coercion and use of safety belts in Norway. BMC Health Services Research. Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10332-x

Thorvaldsen, Nina Øye ; Husum, Tonje Lossius ; Sollid, Stephen J. M. (2023). Exploring use of coercion in the Norwegian ambulance service – a qualitative study. 14 p. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. Vol. 31.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-023-01104-x

Thorvaldsen, Nina Øye ; Bergem, Anne Kristine ; Holst, Øyvind ; Häikiö, Kristin (2022). Bruk av tvang under ambulansetransport. Tidsskrift for Den norske legeforening (Tidsskriftet). Vol. 142.
https://doi.org/10.4045/tidsskr.22.0086

Blix, Sigurd; Melau, Jørgen; Thorvaldsen, Nina Øye ; Lund-Kordahl, Inger (2021). Norwegian Emergency Medicine Systems’ Training and Equipment for Penetrating Injuries: A National Survey-Based Study. 4 p. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. Vol. 16.
https://doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2020.440

Thorvaldsen, Nina Øye ; Flingtorp, Lars Didrik; Wisborg, Torben; Jeppesen, Elisabeth (2019). Implementation of new guidelines in the prehospital services: a nationwide survey of Norway. 8 p. Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine. Vol. 27:83.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13049-019-0660-0



These publications are obtained from Cristin. The list may be incomplete