About
Stein Ove Danielsen is an operating room nurse and researcher with a PhD in medicine and health sciences from UiO and a Doctor of Biomedical Sciences from KU Leuven (Belgium). He is coordinator for the specialization in operating theatre nursing in the Master Programme in Advanced Practice Nursing to Acute and Critically Ill Patients and coordinates the work on master theses in the course MASY5900 for the specialization in operating theatre nursing. Topics for teaching: Surgical history, introduction to surgical methods, person-centered nursing, non-technical skills, patient safety, academic writing and systematic reviews in health sciences.
The research is focused on the follow-up after cardiac surgery (aortic valve replacement), patient safety and global health. I have competence in quantitative and qualitative methods, and systematic reviews. Currently, I am main supervisor for 3 PhD students.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Research groups
Research projects
Ongoing research projects
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Patient safety culture and adverse events in surgical context
The qualitative and sequential PhD project explores patient safety culture and adverse events in the evidence and the surgical context.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Vikan, Magnhild
;
Haugen, Arvid Steinar
; Deilkås, Ellen Catharina Tveter;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
;
Husby, Vigdis Kvitland Schnell
;
Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen
;
Danielsen, Stein Ove
(2025).
Patient safety culture through the lenses
of surgical patients: a qualitative study.
13 p.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12366-9
Vikan, Magnhild
;
Haugen, Arvid Steinar
;
Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen
;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
;
Husby, Vigdis Kvitland Schnell
; Deilkås, Ellen Catharina Tveter;
Danielsen, Stein Ove
(2025).
Patient safety culture through the lenses of surgical patients: a qualitative study.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-025-12366-9
Schippert, Ana Carla Soares Portugal
;
Grov, Ellen Karine
;
Dahl-Michelsen, Tone
; Silvola, Juha Tapio;
Sparboe-Nilsen, Bente
;
Danielsen, Stein Ove
; Lie, Irene; Aaland, Mariann;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
(2024).
Preventing retraumatisation in torture survivors during surgical care: results of a guideline-development project and qualitative study exploring healthcare providers' experiences.
18 p.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083388
Vikan, Magnhild
; Deilkås, Ellen Catharina Tveter;
Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen
;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
;
Husby, Vigdis Kvitland Schnell
;
Haugen, Arvid Steinar
;
Danielsen, Stein Ove
(2024).
The anatomy of safe surgical teams: an interview-based qualitative study among members of surgical teams at tertiary referral hospitals in Norway.
Patient Safety in Surgery.
Vol. 18.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13037-024-00389-w
Abayneh, Helina Bogale;
Danielsen, Stein Ove
;
Halvorsen, Kristin
;
Engebretsen, Stine
(2024).
Injury characteristics and mortality in an emergency department in Ethiopia: a single-center observational study.
BMC Emergency Medicine.
Vol. 24.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12873-024-01017-7
Danielsen, Stein Ove
;
Vikan, Magnhild
(2024).
Operasjonssykepleieres erfaringer med omdisponering og oppgavedeling under covid-19-pandemien.
Sykepleien Forskning.
https://doi.org/10.4220/Sykepleienf.2024.95013
Schippert, Ana Carla Soares Portugal
;
Grov, Ellen Karine
;
Dahl-Michelsen, Tone
; Silvola, Juha Tapio;
Sparboe-Nilsen, Bente
;
Danielsen, Stein Ove
; Lie, Irene;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
(2023).
Re-traumatization of torture survivors during treatment in somatic healthcare services: A mapping review and appraisal of literature presenting clinical guidelines and recommendations to prevent re-traumatization.
19 p.
Social Science and Medicine.
Vol. 323.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2023.115775
Vikan, Magnhild
;
Haugen, Arvid Steinar
;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
;
Valeberg, Berit Taraldsen
; Deilkås, Ellen Catharina Tveter;
Danielsen, Stein Ove
(2023).
The association between patient safety culture and adverse events - a scoping review.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 23.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-09332-8
Schippert, Ana Carla Soares Portugal
;
Grov, Ellen Karine
;
Dahl-Michelsen, Tone
; Silvola, Juha Tapio;
Sparboe-Nilsen, Bente
;
Danielsen, Stein Ove
; Aaland, Mariann;
Bjørnnes, Ann Kristin
(2021).
Development and evaluation of guidelines for prevention of retraumatisation in torture survivors during surgical care: Protocol for a multistage qualitative study.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 11:e053670.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-053670
Danielsen, Stein Ove
; Moons, Philip; Leegaard, Marit; Solheim, Svein; Tønnessen, Theis; Lie, Irene
(2020).
Facilitators of and barriers to reducing thirty-day readmissions and improving patient-reported outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement: a process evaluation of the AVRre trial.
BMC Health Services Research.
Vol. 20.
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-020-05125-5
