Members of PROCARD
Patient-Reported Outcomes in CARDiology (PROCARD) og QUALity of care in CARDiology (QUALCARD) is a research group at Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital.
Research group leader
Tone M. Norekvål’s main position is at the Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital, were she chairs the PROCARD research group. She is a registered nurse with a masters degree in nursing science and a PhD from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bergen. Norekvål holds a position as Professor II at the Department of Clinical Science, University of Bergen and at the Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. In addition, she is a special advisor at the Center on Patient-reported Outcomes at Haukeland University Hospital.
Norekvål has extensive leadership and project management experience from various positions at the Department of Heart Disease, as former chair of the Norwegian Nurses Association Society of Cardiovascular Nurses (NSF-LKS), former chair of the Council of Cardiovascular Nursing and Allied Professions, and member of the Education Committee and the Oversight Committee in the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). In addition, Norekvål has participated in several ESC Task Forces and contributed on development of ESC Guidelines. Furthermore, Norekvål holds several national appointed positions, such as board member in the Norwegian Council on Cardiovascular Disease and the Norwegian Heart Failure Registry. Norekvål is associated editor of the European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing and editorial board member in Cardiology.
Teaching and supervision
Norekvål teaches at the Master Program in Clinical Nursing (Cardiovascular Nursing), at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. She has been main supervisor for more than 20 completed master degrees in clinical nursing and radiography, and several more are ongoing. Norekvål has been main supervisor on four completed PhD-thesis, and is main supervisor for six ongoing PhD-candidates.
Research interest
Tone M. Norekvål initiated and chairs the PROCARD research group at the Department of Heart Disease. Her research is mainly linked to patient-reported outcome measures (PRO) and cardiac patients and includes patients with coronary artery disease, arrhythmia, valvular disease and heart failure. In addition, Norekvål chairs the research programme on patient-reported data in the Helse-Bergen Health Trust.
E-mail:
tone.merete.norekvål@helse-bergen.no
Publications
Senior Researchers
Occupation: Senior Professor
Education: Specialized in anaesthesia nursing
Field of research: Chronic and critically ill patients and their relatives within several disciplines. The research perspective may be summarized as epidemiological-, evaluation-, gender- and interventional studies with broad theoretical grounding/anchoring.
E-mail: beppe.fridlund@gmail.com
Publications
The Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Nurse in research and development, General manager of the heart failure outpatient clinic, senior lecturer
Education: Specialized in intensive care nursing, MSc in Health Sciences
Field of research: In-hospital telemetry monitoring (TELMON-NOR)
E-mail:
nina.falun@helse-bergen.no
Publications
Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Nurse in research and development, Associate professor
Education: Specialized in intensive care nursing, MSc in Health Sciences
Field of research: Patient reported outcomes (PRO), surgical treatment of aortic stenosis (FollowAVR)
Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Postdoctoral Research Fellow / Nurse in research and development,
Education: Specialized in cardiovascular nursing, MSc in cardiovascular nursing, PhD
Field of research: Medication adherence after PCI (CONCARD), arrhythmias, digital cardiac rehabilitation
E-mail: trond.roed.pettersen@helse-bergen.no
Publications
Doctoral Research Fellow
Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: PhD student
Education: Specialized in geriatric nursing, MSc in Health Sciences
Field of research: Health and disease management in octogenarians and nonagenarians after PCI (CONCARD), delirium.
E-mail: irene.instenes@helse-bergen.no
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Campus Bergen.
Thoracic Surgical Unit, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: PhD student, Specialized in cardiovascular nursing.
Education: MSc in cardiovascular nursing
Field of research: Sleep and delirium in elderly patients undergoing aortic valve implantation (CARDELIR)
E-mail: hege.andersen@helse-bergen.no
Members
Intensive Coronary Care Unit (ICCU), Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Specialized in cardiovascular nursing
Education: MSc in cardiovascular nursing
Field of research: Patient follow-up with advanced arrhythmia treatment
E-mail: mawahib.tahir.al-azawy@helse-bergen.no
Cardiac Unit, The hospital of Vestfold
Occupation: Quality advisor
Education: MSc in cardiovascular nursing
Field of research: Patient experience undergoing atrial fibrillation ablation
E-mail:
sonneva.bergtun@helse-bergen.no
Thoracic Surgical Unit, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Nurse
Education: MSc Art history
E-mail:
camilla.christin.nedreaas.brochs-haukedal@helse-bergen.no
Intensive Coronary Care Unit (ICCU), Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Assistant ward manager
Education: Specialized in intensive care nursing, MSc in health management, quality improvement and health economics
E-mail:
karianne.dale.jensen@helse-bergen.no
Cardiac Intervention Unit, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Radiograph
Education: Specialised in radiography, MSc in Health Sciences,
E-mail:
isabel.lechner.krohn@helse-bergen.no
Ken Åge Kårstad, MSc, Intensive Coronary Care Unit (ICCU), Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Nurse in research and development, Specialized in intensive care nursing
Education: MSc in knowledge-based practice
E-mail:
ken.age.karstad@helse-bergen.no
Publications
The Heart Failure Outpatient Clinic and the Cardiac Unit, Department of Heart Disease,
Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Specialized in cardiovascular nursing
Education: MSc in cardiovascular nursing
Field of research: Heart failure (women and sexuality)
E-mail:
lene.soyland.markhus@helse-bergen.no
Publications
Emma Mølmshaug Midthun, MSc, Departement of heart disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Perfusionist
Education: Specialized in cardiovascular nursing, MSC in cardiovascular technology
E-mail: emma.molmshaug.midthun@helse-bergen.no
Publications
Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Assistant Department Director
Education: Bachelor in nursing, MSc in i organization and management
E-mail:
geir.atle.myrmoen@helse-bergen.no
Thoracic Surgical Unit, Department of Heart Disease,
Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation:
Specialized in cardiovascular nursing
Education:
MSc in cardiovascular nursing
E-mail:
janne.kristin.nilsen@helse-bergen.no
The heart failure outpatient clinic and the Cardiac Intervention Unit, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Specialized in cardiovascular nursing
Education: MSc in cardiovascular nursing
E-mail:
kaija.hole.olsen@helse-bergen.no
Thoracic Surgical Unit, Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Nurse
Education: MSc in Art history
E-mail:
clare.tompsett@helse-bergen.no
Intensive Coronary Care Unit (ICCU)
Department of Heart Disease,
Haukeland University Hospital
Occupation: Intensive care nurse and nurse in research and development
Education: Specialized in intensive care nursing, MSc in knowledge-based practice
Field of research: Health care management in patients undergoing radio-frequency ablation (RFA)
E-mail:
eva.torsvik@helse-bergen.no
The Cardiac Rehabilitation centre, Thoracic surgery and Medical Department of Heart Disease, Haukeland University Hospital.
Occupation: Specialized physical therapist.
Education: MSc in clinical physiotherapy, specialization in heart and lung diseases.
Research: Effect on cardiovascular capacity, body composition and health-related quality of life after cardiac rehabilitation.
E-mail:
elfrid.herre.staveland@helse-bergen.no
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