Susanna Ågren

Senior Associate Professor

I teach and conduct research in nursing focused on critically ill and fragile patients and their families in intensive care, tuberculosis and thoracic care. I am course coordinator in semester 6 of the nursing programme.

Presentation

The aim of my research is to understand the family situation related to heart disease and critical care. What support do they need and how they will manage their situation? I continue to study the family as a unit, with each member as a part of the family.

I have focused to meet the family individually, as a group, but also interactive. By evaluating this in randomized studies, focus groups and individual interviews in different research groups; burden, strain, relationship, health-related quality of life, hope, self-care, empowerment.

About me

CV

Docent and Senior Associate Professor of Nursing
Intensive Care Nurse
Main supervisor for 1 PhD student LiU and planned for another PhD student in 2024

Educational assignments

Course coordinator Semester 6 Nursing Programme
Examiner, nursing program and specialist intensive care program
Group supervision and examiner bachelor and master thesis in basic and advanced level
Academic coordinator exchange students and teachers
Research supervision at LiU and ThoraxVascular Clinic

Network

Nurses with PhDs in intensive care, nationally
Council leader Education Council, National Association for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Member of the programme committee nursing programme, Review committee newly admitted doctoral students and the International Affairs Team, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, LiU and the review panel for applications, Region Östergötland

Selected publications

Mona Ahlberg, Carina Berterö, Susanna Ågren (2023)

Family functioning of families experiencing intensive care and the specific impact of the COVID-19 pandemic: A grounded theory study

Intensive & Critical Care Nursing , Vol.76 Continue to DOI

Mona Ahlberg, Carina Persson, Carina Berterö, Susanna Ågren (2021)

Family Health Conversations Versus Support Group Conversations When a Family Member Has Been Critically Ill: A Mixed Methods Study

Families, Systems & Health , Vol.39 , s.293-305 Continue to DOI

Susanna Ågren, Anna Eriksson, Mats Fredrikson, Gunilla Hollman Frisman, Lotti Orwelius (2019)

The health promoting conversations intervention for families with a critically ill relative: A pilot study

Intensive & Critical Care Nursing , Vol.50 , s.103-110 Continue to DOI

Publications

2023

Sebastian Geijer, Märtha Sund-Levander, Carina Hjelm, Susanna Ågren (2023) Tidig upptäckt av allvarlig vårdrelaterad infektion - Erfarenheter från sjukvårdspersonal på kirurgisk- och intensivvårdsavdelning

Susanna Ågren (2023) Familjestöd till svårt sjuk/kritisk sjuk patient

Anna Drakenberg, MiaLinn Arvidsson-Lindvall, Elisabeth Ericsson, Susanna Ågren, Ann-Sofie Sundqvist (2023) The symphony of open-heart surgical care: A mixed-methods study about interprofessional attitudes towards family involvement International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, Vol. 18, Article 2176974

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Research

Forskningsprojekt

Family support
Intensive care
Fragile thoracic patients
Severe infections

Related research

Prerequisites for health

Human resources for maintaining or recovering health, or accepting an altered life and health situation are studied.

Reactions and experiences of illness and poor health

An individual’s experience, reaction and management of symptoms, illness and poor health are dependent on the person being viewed from a holistic perspective.

Utveckling av teori och metod inom omvårdnad

Development of Nursing Science theory and methodology

To maintain high quality research and nursing care, it is important to develop theories and different concepts that are used in nursing care research.

Related research areas

Nursing science

Nursing science focuses on generating knowledge of health promotion, aiming to maintain and improve health, alleviate suffering and create conditions for a peaceful death.

The Heart and Blood Vessels

The cardiovascular system is a fascinating organ system whose task is to supply all the body’s organs with oxygen and nutrients, as well as carrying away waste products.

Ageing and Later Life

Human ageing is a constant, on-going process that is a part of everybody's life. At Linköping University, we study what it is to be elderly, as well as aging itself.

Organisation

Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV)

The research areas at HMV include experimental basic research to clinical, social and public health research. We conduct high-quality education in the sought-after care professions.

Division of Nursing Sciences and Reproductive Health (ORH)

We carry out education and research in nursing. We run the nursing program in Linköping and Norrköping, as well as the Midwife program and 7 programs on an advanced level for specialist nurses.

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (MEDFAK)

The Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences conducts research and education within medicine, healthcare and public health.

Coworkers

Carina Hjelm

Associate Professor, Docent

Maria Sunnerhagen

Professor

Carl Berry

Sebastian Geijer

Nadine Karlsson