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Inger Holmström

Inger Holmström

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Social Sciences and Humanities

D-Index
40
Citations
6311
World Ranking
5389
National Ranking
67

Overview

Inger Holmström is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden and has an extensive research portfolio focused on health professions and medicine. Their work addresses diverse subfields including general health professions, emergency medicine, clinical psychology, radiological and ultrasound technology, and public health, environmental and occupational health.

Their research spans several core topics such as patient-provider communication in healthcare, family and patient care in intensive care units, emergency and acute care studies, palliative care and end-of-life issues, nursing diagnosis and documentation, migration, health and trauma, and patient satisfaction in healthcare.

Holmström has contributed to several recent publications including:

  • "Paradoxes of person-centred care: A discussion paper" (2020) in Nursing Open
  • "Registered nurse-patient communication research: An integrative review for future directions in nursing research" (2022) in Journal of Advanced Nursing
  • "Registered Nurses' experiences of using a clinical decision support system for triage of emergency calls: A qualitative interview study" (2020) in Journal of Advanced Nursing
  • "The perspectives of Swedish registered nurses about managing difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres: a qualitative descriptive study" (2021) in BMC Nursing
  • "Prioritizing and meeting life-threateningly ill patients' fundamental care needs in the emergency room-An interview study with registered nurses" (2022) in Journal of Advanced Nursing

Their frequent collaborators include Elenor Kaminsky, Annelie J. Sundler, Ulrika Winblad, Jakob Håkansson Eklund, and Sandra van Dulmen.

Holmström's work is commonly published in journals such as Patient Education and Counseling, Journal of Advanced Nursing, BMC Nursing, Nursing Open, and Nursing and Health Sciences, reflecting consistent engagement with several key academic outlets in the nursing and healthcare fields.

The research focuses on clinical and emergency care settings, addressing both communication practices and decision-support tools for nursing professionals. Studies often incorporate qualitative methods to explore nurse experiences, patient care challenges, and the optimization of healthcare delivery in acute and emergency contexts.

Best Publications

  • "Same same or different?" A review of reviews of person-centered and patient-centered care

    Jakob Håkansson Eklund;Inger K. Holmström;Tomas Kumlin;Elenor Kaminsky

  • Phenomenographic or phenomenological analysis: does it matter? Examples from a study on anaesthesiologists’ work

    Jan Larsson;Inger Holmström

  • The relation between patient-centeredness and patient empowerment: a discussion on concepts.

    Inger Holmström;Marta Röing

  • Balint Groups as a Means to Increase Job Satisfaction and Prevent Burnout Among General Practitioners

    Dorte Kjeldmand;Inger Holmström

  • Centeredness in Healthcare: A Concept Synthesis of Family-centered Care, Person-centered Care and Child-centered Care.

    Imelda Coyne;Inger Holmström;Inger Holmström;Maja Söderbäck

  • 'Carer and gatekeeper' - conflicting demands in nurses' experiences of telephone advisory services

    Inger Holmström;Gloria Dall'Alba

  • Telenurses’ experiences of working with computerized decision support: supporting, inhibiting and quality improving

    Annica Ernesäter;Inger Holmström;Maria Engström

  • The faceless encounter: ethical dilemmas in telephone nursing.

    Inger Holmström;Anna T Höglund

  • Balint training makes GPs thrive better in their job.

    Dorte Kjeldmand;Inger Holmström;Urban Rosenqvist

  • Decision aid software programs in telenursing : not used as intended? Experiences of Swedish telenurses

    Inger Holmström

  • Telenurses' understanding of work: detective or educator?

    Elenor Kaminsky;Urban Rosenqvist;Inger Holmström

  • Professional artist, good Samaritan, servant and co-ordinator: four ways of understanding the anaesthetist's work.

    Jan Larsson;Inger Holmström;Urban Rosenqvist

  • Walking the bridge: Nursing students' learning in clinical skill laboratories

    Mona Ewertsson;Renee Allvin;Inger Knutsson Holmström;Inger Knutsson Holmström;Karin Blomberg

  • Barriers of inter-organisational integration in vocational rehabilitation

    Ulla Wihlman;Cecilia Stålsby Lundborg;Runo Axelsson;Inger Holmström

  • Malpractice claims regarding calls to Swedish telephone advice nursing: what went wrong and why?

    Annica Ernesäter;Ulrika Winblad;Maria Engström;Inger K Holmström;Inger K Holmström

  • Swedish health care professionals' diverse understandings of diabetes care

    Inger Holmström;Christina Halford;Urban Rosenqvist;Urban Rosenqvist

  • ‘It’s easier to talk to a woman’. Aspects of gender in Swedish telenursing

    Anna T Höglund;Inger Holmström

  • How excellent anaesthetists perform in the operating theatre: a qualitative study on non-technical skills

    Jan Larsson;Jan Larsson;Inger Knutsson Holmström;Inger Knutsson Holmström

  • Enjoying work or burdened by it? How anaesthetists experience and handle difficulties at work: a qualitative study†

    Jan Larsson;Urban Rosenqvist;Inger Holmström

  • Threats to patient safety in telenursing as revealed in Swedish telenurses' reflections on their dialogues.

    Marta Röing;Urban Rosenqvist;Inger K. Holmström;Inger K. Holmström

  • Living in a state of suspension – a phenomenological approach to the spouse’s experience of oral cancer

    Marta Röing;Jan-Michaél Hirsch;Inger Holmström

Frequent Co-Authors

Mats Granlund
Mats Granlund Jönköping University
Göran Tomson
Göran Tomson Karolinska Institute
Erik J. A. Scherder
Erik J. A. Scherder Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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