Riitta Suhonen#
| Membership Number: | 6001 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | FINLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.utu.fi/en/people/riitta-suhonen |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-4315-5550 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016/08 - present Professor (full, nursing science, gerontological nursing science)
- 2011/08 - 2016/07 Professor in Nursing Science, Research and Education in Elderly Care (5 year position, assessed)
- 2020/01 - present Director of The Doctoral programme of Nursing Science DPNurs
- 2019/09 - present Vice head of the Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku,
- 2016/08 - present Director of Nursing (side position, part time), Turku University Hospital, City of Turku, Welfare Division
- 2009/08 - 2011/07 Professor in Nursing Science, Research and Education in Elderly Care (temporary) University of Turku
- 2008/08 - 2009/07 Professor in nursing science (temporary), University of Turku
- 2008/01 - 2011/08 Associate professor, University of Turku (absence 1.8.2008-31.7.2011)
- 2003/10 - 2008/06 Quality and Development Manager, Health Care District of Forssa
- 1997/11 - 2003/10 Senior Ward Sister/ Ward Manager, Health Care District of Forssa
- 1990/05 - 1997/11 Registered Nurse, Lounais-Häme Regional Hospital
Fields of Scholarship
- Instrumentation, methodology
- Self-management
- Gerontological nursing
- Ethical leadership in nursing
- Patients' rights
- Nursing and care ethics
- Individualised care enviroment
- Individualised care
Honours and Awards
- 2020 Order of The White Rose in Finland, Knight First Class (FWR K I) awarded by the President of the Republic
- 2016 - 2022 Elected Member of the European Academy of Nursing Science board
- 2018 - 2020 European Academy of Nursing Science, Elected Chair of the scientific committee
- 2010 - 2021 Nursing Research Foundation, Elected Member of Executive Committee
- 2009 ICNE International Centre for Nursing Ethics, Elected member, renamed International Care Ethics (ICE) Observatory 2014
- 2009 Fellow of EANS Elected, European Academy of Nursing Science
- 2017 - 2021 Turku University Hospital, Health Care District of South-West Finland, around 25 000-30 000/yr, around 170 000 euros (for clinical research)
