Biography:
Susanne Salmela is PhD (Caring Sciences), MLS, Director of Nursing Development at Vaasa Central Hospital. Salmela is responsible for the program of students´ supervision in their clinical study modules at the hospital, in close cooperation with the Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS:s). Salmela is participating in different developmental- and research projects, among other things the national decubitus prevalence study and the Inter-Nordic study of PhD-prepared nurses. Salmela was among other things responsible for, and the chairman of the research project titled “Ethical Sustainable Caring Cultures” in close cooperation with Åbo Akademi University and the UAS:s
Title : The nurse leaders as managers of the caring cultures ethical sustainable foundations