Kari Kaldestad
Associate Professor
Bio
Kari Kaldestad started her career as a trained nurse, and continued her further education in Geriatrics. She holds a master’s degree in education from NLA University College, as well as a doctorate degree in caring science from Åbo Akademi University. Her research interests, scientific thinking, and pedagogical philosophy are based on the science of care, hermeneutics, and qualitative research methods. Her research and theory development focuses on topics such as caring and ethics, health, suffering, and dignity. The research is based on an interest in the vulnerable humans in various contexts.
The research areas are as follows:
Caring science, theory development of central concepts such as dignity, health, love, and suffering.
Research on men experiencing loss due to major life changes, and the consequences for their health.
Research from a multiprofessional perspective in clinical practice aimed at developing ethical and sustainable care practices.
Research on the use of film in guidance.
Research on the concept of dignity in caring science.
Research on conserving the dignity of frail older women receiving municipal care.
Research on nursing students' experiences in their first year of practice in nursing homes.
Board member and secretary of the Nordic College of Caring Sciences, NCCS.
Member of The program area Life Phenomena and Care, Department of Care and Ethics, University of Stavanger.
Chair of the conference Caring Science - The Heart of Multi-Professional Care, to be held in Stavanger in April 2024. The conference is a collaboration between Nordic College of Caring Sciences, The European Academy of Caring Science & the University of Stavanger.
Member of the research network CARE Philosophy.
Ongoing research projects:
The research project "A Life Worth Living" aims to affirm life and enhance the health of men navigating challenging life transitions. The specific focus during the period of 2023-2025 is on the experience of loss, specifically parental alienation.
The use of film in meta-guidance of experienced nurses, young doctors in specialization, and master students studying guidance, 2023-2024.
Development of multiprofessional ethical competence in clinical practice. Collaboration between Stavanger University Hospital and the University of Stavanger. The project started in 2019 and is ongoing.
Responsible for the master's course "MHVEIL: Academic Supervision”, 15 ECTS.
Responsible for covering the topics health, suffering, and dignity in the course BSY160, Nursing Foundations.
