As a Clinical Nurse Specialist and Associate Professor in Children's Nursing at Aarhus University Hospital and Aarhus University, I research safe, rights-based and child-centred healthcare for children and young people. My particular interests are preventing harm and distress during healthcare procedures and improving the early recognition of clinical deterioration. I lead interdisciplinary research programmes that bridge clinical practice, research and implementation. The key focus is developing knowledge that can be translated into improvements in paediatric healthcare.
My research has two complementary strands. The first, the RIGHT CHILD-CARE research programme, aims to prevent harm and distress during healthcare procedures. Together with children, parents, healthcare professionals and researchers, I examine current practice, identify barriers and facilitators to change, and co-develop and implement better approaches to paediatric procedural care. The second strand focuses on the early recognition of clinical deterioration through research on Paediatric Track and Trigger Tools and nurses' clinical judgement.
As leader of the RIGHT CHILD-CARE Nursing Research Programme, I am responsible for research leadership, securing funding, PhD supervision and clinical research development. A central part of my work is building national and international collaborations in paediatric nursing and child-centred care. These interdisciplinary and cross-sector partnerships bring together researchers, healthcare professionals, children, young people and parents, bridging research, education and clinical practice. I also teach and contribute to academic development in paediatric nursing and healthcare research.
