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Susanna Ågren

Senior Associate Professor

I coordinate the final semester of the Nursing Programme and serve as an examiner at undergraduate and advanced levels. I also contribute to the introductory seminar for newly admitted doctoral students at the start of their studies.

Presentation

I am a Senior Associate Professor of Nursing at the Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences (HMV). My research focuses on frail and critically ill patients in intensive care, as well as the health and well-being of patients undergoing cardiac surgery.

My research focuses on facilitating care for frail patients by providing support, we can prevent a deterioration in health-related quality of life. We also do this so the frail patients can manage their symptoms and improve their functioning.

Working person-centred benefits the patient and their relatives during the ongoing period of illness and treatment. Person-centred care provides better adherence and, in the long run, and also improved medical outcomes. A conversation where the person meets a listening nurse is described as the basis for then making a joint plan for the upcoming treatment period. The key is the understanding of the situation in which the person is and that the plan is drawn up based on the situation.
The research group works with different specializations for frail patients and research-based with preventing and improving the person-centered through e.g. Health support and decision support where both qualitative and quantitative research is conducted with both retrospective and prospective design is used.

If you are interested in research collaboration, please contact me! My contact information can be found at the top of the page.

About me

Qualifications

  • Senior Associate Professor of Nursing
  • Specialist Nurse in Intensive Care
  • Principal doctoral supervisor

Teaching and educational roles

  • Course coordinator, Semester 6 of the Nursing Programme
  • Examiner in the Specialist Nursing Programme in Intensive Care and the Nursing Programme
  • Group supervision at bachelor- and master levels

Network

  • National and international networks for nurses with a PhD in intensive care
  • Chair of the Board of 一本道, Swedish Association for Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
  • Introductory seminar for newly admitted doctoral students at the Faculty of Medicine, Link枚ping University, and member of the review panel for applications to Region 脰sterg枚tland

Professional appointments

  • National networks for family research and for nurses with a PhD within the Swedish Association for Intensive Care
  • Regional intensive care network
  • CESAR network in cardiac care
  • NOFI (Nordic Research Network of Intensive Care Nurses) and WFCCN (World Federation of Critical Care Nurses)

Research leadership

  • Research group focusing on frail and critically ill patients

Selected publications

Publications

2025

Susanna 脜gren, Sebastian Geijer, M盲rta Sund Levander, Carina Hjelm, Lena Serrander (2025) (Conference paper)
Sebastian Geijer, Carina Hjelm, M盲rtha Sund-Levander, Susanna 脜gren (2025) Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing, Vol. 44, p. 246-255 (Article in journal)
Susanna 脜gren (2025) International Journal of Nursing and Health Care Research, Vol. 8 (Article in journal)

Research

Organisation

Coworkers