Elenor Kaminsky
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Health Services Research
- E-mail:
- elenor.kaminsky@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Husarg. 3
- Postal address:
- Box 564
751 22 UPPSALA
Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor at Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences; Nursing
- E-mail:
- elenor.kaminsky@uu.se
- Visiting address:
- BMC, Husargatan 3, Uppsala
- Postal address:
- Box 564
751 22 UPPSALA
Short presentation
Elenor Kaminsky is Associate Professor in Public Health/Health Services Research, and Senior Lecturer in Caring Sciences, Specialist Registered Nurse in Paediatrics, and District Nursing. Ongoing Research regarding Employee Health, Patient Safety, Prehospital Care,Telephone Nursing and Primary Healthcare. Ongoing Teaching at Undergraduate-, Advanced- PhD-, and Physician Specialist Training Levels.
Biography
Elenor Kaminsky is Associate Professor in Public Health, with a focus on Health Services Research. She defended her thesis “Telephone Nursing Stakeholder views and understandings from a paediatric and a gender perspective” (Omvårdnad per telefon Intressenters syn och förståelse från pediatrik- och genusperspektiv) at Uppsala University in 2013. The thesis included four empirical studies, regarding: Telephone Nurses' Perception of their Work; Content and Outcomes for Paediatric Health Calls; Parents' experiences of Paediatric Health Calls, and Operational Managers' goals for Telephone Nursing work, and whether health promotion and care on equal terms are included.
Elenor holds a Senior Lecturer position in Caring Sciences and teaches at the Nursing Programmes at Uppsala University. Furthermore, works part time at the Research and Development Department at Uppsala Region’s Primary Healthcare. Elenor has supervised two PhD students to their dissertations and is currently supervising specialist psychologist and PhD student Ann-Sofie Ersson (A safer health care - a complex study of factors and methods to strengthen and integrate employee health and patient safety).
Elenor teaches at undergraduate, advanced, doctoral and ST physician education levels (the latter at Uppsala Region’s ST medical education in General Practice). In the nursing programmes, Elenor teaches at the majority of courses. She has expert knowledge in Communication & Telephone Nursing, Scientific Methods, Human Rights & Care on Equal Terms, Organization & Leadership, etc. Methodologically, Elenor has worked with the majority of qualitative approaches, but has also hold solid experience in quantitative research.

Publications
Selection of publications
Swedish Healthcare Direct managers' views on gender (in)equity - Applying a conceptual model
Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
- DOI for Swedish Healthcare Direct managers' views on gender (in)equity - Applying a conceptual model
- Download full text (pdf) of Swedish Healthcare Direct managers' views on gender (in)equity - Applying a conceptual model
Part of Nursing Open, p. 236-244, 2019
- DOI for Gaining role clarity in working with sick leave questions - Registered Nurses' experiences of an educational intervention
- Download full text (pdf) of Gaining role clarity in working with sick leave questions - Registered Nurses' experiences of an educational intervention
"Same same or different?": A review of reviews of person-centered and patient-centered care
Part of Patient Education and Counseling, p. 3-11, 2019
From denial to awareness: a conceptual model for obtaining equity in healthcare
Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Part of BMJ Open, 2018
- DOI for Nurse-led clinic for patients with liver cirrhosis-effects on health-related quality of life: study protocol of a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial.
- Download full text (pdf) of Nurse-led clinic for patients with liver cirrhosis-effects on health-related quality of life: study protocol of a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial.
Telephone nursing in Sweden: A narrative literature review
Part of Nursing and Health Sciences, p. 278-286, 2017
Nursing students' awareness of inequity in healthcare - An intersectional perspective
Part of Nurse Education Today, p. 134-139, 2017
Impact of telephone nursing education program for equity in health
Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2016
Part of Samproduktionens retorik och praktik inom området hälsa och välfärd, p. 83-93, Studentlitteratur AB, 2016
Part of BMC Health Services Research, p. 188, 2014
- DOI for Goals of telephone nursing work - the managers' perspectives: a qualitative study on Swedish healthcare direct
- Download full text (pdf) of Goals of telephone nursing work - the managers' perspectives: a qualitative study on Swedish healthcare direct
Telephone Nursing: Stakeholder views and understandings from a paediatric and a gender perspective
2013
Part of Clinical Nursing Studies, p. 57-69, 2013
Paediatric health calls to Swedish telenurses: a descriptive study of content and outcome
Part of Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, p. 454-457, 2010
Telenurses' understanding of work: detective or educator?
Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 382-390, 2009
Omhändertagande av döende och döda barn samt deras föräldrar på neonatalavdelning
2002
1996
Part of Vård i Norden, p. 30-32, 1995
Etiska perspektiv på att rädda extremt underburna barn eller inte
Part of Vård i Norden, p. 27-29, 1993
Recent publications
Part of Midwifery, 2025
- DOI for Migrant women with cultural doula support during pregnancy and after childbirth as a complement to midwifery care in Sweden: An interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Migrant women with cultural doula support during pregnancy and after childbirth as a complement to midwifery care in Sweden: An interview study
Part of BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 2025
- DOI for Health-related quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis following adjunctive nurse-based care versus standard medical care: a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled study
- Download full text (pdf) of Health-related quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis following adjunctive nurse-based care versus standard medical care: a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled study
Part of BMC Nursing, 2024
- DOI for Patient perceived quality of cirrhosis care – adjunctive nurse-based care versus standard medical care: a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled study
- Download full text (pdf) of Patient perceived quality of cirrhosis care – adjunctive nurse-based care versus standard medical care: a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled study
Part of PLOS ONE, 2023
- DOI for Feeling safe or falling through the cracks – Patients’ experiences of healthcare in cirrhosis illness: A qualitative study
- Download full text (pdf) of Feeling safe or falling through the cracks – Patients’ experiences of healthcare in cirrhosis illness: A qualitative study
Telephone nurses' perceived stress, self-efficacy and empathy in their work with frequent callers
Part of Nursing Open, p. 1394-1401, 2022
- DOI for Telephone nurses' perceived stress, self-efficacy and empathy in their work with frequent callers
- Download full text (pdf) of Telephone nurses' perceived stress, self-efficacy and empathy in their work with frequent callers
All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Midwifery, 2025
- DOI for Migrant women with cultural doula support during pregnancy and after childbirth as a complement to midwifery care in Sweden: An interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Migrant women with cultural doula support during pregnancy and after childbirth as a complement to midwifery care in Sweden: An interview study
Part of BMJ Open Gastroenterology, 2025
- DOI for Health-related quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis following adjunctive nurse-based care versus standard medical care: a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled study
- Download full text (pdf) of Health-related quality of life in patients with liver cirrhosis following adjunctive nurse-based care versus standard medical care: a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled study
Part of BMC Nursing, 2024
- DOI for Patient perceived quality of cirrhosis care – adjunctive nurse-based care versus standard medical care: a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled study
- Download full text (pdf) of Patient perceived quality of cirrhosis care – adjunctive nurse-based care versus standard medical care: a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled study
Part of PLOS ONE, 2023
- DOI for Feeling safe or falling through the cracks – Patients’ experiences of healthcare in cirrhosis illness: A qualitative study
- Download full text (pdf) of Feeling safe or falling through the cracks – Patients’ experiences of healthcare in cirrhosis illness: A qualitative study
Telephone nurses' perceived stress, self-efficacy and empathy in their work with frequent callers
Part of Nursing Open, p. 1394-1401, 2022
- DOI for Telephone nurses' perceived stress, self-efficacy and empathy in their work with frequent callers
- Download full text (pdf) of Telephone nurses' perceived stress, self-efficacy and empathy in their work with frequent callers
Montelukast and Nightmares: Further Characterisation Using Data from VigiBase
Part of Drug Safety, p. 675-684, 2022
- DOI for Montelukast and Nightmares: Further Characterisation Using Data from VigiBase
- Download full text (pdf) of Montelukast and Nightmares: Further Characterisation Using Data from VigiBase
Part of Journal of Clinical Nursing, p. 2486-2494, 2022
- DOI for Better safe than sorry: Registered nurses' strategies for handling difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres - An interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Better safe than sorry: Registered nurses' strategies for handling difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres - An interview study
Part of BMC Nursing, 2021
- DOI for The perspectives of Swedish registered nurses about managing difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres: a qualitative descriptive study
- Download full text (pdf) of The perspectives of Swedish registered nurses about managing difficult calls to emergency medical dispatch centres: a qualitative descriptive study
A survey of nursing teachers’ awareness of discrimination and inequity in telephone nursing care
Part of BMC Nursing, 2021
- DOI for A survey of nursing teachers’ awareness of discrimination and inequity in telephone nursing care
- Download full text (pdf) of A survey of nursing teachers’ awareness of discrimination and inequity in telephone nursing care
Part of Pharmacology Research & Perspectives, 2021
- DOI for Characterization of VigiBase reports on tinnitus associated with bisoprolol: An exploratory and descriptive study
- Download full text (pdf) of Characterization of VigiBase reports on tinnitus associated with bisoprolol: An exploratory and descriptive study
Part of Nursing and Health Sciences, p. 430-438, 2021
Part of BMC Nursing, 2020
- DOI for Registered nurses' views on telephone nursing for patients with respiratory tract infections in primary healthcare: a qualitative interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Registered nurses' views on telephone nursing for patients with respiratory tract infections in primary healthcare: a qualitative interview study
Liver cirrhosis turns life into an unpredictable roller-coaster: A qualitative interview study
Part of Journal of Clinical Nursing, p. 4532-4543, 2020
- DOI for Liver cirrhosis turns life into an unpredictable roller-coaster: A qualitative interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Liver cirrhosis turns life into an unpredictable roller-coaster: A qualitative interview study
Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 3104-3112, 2020
- DOI for Registered Nurses' experiences of using a clinical decision support system for triage of emergency calls: A qualitative interview study
- Download full text (pdf) of Registered Nurses' experiences of using a clinical decision support system for triage of emergency calls: A qualitative interview study
A survey of telephone nurses' experiences in their encounters with frequent callers
Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 1019-1026, 2020
Swedish Healthcare Direct managers' views on gender (in)equity - Applying a conceptual model
Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2019
- DOI for Swedish Healthcare Direct managers' views on gender (in)equity - Applying a conceptual model
- Download full text (pdf) of Swedish Healthcare Direct managers' views on gender (in)equity - Applying a conceptual model
Part of Nursing Open, p. 236-244, 2019
- DOI for Gaining role clarity in working with sick leave questions - Registered Nurses' experiences of an educational intervention
- Download full text (pdf) of Gaining role clarity in working with sick leave questions - Registered Nurses' experiences of an educational intervention
From denial to awareness: a conceptual model for obtaining equity in healthcare
Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2018
Part of BMJ Open, 2018
- DOI for Nurse-led clinic for patients with liver cirrhosis-effects on health-related quality of life: study protocol of a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial.
- Download full text (pdf) of Nurse-led clinic for patients with liver cirrhosis-effects on health-related quality of life: study protocol of a pragmatic multicentre randomised controlled trial.
Nursing students' awareness of inequity in healthcare - An intersectional perspective
Part of Nurse Education Today, p. 134-139, 2017
Impact of telephone nursing education program for equity in health
Part of International Journal for Equity in Health, 2016
Part of BMC Health Services Research, p. 188, 2014
- DOI for Goals of telephone nursing work - the managers' perspectives: a qualitative study on Swedish healthcare direct
- Download full text (pdf) of Goals of telephone nursing work - the managers' perspectives: a qualitative study on Swedish healthcare direct
Part of Clinical Nursing Studies, p. 57-69, 2013
Paediatric health calls to Swedish telenurses: a descriptive study of content and outcome
Part of Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare, p. 454-457, 2010
Telenurses' understanding of work: detective or educator?
Part of Journal of Advanced Nursing, p. 382-390, 2009
Part of Vård i Norden, p. 30-32, 1995
Etiska perspektiv på att rädda extremt underburna barn eller inte
Part of Vård i Norden, p. 27-29, 1993
Articles, review/survey
"Same same or different?": A review of reviews of person-centered and patient-centered care
Part of Patient Education and Counseling, p. 3-11, 2019
Telephone nursing in Sweden: A narrative literature review
Part of Nursing and Health Sciences, p. 278-286, 2017
Chapters in book
Part of Samproduktionens retorik och praktik inom området hälsa och välfärd, p. 83-93, Studentlitteratur AB, 2016
Telefonsjuksköterskan kan förstå sitt arbete på olika sätt
Part of Telefonrådgivning inom hälso- och sjukvård, p. 79-98, Studentlitteratur AB, 2008