Employee photo: Maria Strandås

Maria Strandås

Head of Division
Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences
Study location
Bodø
Office
Bodø, Hovedbygget, 2486
Areas of expertise
Nursing education, Municipal health and care services, Qualitative Research Methods, Nurse, Research dissemination, Research methods, Emergency response

I am an associate professor and head of the specialty group 'Public Health Preparedness and Acute Care' at the Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, campus Bodø.


Responsible for planning and conducting a full-scale collaboration exercise "Exercise North Collaboration"


My areas of expertise are primarily related to public health emergency preparedness, exercise planning, and specialist health services.

Member of the research group 'Acute Care, Innovation, and Patient Safety'.



Education:

Graduated nurse in 2008

Further education in diabetes treatment and care in 2011

Master's in clinical nursing in 2014

Ph.D. in studies of professional practice 2015-2019


Clinical experience:

Neonatal intensive care unit 2017 - 2020

Surgical department 2008 - 2018

Intensive care unit and cardiac monitoring 2008-2010

2026
Exploring demographic and organisational variations in patient safety culture: a cross-sectional, multicentre study in operating theatres of six Norwegian hospitals 2026 BMC Health Services Research - Niko Aleksander Finbak Skaar, Ann-Chatrin Linqvist Leonardsen, Kristin Sandal Berg, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Maria Strandås, Susanne M S Hernes, Espen Olsen, Seth Ayisi Junior Addo, Marit Halonen Christiansen, Arvid Steinar Haugen
2015
Ethical challenges in neonatal intensive care nursing 2015 Nursing Ethics - Maria Strandås, Sven-Tore Dreyer Fredriksen
2026
Patient Safety Culture: Exploring Sociodemographic and Organisational Variations - A Cross-sectional, Multicentre Study in Operating Theatres of Six Norwegian Hospitals 2026 World Congress for Nurse Anaesthetists 2026 - Niko Aleksander Finbak Skaar, Ann-Chatrin Linqvist Leonardsen, Kristin Sandal Berg, Tonje Bjørndal Braaten, Maria Strandås, Susanne M S Hernes, Espen Olsen, Seth Ayisi Junior Addo, Marit Halonen Christiansen, Arvid Steinar Haugen
2025
Paramedicine and Safety from a Human Factors Perspective (PARASAFE) 2025 BEING SEA-EU CONFERENCE 2025 - Ingunn Pedersen, Inger Lund-Kordahl, Maria Strandås, Gunhild Birgitte Sætren
Paneldebatt om sikkerhet og trygghet fra ulike perspektiv 2025 Safety first- digitalt seminar forskningsdagene - Ingunn Skjesol, Maria Strandås, Rose Mari Olsen, Ruth-Elin Ingeborg Øfsti, Jorunn Bjerkan, Wenche Wannebo