Majda Pajnkihar

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Majda Pajnkihar
Born (1959-08-28) August 28, 1959 (age 64)
NationalitySlovenian
Known forResearch on Nursing
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Maribor
University of Manchester
Academic work
DisciplineNursing
InstitutionsUniversity of Maribor
Websitewww.fzv.um.si/majda-pajnkihar

Majda Pajnkihar (born 28 August 1959) is former Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Maribor, Slovenia.[1] She is one of the founding members of Udine-C Network (Understanding Development Issues in Nurse Educator Careers), an international research group with the main interest in nursing careers.[2]

Education[edit]

Pajnkihar is a Registered Nurse with a Bachelor of Organizational Sciences and a Master of Organizational Sciences from the University of Maribor and a PhD in nursing from the University of Manchester.[3][4]

Career[edit]

Pajnkihar was the first Slovenian to obtain a Nursing PhD in Slovenia and led the establishment of the first Nursing PhD program there. On her initiative the first Institute for Nursing in Slovenia was established in 1996. Pajnkihar was the first head of the Institute for Nursing, which aims to recognize nursing as a scientific discipline and a profession.[5]

She is a member of Sigma Theta Tau the Honor Society of Nursing.

Pajnkihar’s clinical area is child and adolescent nursing.

She has a special interest in nursing theories and research on caring,[6] qualitative research and evidence-based nursing in the area of patient safety,[7] diabetes [8] and efficient patient care.

Awards[edit]

Pajnkihar is a Fellow (2018) of the American Academy of Nursing[9] and a Fellow of the European Academy of Nursing Sciences.[10]

Publications[edit]

Pajnkihar has 25 publications listed on Web of Science that have been cited more than 150 times, giving her an h-index of 7. Her three most-cited articles are:[11]

  • Brxan, PP; Rotman, E; Pajnkihar, M (2016). "Mobile Applications for Control and Self Management of Diabetes: A Systematic Review". Journal of Medical Systems. 40 (9): 210. doi:10.1007/s10916-016-0564-8. PMID 27520615. S2CID 17325834.
  • Vrbnjak, D; Denieffe, S; O'Gorman, C; Pajnkihar, M (2016). "Barriers to reporting medication errors and near misses among nurses: A systematic review". International Journal of Nursing Studies. 63: 162–178. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.08.019. PMID 27637011.
  • Stiglic, G; Fijacko, N; Stozer, A; Sheikh, A; Pajnkihar, M (2016). "Validation of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes screening in the Slovenian working population". Diabetes Research and Clinical Practive. 120: 194–197. doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2016.08.010. hdl:20.500.11820/5e176f15-933f-477f-bf5b-170ab88a7b80. PMID 27592167.

Book[edit]

  • McKenna HP, Pajnkihar M, Murphy F (2014) Fundamentals of nursing models, theories and practice Wiley Blackwell, Chichester ISBN 978-0-4706-5776-8

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Professor Majda Pajnkihar". University of Maribor. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  2. ^ "About the UDINE-C". Udine-C. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  3. ^ "Majda Pajnkihar". SAGE Publishing. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ^ Theory development for nursing in Slovenia : a thesis submitted to the University of Manchester for the degree of PhD in the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry, Nursing and Pharmacy. WorldCat. OCLC 451845699. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Institute for Nursing Care". University of Maribor. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  6. ^ Pajnkihar, M (2008). "Is caring a lost art in nursing?". International Journal of Nursing Studies. 45 (2): 807–808. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2007.09.003. PMID 18031746.
  7. ^ Vrbnjak, D; Denieffe, S; O'Gorman, C; Pajnkihar, M (2016). "Barriers to reporting medication errors and near misses among nurses: A systematic review". International Journal of Nursing Studies. 63: 162–178. doi:10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.08.019. PMID 27637011.
  8. ^ Stiglic, G; Fijacko, N; Stozer, A; Pajnkihar, M (2016). "Validation of the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) questionnaire for undiagnosed type 2 diabetes screening in the Slovenian working population". Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 120: 194–197. doi:10.1016/j.diabres.2016.08.010. hdl:20.500.11820/5e176f15-933f-477f-bf5b-170ab88a7b80. PMID 27592167.
  9. ^ "2018 Class of New Fellows". American Academy of Nursing. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  10. ^ "2018 Class of New Fellows". European Academy of Nursing Science. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  11. ^ "Pajnkihar, Majda". Clarivate Analytics. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

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