We are excited to announce that a new episode of the VETOA podcast has been released!  This episode is recorded in English, and the text transcripts are available in both English and Finnish. The VETOA-TRACTION team warmly thanks our podcast guests, Zeynep, Nadine, Floro, and Frank. It was a great pleasure to create this episode […]

Äitini teki yli 40 vuoden työuran vanhustenhoidossa, joten vuorotyön arkiset haasteet olivat kotona tuttuja. Itsekin haaveilin joskus sairaanhoitajan ammatista, mutta lukuhommat ja kielet veivät lopulta mennessään. Äidin ansiosta olin kuitenkin pari kesää töissä Taipalsaarella hoivakodin laitosapulaisena, ja ruotsin sivuaineopiskelijana hakeuduin töihin Tukholman lähelle Lidingöön kotipalveluun kesällä 1994. Mummojen kanssa oli mukava jutella ruotsiksi, sillä heitä […]

In March 2024, the joint European Social Fund Plus (ESF+)-funded VETOA project (also known as TRACTION in English), involving the Department of Nursing Science, the School of Humanities at the University of Eastern Finland, and the Centre for Continuous Learning, was launched. The project is led by Professor Tarja Kvist of the Department of Nursing […]

Next year, 2025, is a remarkable for Finnish nurses, as we celebrate 100th anniversary of the founding of the Finnish Nurses Association. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) Congress will be held in Helsinki 9.-13.6.2025. The previous ICN Congress was in Helsinki 100 years ago! Thousands of nurses from all over the world will gather […]