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Tove Giske

Tove Giske

professor

Background

Is a trained nurse with a minor (1 year) degree in psychology, a minor (1,5 years) in pedagogy and a major in nursing science. PhD in nursing science from University of Bergen in 2008. Professor of nursing since 2016.

The research field is predominantly related to spiritual care in relation to nursing practice and education.

Leads the excellent research network in VID Spiritual Care Education and Practice Development (SEP www.spiritualcare.no ) and the research group SPIRCARE with members from VID, Scandinavia and many other countries.

Is a member of EPICC www.epicc-network.org

Leads i-SEP which is a HKDir collaborative project between VID and Azusa Pacific University, CA.

Leads Global Mobility (2020 – 2026) between VID Bergen and nursing education at the University of Sierra Leone, Freetown. The collaboration has resulted in the first book on fundamental nursing written for an African country (Fundamentals of Nursing in the Context of Sierra Leone).

Fields of expertise

Teaching
Communication
Grounded Theory
Care-taking
Qualitative methods
Spiritual care

Scientific publications

2023

Patients' and Nurses' experiences of caring in nursing: An integrative literature review across clinical practices 2023 Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) - Ingerd Irgens Hynnekleiv, Jørghild Karlotte Jensen, Tove Giske, Hilde Lausund, Elisabeth Mæland, Kristin Heggdal
Strengths and challenges with spiritual care: Student feedback from the EPICC Spiritual Care Self-Assessment Tool 2023 Nursing Open - Pamela H. Cone, Joanne Lassche-Scheffer, Bodil Bø, Britt Moene Kuven, Wilfred McSherry, Benson Owusu, Linda Ross, Annemiek Schep-Akkerman, Venke Irene Ueland, Tove Giske

2022

Developing and testing the EPICC Spiritual Care Competency Self-Assessment Tool for student nurses and midwives 2022 Journal of Clinical Nursing (JCN) - Tove Giske, Annemiek Schep-Akkerman, Bodil Bø, Pamela H. Cone, Britt Moene Kuven, Wilfred McSherry, Benson Owusu, Venke Irene Ueland, Joanne Lassche-Scheffer, Rene van Leeuwen, Linda Ross

2021

2020

2018

Nursing and midwifery students' perceptions of spirituality, spiritual care, and spiritual care competency: A prospective, longitudinal, correlational European study 2018 Nurse Education Today - Linda Ross, Wilfred McSherry, Tove Giske, René van Leeuwen, Annemiek Schep-Akkerman, Tiburtius Koslander, Jenny Hall, Vibeke Østergaard Steenfeldt, Paul Jarvis

2016

Factors contributing to student nurses'/midwives' perceived competency in spiritual care 2016 Nurse Education Today - Linda Ross, Tove Giske, René van Leeuwen, Donia Baldacchino, Wilfred McSherry, Aru Narayanasamy, Paul Jarvis, Annemiek Schep-Akkerman

2015

2013

Student nurses perceptions of spirituality and competence in delivering spiritual care: A European pilot study 2013 Nurse Education Today - Linda Ross, René van Leeuwen, Donia Baldacchino, Tove Giske, Wilfred McSherry, Aru Narayanasamy, Carmel Downes, Paul Jarvis, Annemiek Schep-Akkerman
Student nurses perceptions of spirituality and competence in delivering spiritual care: A European pilot study 2013 Nurse Education Today - Linda Ross, René van Leeuwen, Donia Baldacchino, Tove Giske, Wilfred McSherry, Aru Narayanasamy, Carmel Downes, Paul Jarvis, Annemiek Schep-Akkerman

2009

Glaserian grounded theory in nursing : trusting emergence 2009 - Barbara Artinian, Tove Giske, Pamela Cone

Other publications

2025

"Ola - Når livet ramlar saman" - 2025 - Sølvi Anne Eide Lunde, Kjellaug Iversen, Sigrid Bøthun , Rune Letrud, Tove Giske
Comparison of Nursing Students’ Experiences of Learning Nursing in Sierra Leone and Norway 2025 ICN Congress, June 9th – 13th 2025 - Tove Giske, Rebecca Amara, Donald Santigie Conteh, Joseph Edem-Hotah, Mohamed James Koroma, Anneline Røssland, Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse
Comparison of Nursing Students’ Experiences of Learning Nursing in Sierra Leone and Norway 2025 ICN Congress, June 9th – 13th 2025 - Tove Giske, Rebecca Amara, Donald Santigie Conteh, Joseph Edem-Hotah, Mohamed James Koroma, Anneline Røssland, Ragnhild Johanne Tveit Sekse
Cultural Diversity 2025 - Mohamed James Koroma, Tove Giske
Fundamentals of Nursing in the Context of Sierra Leone 2025 - Rebecca Amara, Joseph Edem-Hotah, Tove Giske

2023

Simon og Gud 2023 - Tove Giske, Marte Bygstad-Landro, Sølvi Anne Eide Lunde, Wenche Margrethe Sortvik, Kjell Arne Aarheim, Linda Garvik, Solveig Christophersen Olerud, Anine Madsgaard, Njål Herman Eikeng Sterri, Kjetil Monsen, Rune Letrud

2022

Åndelig omsorg handler om mer enn religiøs tro. 2022 Tidsskriftet sykepleien - Britt Moene Kuven, Bodil Bø, Venke Irene Ueland, Tove Giske

2021

2019

2017

2013

Cancer in Context 2013 The 15th Conference on Social and Community Psychology - Torill Christine Lindstrøm, Sigrunn Drageset, Kjell Underlid, Tove Giske

2010

2009

Døyr trygt heime 2009 Tidsskriftet sykepleien - Marit Eikemo Halsnes, Tove Giske

2008

2006

2005

2004