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Biography

Adelaida Zabalegui is a Nurse since 1982 (Spain), Master and Ph.D. in Nursing from New York University (1997) as a Fellow of the Spanish Ministry of Health. Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing Science Department at Turku University (Finland) (2023). Assistant Director of Nursing at New York City Bellevue Hospital. Director of Nursing and ViceDean of Medical and Health Science School (Universitat Internacional de Catalunya). Chief Nurse Officer and currently ViceDirector of Nursing at Hospital Clínic of Barcelona and Associate Professor at Barcelona University. Full Professor and Advanced Researcher. Ex-Editor of the journal “Nursing” Spanish version. Ex-Board Member at European Academy of Nursing Science (EANS) and Nursing Now Campaign European representative. Board member of Nursing Now Challenge. President of Catalan Nursing Directors Association.

Interests in elderly care, advanced nursing practice, health services research

Activities

Employment (1)

Hospital Clinic of Barcelona: Barcelona, Catalonia, ES

2009-08-01 to present | ViceDirector of Nursing (Nursing)
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Education and qualifications (2)

Turku University: Turku, FI

2023-05-26 to present | Honorary Doctor (Nursing Science, Faculty of Medicine)
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Barcelona University: Barcelona, Catalonia, ES

2013-09-10 to present | PhD in Nursing (Medicine)
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Professional activities (2)

Associació Catalana de Dirctives de Enfermeria: Barcelona, Spain, ES

President ACDI
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Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Abu Dhabi, US

2023-07-10 | International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame ( Nurse )
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Funding (4)

Towards Soft Fixture-Based Manipulation Primitives Enabling Safe Robotic Manipulation in Hazardous “SoftEnable”. Funded by the European Union.

2022-01 to 2025-08 | Grant
HORIZON EUROPE Framework Programme (Europe, GB)
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Clinical reasoning in nursing/midwifery education and clinical practice

2021-01 to 2024-08 | Grant
European Commission (Leuven, BE)
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Evaluation of an innovative information, training and social support intervention “INFOSA-DEM” to principal caregivers of dementia patients living at home. Experimental study.

2014-11 to 2017-06 | Grant
Fundació La Marató of TV3 (Barcelona, Catalonia, ES)
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Meyers, Zabalegui A, Leino Kilpi, Hamers, et al. European Commission of Research, 15/04/2009 (FP7-Health-2009). Improving health services for European citizens with dementia: Development of best practice strategies for the transition from ambulatory to institutional long-trem care facilities. Acronym /RightTimePlaceCare./ Funding awarded will be 2.982.798 Euros for 3 años: 2010-2013. Proposal No: 2421153. The following countries participated in the project: Germany, Holland, Sweden, Englad, Finland, Estonia, France and Spain (A. Zabalegui heads the WP of Best Practices as the Spanish partner).

2010-01 to 2013-06 | Grant
European commission of Research (FP7-health -2009) (Brussels, Europe, BE)
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2421153

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