Bente Elisabeth Bendixen

Bente Elisabeth Bendixen is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Health and Caring Sciences, Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. Her work focuses on diabetes care, clinical nursing skills, and simulation training.

• Research Areas: Diabetes in specialist/community care, multidisciplinary group treatment for type 2 diabetes, use of CGM in type 2 diabetes.
• Teaching: Courses on diabetes, nursing in acute/chronic/critical diseases, and surgical nursing practice studies.

Bendixen leads the DiaBEST research group and has published on clinical tools validation, diabetes management barriers, and pedagogical reforms in nursing education. Her recent articles emphasize evidence-based practice in nursing homes and improving diabetes care through multidisciplinary approaches.