Kjerstin Elisabeth Tevik

Kjerstin Elisabeth Tevik serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Public Health and Nursing at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Her research focuses on geriatric health issues within nursing home settings and community care for older adults, with particular emphasis on substance use epidemiology and quality-of-care metrics.

Her educational background includes:

• Bachelor of Nursing from Høgskolen i Sør Trøndelag (1994)
• Postgraduate studies in intensive care nursing at St. Olavs Hospital (2000)
• Master of Health Science from NTNU (2011)
• Ph.D. in Medicine from NTNU (2019)

Her research spans critical areas in geriatric care, including alcohol and substance use patterns among older adults, pain management in dementia patients, and development of nursing-sensitive quality indicators for nursing homes. She investigates nutritional risk in chronic heart failure patients and examines how substance misuse affects both elderly individuals and their families. Her methodological approach combines longitudinal population studies like the HUNT Study with qualitative analysis of patient and caregiver experiences.

Analysis of her 15 most recent publications reveals dominant research trajectories in substance use epidemiology among aging populations (40% of works), nursing home quality metrics (25%), and pain management in dementia (20%). Her work consistently employs mixed-methods approaches, utilizing both quantitative biomarker validation (e.g., Phosphatidylethanol testing) and qualitative narrative analysis of family experiences.

She leads two major research projects funded by the Norwegian Nurses Organisation and Central Norway Regional Health Authority: (1) development of nursing-sensitive quality indicators for Norwegian nursing homes, and (2) investigation of alcohol/drug use patterns among older adults using the HUNT population study. She serves as a member of NTNU's 'Aging and Older Persons' Health' research group, contributing to national initiatives through the National Centre for Ageing and Health.