Associate Professor

Merete Røineland Benestad

Field of work

Paediatric Nurse with clinical experience from different clinical paediatric fields. Now Associate Professor at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences. MSc 2018 “Self-reported health in adolescents with exercise-induced laryngeal obstruction”.

PhD 2024 “Health-related quality of life and mental health after extreme preterm birth”.



Courses taught

  • Pediatric nursing 
  • Communication to children and youth
  • Teamwork and health education


Research areas

  • Health-related quality of life
  • PROMS
  • extreme preterm birth
  • Hospital-managed home-care programe


Research groups

Courses taught
  • ANE510, Anaesthetist Nursing. Quality, Patient Safety, and Clinical Governance , Fall 2026
  • BARNP516, Cooperation and Communication in Paediatric Nursing Practice, Fall 2026, subject responsible
  • BARNP517, Quality, Clinical Governance and Organising in Paediatric Nursing Practice, Fall 2026
  • INT510, Critical Care Nursing as Disipline and Profession, Fall 2026
  • INT512, Clinical Observation, Assessment, Decision Making and Executive Competence in Critical Care Nursing, Fall 2026
  • MAMET1ABIO, Philosophy of Science, Ethics and Research Methods, Spring 2027
  • OPR510, Operating Room Nursing - as Profetion, Fall 2026
  • SPE590, Master’s Thesis, Fall 2026
  • SPE590, Master’s Thesis, Spring 2027

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