Dr. Irène Ris

Work at ZHAW

Position

Head of BSc Nursing

Focus

• Nursing Diagnostics and process
• acute Care
• Family Systems Care
• Palliative Care
• Sociology of health

Experience

• Lecturer
  Institut of Nursing ZHAW
  09 / 2008 - today
• Head of Nursing & Quality Development
  Stadtspital Zürich (Waid)
  09 / 2008 - 07 / 2015
• Registered Nurse
  Universitätsspital Zürich
  10 / 1992 - 07 / 2008

Education and Continuing education

Education

• PhD / in Nursing Science
  University Witten/Herdecke
  02 / 2015 - 06 / 2023
• Master of Arts / Sociology (major), business administration and social and preventive medicine
  University of Zurich
  09 / 1999 - 10 / 2007
• Registred Nurse
  Vocational school for health and nursing care Diakoniewerk Neumünster
  08 / 1989 - 08 / 1992

Continuing Education

CAS in Higher Education
PH Zürich
03 / 2013

Network

ORCID digital identifier

ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6786-4490

Publications

• Häusermann, Sara Ursula; Huber, Evelyn; Meichtry, André; Gautschi, Fabian; Ris, Irène; Deufert, Daniela,

  2023.

  Effects of high-fidelity simulation on self-efficacy in undergraduate nursing education regarding family systems care and early palliative care.

  Journal of Nursing Education and Practice.

  13(12).

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.5430/jnep.v13n12p1

• Ris, Irène; Volken, Thomas; Schnepp, Wilfried; Mahrer-Imhof, Romy,

  2022.

  Exploring factors associated with family caregivers' preparedness to care for an older family member together with home care nurses : an analysis in a Swiss urban area.

  Journal of Primary Care & Community Health.

  13.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/21501319221103961

• Ris, Irène; Volken, Thomas; Schnepp, W.; Mahrer Imhof, Romy,

  2020.

  Pflegeauszeit und deren beeinflussenden Faktoren aus der Perspektive der Familienmitglieder, die eine ältere Person zu Hause betreuen und pflegen : eine Querschnittsstudie.

  Pflegewissenschaft.

  22(6), pp. 361-371.

• Ris, Irène; Schnepp, Wilfried; Mahrer Imhof, Romy,

  2019.

  Psychometric evaluation of the German version of a social support scale of FAFHES (family functioning, family health and social support).

  Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences.

  34(1), pp. 34-43.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/scs.12700

• Ris, Irène; Schnepp, Wilfried; Mahrer Imhof, Romy,

  2018.

  An integrative review on family caregivers’ involvement in care of home-dwelling elderly.

  Health and Social Care in the Community.

  2019(27), pp. 1-17.

  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12663

• Ris, Irène; Mahrer Imhof, Romy,

  2017.

  Measuring family caregiver’s perceptions of being involved into care of elderly person dwelling at home : validity and reliability of the German version of the social support subscale of the Family Functioning, Health and Social Support (FAFHES) questionnaire [poster].

  In:

  13th International Family Nursing Conference, Pamplona, Spain, 14-17 June 2017.

  International Family Nursing Association.

• Ris, Irène; Mahrer Imhof, Romy,

  2016.

  Caring together for a frail older person : family’s involvement into caregiving in the home care setting - an integrative review (method) [poster].

  In:

  16th European Doctoral Conference in Nursing Science (EDCNS), Bern, 16-17 September 2016.

  Bern University of Applied Sciences.

• Häusermann, Sara Ursula; Huber, Evelyn; Gautschi, Fabian; Meichtry, André; Ris, Irène; Deufert, Daniela,

  2023.

  «Ich kann das!» – High Fidelity Simulation in einer familienzentrierten, palliativen Pflegesituation in der Ausbildung von Bachelor Pflege-Studierenden : eine quasi-experimentelle repeated measures Studie.

  In:

  Interdisziplinäres Symposium zur Simulation in der Medizin (InSiM), Reutlingen, Deutschland, 29.-30. September 2023.

• Ris, Irène; Mahrer Imhof, Romy,

  2017.

  Families' involvement into care processes in home health care - an integrative review : preliminary results.

  In:

  13th International Family Nursing Conference, Pamplona, Spain, 14-17 June 2017.

  International Family Nursing Association.

• Schaffert, René; Ris, Irène,

  2008.

  Pflegende im Teufelskreis zwischen steigenden Erwartungen und Personalmangel?.

  In:

  Kongress der Gesundheits- und MedizinsoziologInnen aus Österreich, Deutschland und der Schweiz, Bad Gleichenberg, Österreich, 27.-29. März 2008.

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