The central paradigm of research in the Department of Nursing Science is patient-centered collaborative practice. It connects the complementary research initiatives of the department, which are integrated in the following main areas and national and international cooperations:
Research in the department of nursing science
Patient-centered collaborative practice
The projects are currently funded by the Federal Ministry of Health, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the EU.
Interprofessional training and teaching research
Course-related research
Project Management: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Mahler | Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, University Hospital Tübingen
- Learning and development potential of nursing studies and nursing training. A longitudinal mixed methods study
- The view of the (central) practical instructors on the practical instruction in the course of studies Nursing B.Sc. as well as the use of new media in the practical instruction - practical project with HS Esslingen
- Evaluation of the introductory phase of the primary qualifying nursing B.Sc. programme from a student perspective - Master's thesis at HS Esslingen
Medication Safety & Patient Safety
Structured inter-professional study programme on drug therapy safety: Needs analysis and conception of a sample curriculum (SINA)
funded by the BMG (2/2019 - 2/2020)
Project Management: Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Bonn;
cooperation partner:
- Center for Evaluation and Methods (ZEM), University of Bonn
- Institute for Family Medicine, University Hospital/Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn
- Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacoepidemiology University Hospital Heidelberg
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of Bonn
- Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science University Hospital Tübingen
- Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM)
- German Society for Interprofessional Cooperation in Health Care (InZIG)
- CaP Campus Pharmacy GmbH (Campus Pharmacy)
Supportive nursing care in oncology
CCC-Integrative: Implementation of a cross-sectoral, interprofessional programme for evidence-based counselling of cancer patients in the field of complementary medicine and care (KMP) at the Comprehensive Cancer Centers in Baden-Württemberg
supported by the G-BA Innovation Fund (10/2019 - 9/2022)
Consortium leader: Department of General Medicine and Interprofessional Care, University Hospital Tübingen
Consortium partners
- - AOK-BW
- - Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science (University Hospital Tübingen)
- - Department of General Medicine and Health Services Research (University Hospital Heidelberg)
- - Institute for Clinical Epidemiology and Applied Biometry (University Hospital Tübingen)
- - all Comprehensive Cancer Centers (CCCs) in Baden-Württemberg (CCC Freiburg, NCT Heidelberg, CCC Tübingen-Stuttgart, CCC Ulm)
- - AQUA - Institute for Applied Quality Promotion and Research in Health Care GmbH
- - Competence Network Complementary Medicine in Oncology (KOKON), represented by Klinikum Nürnberg, Clinic for Internal Medicine 5
Cooperation partners
Self-help, Association of General Practitioners, German Professional Association for Nursing Professions (DBfK)
INTEGRATION
Combined nutrition and physical activity intervention during oncological therapy
Fundedby GBA - Innovationsfonds (topic 3: care models for specific diseases/ groups of diseases) | funding volume: € 4.38 million (total); UKH € 217,500 | duration: 10,2019 - 09,2022
Project management: PD Dr. med. Sebastian Theurich and PD Dr. Freerk T. Baumann (University Hospital Cologne)
cooperation partners:
- University Hospital Cologne, Clinic 1 for Internal Medicine and Centre for Integrated Oncology (CIO)
- University Hospital Halle (Saale) Clinic for Internal Medicine & Institute for Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science, University Hospital Tübingen
- University Hospital Bonn
- University Hospital Heidelberg (NCT)
- UKSH Lübeck/Kiel
- University Hospital Freiburg
- University Hospital Munich (CCC)
- Leipzig University Hospital, Klinikum Bremen Mitte
- Northwest Hospital Frankfurt am Main
- University Hospital Hamburg Eppendorf
- AOK (Rhineland/Hamburg); DAK
Nursing research on Covid19
Study on the current situation in institutions for inpatient and outpatient long-term care in Baden-Württemberg
[LACOVID-BA-WU2020]
Learn moreCooperation partners: Prof. Dr. Cornelia Mahler (University of Tübingen, Medical Faculty)
Survey in the district of Tübingen on care structures of outpatient & inpatient care in times of COVID-19
Cooperation partners: District of Tübingen, Department of Health
Certificates and Associations

Focus: Top Nationales Krankenhaus 2023

Kooperation für Transparenz und Qualität im Gesundheitswesen

Qualitätspartnerschaft mit der PKV

Erfolgsfaktor Familie

Die Altersvorsorge für den Öffentlichen Dienst