Dr. Silvana Gripshi completed the Integrated Study Program of Second Level in General Nursing in Tirana and in Biology-Chemistry at "Aleksander Xhuvani" University in Elbasan. After that she received a Master's degree in Nursing Management at University of Tirana. She holds a PhD in Pedagogy focusing on teaching strategies in nursing education, from University of Tirana. Currently, she is attending a postdoctoral program at the European Scientific Institute and is conducting a study on the attitudes of Albanian nursing students regarding the acceptance of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Dr. Gripshi has a long teaching experience, about 20 years, in pre-university and university education. Initially, she began her career as a biology-chemistry teacher in primary and secondary schools. She worked for 12 years as an assistant in nursing laboratory at the Faculty of Technical Medical Sciences at University of Medicine Tirana. She was also a part-time lecturer for several years at University of Tirana and "Aleksander Xhuvani" University in Elbasan and taught courses of nusing in internal medicine, geriatrics nursing and basics of nursing. Her research activity is mainly focused on teaching and learning in nursing education and innovation in higher education and health care. Recently, Silvana joined the “Western Balkans” University as a full-time lecturer.
TEXTBOOKS
- Gripshi, S. (2008) My birthplace Peqini. For the 5th grade of Basic Education, “ERIK”
- Toli, A. Gripshi, S. (2009). Social education. For the 8th grades of Basic Education, “Albaprim”
PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN JOURNALS
- Gripshi, S., Rustami., E., Pula, A., (2022) Challenges of nursing students in relation to academic performance at the Faculty of Technical Medical Sciences. European Journal Medicine and Natural Sciences Vol. 5 No. 1, e-ISSN 2601-6400, p-ISSN 2601-6397. https://revistia.com/index.php/ejmn/article/view/6865
- Gripshi, S., Pula, A., (2022)Factors Affecting the Academic Performance of Nursing Students. Social Studies Journal Albania Vol. 16, No. 4 (58), p: 77-86, ISSN: 2309-3455. https://www.sociology.al/sites/default/files/Vol.%2016%20No%204%20%2858%29%202022.pdf
- Gripshi, S., (2021) The Importance of Holistic Nursing Care. European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences Austria Vol.5 No.2 p. 544-549, e-ISSN 2520-0429, p-ISSN 2519-1284. https://iipccl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/051-1.pdf
CONFERENCE PROCEEDING PAPERS
- Gripshi, S. (2021) Promoting active learning in nursing education through teaching strategies. Proceeding of Twelfth International Conference on: “Social and Natural Sciences – Global Challenge – Berlin, p. 80-86, ISBN 978-9928259-43-1
- Gripshi, S. (2021) Teaching as part of the nurse`s role. Proceeding of First International Congress of Nurses, Midwives and Other Balkan Health Professionals -Pristina, p. 291-297, ISBN 978-9951-8984-1-6
