Innovative Nursing Care

Klavdija Cucek Trifkovic, RN, PhD
Dr. Klavdija Cucek Trifkovic, Senior Lecturer, is the acting dean at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences (UM FHS). She obtained her BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. degrees at the University of Ljubljana Faculty of Education. Her doctoral dissertation is focused on alcohol-related problems. She worked as a registered nurse at the Clinic for Internal Diseases. She has been working as a senior lecturer at the UM FHS for the last twenty years. She has actively participated in different conferences and congresses in nursing and published many professional and scientific articles. Her research interests are related to the field of quality and satisfaction with life and mental disorders. Also, an important area of her professional and research interest is supervision. As an editor, she has worked for several domestic and international conference proceedings.

Mateja Lorber, RN, PhD
Mateja Lorber is an assistant professor at the University of Maribor, Faculty of Health Sciences, since 2005. Before, she worked at the University Clinical Center Maribor as a registered nurse at the Clinic for Internal Diseases. Her main research interest and lecturing are gerontology nursing, managing chronic disease, leadership, and research in nursing. She presented her work at international scientific conferences and published original scientific papers in domestic and foreign scientific journals. She received the highest award (the golden sign) of the Association of Nursing Care and Midwifery Slovenia for successful work and contribution to the implementation of programs in the field of nursing, bronze and gold recognition for achievements and merits in pedagogical and scientific research work from Faculty of Health Sciences and award for scientific research, art, and educational work for exceptional successes, achievement, and merit from the rector of the University of Maribor. She is an editor in chief