Dr Michael Galatsch, DTN, RN
Dr Michael Galatsch, DTN, RN
ZHAW
School of Health Sciences
Institute of Nursing
Katharina-Sulzer-Platz 9
8400 Winterthur
Work at ZHAW
Focus
Global (Child) Health
Network
Membership of networks
ORCID digital identifier
Projects
- Voluntary Stopping of Eating and Drinking (VSED) at the End-of-Life in Swiss Nursing Homes: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-Methods Study to Develop a Patient-Centred ethical Best Practice Recommendation / Team member / ongoing
- Time distribution of services in palliative care in Switzerland – an evaluation study in hospital, hospice and Spitex / Co-project leader / ongoing
- Workshop to Explore Joint Research, Educational and Clinical Themes between KGUMSB and ZHAW / Project leader / completed
Publications
Articles in scientific journal, peer-reviewed
- Borchart, D. et al. (2025) 'Contributing factors of the preferred retirement age in nursing professionals : cross-sectional results of the German lidA cohort study', Journal of Public Health. doi: 10.1007/s10389-025-02511-3.
- Gerhardus, M. J. et al. (2023) 'Use and acceptance of drinking fountains : a pilot study in two secondary schools in Dortmund, Germany', Children, 10(5), p. 817. doi: 10.3390/children10050817.
- Galatsch, M. et al. (2022) 'A mixed-methods study on evaluating an updated, francophone version of ETAT+ training in Madagascar', Southern African Journal of Critical Care, 38(2), pp. 64–70. doi: 10.7196/SAJCC.2022.v38i2.535.
- Küppers, D., Galatsch, M. and Weigel, R. (2022) 'Global child health in higher education in Germany : a mixed-methods study', Global Health Action, 15(1). doi: 10.1080/16549716.2022.2093464.
Other publications
- Preisig, M. et al. (2026) 'Kommunikation, Seh- und Hörverlust, Schmerzen : interRAI-Skalen verstehen und anwenden', NOVAcura, 57(2), pp. 17–24.
- Landert, M., Galatsch, M. and Harju, E. (2025) 'Burnout risk among oncology nurses in German-speaking university hospitals in Switzerland : a quantitative cross-sectional study', in Swiss Public Health Conference (SPHC), Lugano, Switzerland, 10-11 September 2025. ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences. doi: 10.21256/zhaw-34642.
- Galatsch, M. et al. (2024) 'Health care access for displaced and conflict-affected children', in Berlin Global Health Talk, Berlin, Germany, 5-6 December 2024. Available at: https://www.globalhealthhub.de/fileadmin/general_documents/202412_Poster_GH_in_Conflict_Settings_-_Child_Health.pdf.
- Galatsch, M. (2023) 'Gemeindebezogene Katastrophen : Disaster Nursing', in Händler-Schuster, D. and Budroni, H. (eds) Gemeinde- und Familiengesundheitspflege. Lehrbuch für die ambulante Pflege. Bern: Hogrefe, pp. 112–118. doi: 10.1024/86098-000.
- Galatsch, M., Domeisen Benedetti, F. and Fringer, A. (2023) 'Familienarbeit in der ambulanten palliativen Betreuung : ein (fast) unbezahltes Angebot', in Nationaler Palliative Care Kongress, Biel, Schweiz, 22.-23. November 2023.
- Braun, M. et al. (2022) 'Travel time to reach health care facilities on the referral pathway for paediatric emergency treatment in Boeny, Madagascar', in Tag der Forschung der Universität Witten/Herdecke, Deutschland, 19. April 2022.
- Galatsch, M., Domeisen Benedetti, F. and Fringer, A. (2022) 'Übergänge in der Häuslichkeit am Lebensende', Pflegen: Palliativ, 2022(56), pp. 7–9.
Oral conference contributions and abstracts
- Galatsch, M. (2024) 'Zukunft gestalten : Bildung für nachhaltige Entwicklung und globale Gesundheit für Pflege-Gesundheitsberufe', in Deutscher Pflegetag, Berlin, Deutschland, 7.-8. November 2024.
- Braun, M. et al. (2022) 'Travel time to reach health care facilities on the referral pathway for paediatric emergency treatment in Boeny, Madagascar', in 40th GTP Annual Conference, Basel, 27-29 May 2022.