Inga María Hlíðar Thorsteinson

About Inga

I am interested in current affairs and various social activities. I enjoy reading and writing columns, exercising, and swimming, and I often paint in my spare time. I wrote my final project in nursing on the impact of infertility on quality of life, and my final project in midwifery on the experience of future fathers in group pregnancy protection. I practiced handball for 10 years growing up with the clubs Fjölnir, Afturelding, and Fram. I was raised in Grafarvogur and now live in Breiðholt.

Education

2016-2018 University of Iceland. Midwifery cand. obst.
2012-2016 University of Iceland. Nursing B.S.
2012 Reykjavík Junior College. Matriculation examination.

Continuous Education

2018-2021 Twinning up North – Dutch and Icelandic Midwifery Cooperation Project
2015 Meeting/Conference with European nursing students in London
2015 Meeting/Conference with Nordic nursing students in Norway
2015 Meeting with nursing students in the Nordic countries and a conference on specialist nursing education in Sweden
2015 Seminar on complementary nursing treatments in Denmark
2009 Exchange student in Panama
2006 First-Aid course

Work Experience

2018 Landspítali Hospital Birth Watch, Division 23B. Midwife
2017- Pregnancy and Maternity, Division 22A. Nurse.
2017 University of Iceland. Department of Nursing. Assistant Teacher
2016- Recovery Room of Hringurinn Children's Hospital, Division 23D. Nurse (summer job in 2016 and 2017 and currently paid by the hour)
2014- User-Controlled Personal Assistance (NPA). Assistant
2014-2015 Hringurinn Children's Hospital, Division 22-ED. Nursing Student
2014 Eir Nursing Home. Nursing Student
2014 Orkuhúsið Medical Center. Cleaning the operating room (temporary worker)
2013-2014 Landspítali Hospital. Nursing Student
2007-13 Eir Nursing Home. Care (Summer Work)

Social Activities

2018-2020 Twinning up North: a collaborative project with Dutch midwives in the Netherlands/Iceland
2018- Board of Rómur Media
2017-2018 Editorial Board of Rómur Media
2017 Chair of Vörður Welfare Committee (Association of Independents in Reykjavík)
2016- Column writing for Rómur Media
2017-2018 Alternate Member of the Board of LIN (the Icelandic Student Loan Fund)
2016-2017 Vice-President the University of Iceland Student Council (SHI)
2015-2018 Independence Party Welfare Committee
2015-2017 Interests Officer of Curator, Student Association of Nursing Students at the University of Iceland
2015-2016 Member of the Sectoral Council of Health Sciences, Alternate Member of SHI
2015-2016 Co-Director of the board of Vaka – the Society of Democratic Students
2015-2016 Board of Heimdallur, the Society of Young Independents in Reykjavík
2015 Relief work at a hospital in Cambodia (summer)
2014-2015 Chair of Curator, Student Association of Nursing Students at the University of Iceland