Nursing and Allied Health Professionals
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Blog: PPE for healthcare staff during the pandemic
The advent of the pandemic created a significant increase in the requirement for personal protective equipment (PPE), in particular masks or respiratory protective...
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Blog: Protecting nurses’ mental health during Covid-19
In the current context of the Covid-19 outbreak, there is an urgent need to recognise the unprecedented situations in which nurses are working on a daily basis, and to...
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News: Celebrating International Nurses Day 2020
News | 12 May 2020 |Today marks International Nurses Day and this year is the World Health Organization’s Year of the Nurse and Midwife, marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of...
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FGM; how healthcare professionals from affected communities are supported
Astrid Fairclough, an NHS programme director from Swanage, Dorset, travelled to Kenya, Egypt, Sierra Leone and Australia to learn how the End FGM projects are being...
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An exploration of best practice to support critical illness survivorship
Dr Pamela Page, a critical care nurse academic from Essex, travelled to Australia, New Zealand and the USA to investigate support for people who have survived critical...
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Exploring the efficacy of Advanced Practice in physiotherapy: an international comparison
Hannah Morley, an Advanced Practice Physiotherapist and First Contact Practitioner from Gloucestershire and Bristol, travelled to Australia and New Zealand to research...
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Diagnostic Nurse-led Ultrasound in Tertiary Care: Training and Implementation Strategies
Eleanor Corcoran, a senior research nurse from London, travelled to Australia to research the use of ultrasound by nurses working in critical care. She will use her...
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Dementia and Montessori; fostering independence
Kay Jodrell, a nursing home worker from Torquay, travelled to Australia, Canada and the USA to investigate the application of Montessori methodology in dementia care....
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Blog: Babies cry, you can cope
Abusive Head Trauma (AHT), also known as Shaken Baby Syndrome, is a devastating form of child abuse. As a registered nurse and health visitor specialising in child...
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Video: "The whole trip was extraordinary"
Watch advanced nurse practitioner Kate Knowles talk about her Churchill Fellowship researching ways of evidencing the value of advanced nurse practitioners, and the...
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Extending the scope and reach of palliative day services
Kathy Birch, a hospice worker from Epsom, travelled to Australia, New Zealand and Singapore to investigate approaches to extending the scope and reach of palliative care.
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Third sector contribution to the 'Buurtzorg' model of care
Chloe Reeves, a consultancy director from St. Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, travelled to Sweden and the Netherlands to explore new models of person-centred health and...
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Embedding Public Health skills into nursing practice
Anne Mills, a nurse, midwife and specialist public health practitioner from Sturminster Newton, Dorset, travelled to Canada to explore approaches to embedding public...
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An International Review of High Level Isolation Units
Allison Sykes, a senior nurse from Newcastle upon Tyne, travelled to Germany, Italy, Spain and the USA to research best practice in high level isolation units.
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A comparative exploration of midwifery education in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand
Cathryn Britton, a senior lecturer in Midwifery from York, travelled to Australia and New Zealand to explore best practice in midwifery education.
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New models of supported independent living
Gita Prasad, a health and social care commissioner from Norwich, travelled to Denmark and the Netherlands to investigate new models of supported independent living for...
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Investigating safe care practices in the provision of oral systemic anti-cancer treatment
Michael Mawhinney, a doctoral research student from Oxford, travelled to Canada and the USA to investigate new models of care for patients receiving oral chemotherapy.
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Improving dementia services for people who are LGBT
Allison O'Kelly, a nurse from Callington, Cornwall, travelled to Australia to investigate support for LGBT people with dementia.
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Advanced nursing roles: Sara Dalby’s Story
Sara Dalby travelled to the USA in 2014 to explore roles which give nurses the chance to progress professionally and develop greater skills. Her Fellowship has helped...
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Joanne McPeake’s Story
Joanne McPeake travelled to the USA in 2011 to investigate how to improve outcomes for patients recovering from a period of critical illness.
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The District Nursing Service: Learning from Australia and New Zealand 2019
Dr Crystal Oldman, from London, and Chief Executive of The Queen's Nursing Institute, travelled to Australia and New Zealand to research safe staffing within...
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Advanced nurse practitioners: direct patient care and cost benefit exploration
Kate Knowles, an Advanced Nurse Practitioner from Nottingham, travelled to the USA to research how Advanced Clinical Practitioners evidence the benefit of their work.
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Preparing UK Nurses to care for the Armed Forces community
Alan Finnegan, a Professor of Nursing and Military Mental Health from Chester, travelled to the USA to study approaches to preparing nurses to care for military personnel.
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Investigating Community Stroke Rehabilitation and Falls Programs in Australia and New Zealand
Dr Victoria Butler, a Physiotherapist from Kirklevington, North Yorkshire, travelled to Australia to investigate exercise programmes to prevent falls in stroke patients.
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Arts for health: exploring best practice in children's hospitals
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Janey Sewell's Story
Janey Sewell travelled to Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa in 2013 in order to investigate access to, and uptake of, HIV testing services, with the aim of better...
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End of life care: Anne-Maria Newham's Story
Anne-Maria Newham travelled to New Zealand to explore approaches to end of life care.
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Nursing & Allied Health Professions - Fellows' Story Collection
Read more about some of our Fellows' achievements in this area.
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Influenza Vaccination: Protecting Healthcare Workers And Those In Their Care
Nicola Meredith, a specialist immunisation nurse from Cardiff, travelled to New Zealand to look into ways of improving the flu vaccine uptake in healthcare workers.
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Union/Community Organising
Dr Sheila Marriott, from West Bridgford, is a Regional Director for the Royal College of Nursing. Sheila travelled to the USA to study how community action can increase...
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Barriers to HIV testing in African men: causes and consequences