Outputs (17)

An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals. (2024)
Journal Article
Hatfield, J., Walker, J., Spencer Grey, S., Oxley, L., & Cowperthwaite, L. (2024). An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 18(10), 371-403. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2024.18.10.372

Access to higher education in health and social care is vital for supporting local communities and the future workforce. Traditionally, efforts to widen participation in higher education targeted socioeconomically disadvantaged groups. However, it is... Read More about An alternative route: widening participation into higher education for prospective health and care professionals..

The Practising Midwife Blog 11 Jun 2024: Supporting Nursing and Midwifery Students: Restorative Supervision (2024)
Digital Artefact
Walker, J., Jennison, L., & Lachanudis, L. (2024). The Practising Midwife Blog 11 Jun 2024: Supporting Nursing and Midwifery Students: Restorative Supervision. [blog post]

In the current climate of healthcare in the UK, the retention and support of nursing and midwifery professionals are critical concerns. The National Health Service (NHS) National Staff Survey (2023) highlighted alarming levels of burnout among midwiv... Read More about The Practising Midwife Blog 11 Jun 2024: Supporting Nursing and Midwifery Students: Restorative Supervision.

ViPER - Introducing a service to deliver restorative supervision for nursing students, to improve retention and raise the quality of student experiences. (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jennison, L., Walker, J., Credland, N., Dixon, P., & Dunn, R. (2024, April). ViPER - Introducing a service to deliver restorative supervision for nursing students, to improve retention and raise the quality of student experiences. Paper presented at RCN Education Forum National Conference and Exhibition 2024: Future Insights: Enabling professional practice in health and social care nursing education, York

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Introduction:
Restorative Supervision (RS) is increasingly being delivered to post qualified healthcare staff, via the growth of the PNA role (NHS England,2023). The benefits of delivering this to pre-registration students in educa... Read More about ViPER - Introducing a service to deliver restorative supervision for nursing students, to improve retention and raise the quality of student experiences..

Can restorative supervision positively impact the emotional wellbeing of HEI lecturers in healthcare? (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jennison, L., Credland, N., & Walker, J. (2024, April). Can restorative supervision positively impact the emotional wellbeing of HEI lecturers in healthcare?. Paper presented at ANTF Symposium 2024: Association of National Teaching Fellows; Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence Network, Nottingham

Staff wellbeing is crucial to providing a high standard of education for students. Restorative Supervision has been shown to have positive impacts on staff wellbeing including feeling 'valued', reductions in stress and burnout, increased job satisfac... Read More about Can restorative supervision positively impact the emotional wellbeing of HEI lecturers in healthcare?.

Keynote: Leadership (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Spencer Grey, S. (2024, April). Keynote: Leadership. Presented at MSc Healthcare Leadership two-day conference: Leading People and Developing their Resilience, University of Hull

Opening Slide
Leadership is not an ‘I’ it’s about developing an ‘us’, a team, a collaboration, a community.
Leadership qualities, values and skills are a part of you, you don’t switch them on and off.
Leadership is not a paperwork exercise, leader... Read More about Keynote: Leadership.

What does leadership mean to specialist community public health nurses? (2024)
Journal Article
Walker, J., & Jennison, L. (2024). What does leadership mean to specialist community public health nurses?. Journal of Health Visiting, 12(2), 62-70. https://doi.org/10.12968/johv.2024.12.2.62

Using the results of a survey of practice educators and assessors at a higher education institute, this article discusses leadership styles in the context of specialist community public health nursing.

HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy (2024)
Digital Artefact
Walker, J., Smith, L., Hilton, A., Alfred, L., Scholin, L., & Ahankari, A. (2024). HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy

Opening paragraph:
Pregnancy is a transformative period in a woman’s life and an important time to lay strong foundations for infant health and wellbeing that can last a lifetime. The health and wellbeing of the mother, her unborn baby and wider fam... Read More about HVs’ role in providing alcohol advice to women who are pregnant or planning a pregnancy.

4Bii. Improving undergraduate student attrition and experience  through an innovative  Restorative Supervision project. (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Jennison, L., & Walker, J. (2023, December). 4Bii. Improving undergraduate student attrition and experience  through an innovative  Restorative Supervision project. Paper presented at Advance HE NETworking & Innovation in Healthcare Education Conference, Liverpool

Abstract:
Principles of the PNA role and A-EQUIP model (NHS England, 2017) and specifically the Restorative Supervision (RS) element can also be applied to healthcare students during their training. RS can be defined “A model of supervision designe... Read More about 4Bii. Improving undergraduate student attrition and experience  through an innovative  Restorative Supervision project..

Planning for a baby? Why both men and women should consider quitting alcohol before and during pregnancy (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
Alfred, L., Walker, J., & Smith, L. (2023). Planning for a baby? Why both men and women should consider quitting alcohol before and during pregnancy

Opening paragraph:
When a couple is planning on having a baby, it’s often the woman who is seen as responsible for the health of the unborn child.

Professional nurse advocate standards for education and training programmes and modules (2023)
Report
(2023). Professional nurse advocate standards for education and training programmes and modules. Royal College of Nursing

Description:

There has been extensive national uptake by education institutions and employer organisations to support, develop and implement the role of the professional nurse advocate (PNA). However, with various providers delivering PNA training... Read More about Professional nurse advocate standards for education and training programmes and modules.