FACULTY OF HEALTH AND APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

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FACULTY OF HEALTH AND APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES

• RESEARCH IN THE SCHOOL OF NURSING PRIMARY CARE
  PRACTICE (NRS)
• Dr D. M. Mazhindu
• Head of Research
• Development Pedagogy

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NRS MAIN AREAS OF PROVISION NURSING PRE-HOSPITAL
URGENT CARE FOUNDATION DEGREE RADIOGRAPHY ADVANCED
PRACTICE PRIMARY CARE OCCUPATIONAL
THERAPY PHYSIOTHERAPY OPERATING DEPARTMENT
PRACTITIONERS INTERNATIONAL HEALTH CARE EDUCATION
TITHEBARN STKINGSWAY HOUSETRUEMAN STNORTH
STMARYBONE
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NRS RESEARCH LEADERSHIP

• HEAD OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY
• PROFESSOR OF NURSING
• NRS RESEARCH TEAM
• RESEARCH INTERESTED STAFF
• 14 STUDYING FOR PHD'S

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4 NURSING RESEARCH AREAS

• Organisation and delivery of healthcare services
  (including Advanced professional practice
  development)
• Quality of life Living with chronic conditions
  (including psychosocial aspects of chronic
  illness)
• Health promotion (including psychosocial aspects
  of health)
• Therapeutic care including community/family
  health
  
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Examples of Successful Collaborative Cross
Faculty Projects

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• Evaluating End of Life Care (Liverpool Gold
  Standards Framework) for Older People with
  Dementia in a range of Care Homes (Business
  Nursing)
• The effect of Simulation Based Training On the
  Development of Expert Performance Professional
  Judgement (Sports Science (RISES) Nursing)

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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

• ODP Puteri Nursing College, Malaysia (current)
• ODP Riyadh Armed Forces (current)
• Ikwan Kolej Malaysia (developing)
• Nursing and Public Health Shenyang Medical
  College China (developing)
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INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTS

• Hospital Management Aerospace Industry Central
  hospital China (developing)
• EU Socrates Schemes Spain, Italy (developing)
• Nursing and Allied Health India (investigating)
• Windsor Medical School St Kitts (investigating)
• CHIPS (Collaboration in Health International
  Partnerships in Science)

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TARGETS INCREASE NRS RESEARCH PORTFOLIO

• Evidence Based Practice
• Pre-Hospital Urgent Care
• Interventions surviving critical care
• Simulation training in healthcare education
• Emotions at Work Workforce Development and
  Service Use
• Care of Dying
• Advanced Clinical Nursing Practice Intermediate
  and Continuing Care of Older People
• Health care in the community

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NEW NRS AIMS AND OBJECTIVES

• Increase research income and portfolio of
  research
• Increase successful bids, grants, submission of
  research proposals
• Ensure all teaching is evidence based
• Research with service users
• Identify research skills needs individually (RAE)
• Follow individual patterns of research skilling
  up
• Develop more collaborative research

• Develop a research culture
• Work collaboratively with peers in both academic
  and practice settings, PCTs NHS Trusts R D

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CELEBRATE OUR ACHIEVMENTS!

• 32 registered for an MPhil/PhD in nursing
• 14 are members of SONPCP academic staff
• Extensive Advanced Practice portfolio (Nationally
  Internationally)
• The Emotional Labour Network (EM NET)
• Successful Advancing Wound care Conference June
  2006, another in 2007
• Hosting the next RCN Annual International Nursing
  Research Conference 7-11 April 2008 (first time
  in Liverpool)