Areas of interest explored within Health & Social Care
Developments in Nursing
MSc Professional Practice Dissertation May 2016 cohort
| Student Name | Workplace | Title | Methodology | Data collection Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan Coyle | Keyll Darree | What are the factors that sustain an effective Multi-agency Safeguarding Training Pool of Practitioner/Trainers? | Qualitative | Focus group |
| Hannah Crawford | Nobles Hospital Site | An evaluation of the current gluten-free prescribing system, recommendations for improving care and cost-saving for the Isle of Man. | Mixed | Survey |
| Claire Green | Nobles Hospital | An exploratory study of post-operative surgical site infection surveillance following primary elective hip and knee arthroplasty performed on the Isle of Man. | Mixed | Telephone questionnaire |
| Jill Horsey | Nobles Hospital | Investigation into the accuracy of the FAST test when delivered by an island paramedic service and the impact on treatment of FAST test result. | Qualitative | Retrospective observational review of records |
| Sarah Kelly | Nobles Hospital | The Elephant in the Room – an exploration of maternity health care professionals’ perceptions towards obesity in pregnancy. | Qualitative | Focus Group Discussion |
| Glen Lloyd | Mental Health Services | Comparing perceptions of attitudes around dementia between staff from Specialised Dementia Services with staff from acute general care. | Mixed | Likert Scale with open questions |
| Elizabeth Sawyer | Nobles Hospital | Can engaging in the use of autoethnography contribute to the leadership learning development and growth of future nurse leaders? | Qualitative | Self-reflective data; self-observational data; external data |
| Vicky Taylor | Keyll Darree | Global Citizenship in Nurse Education | Qualitative | Focus Group |
| Keren Wormwell | Nobles Hospital | What is the impact of electronic recording of NEWS on patient clinical observation monitoring and compliance with Noble’s Hospital Policy on acute medical wards in the Isle of Man? | Quantitative | Retrospective case note review. |
MSc Professional Practice Dissertation May 2015 cohort
| Student Name | Workplace | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Karen Beirne | Community | Effecting Transition. Identifying the challenges and perspectives of nurses caring for young people with chronic health care needs, to aid effective transitional care. |
| Samanthia Harley | Nobles Hospital | What is the psychological impact on midwives of caring for the family unit of a baby subject to a child protection plan? |
| Steve Hobbs | Mental Health Services | What work factors increase the levels of stress in band 7 nurses working in the Isle of Man Mental Health Crisis Response Home Treatment Team: an exploratory study into work-based stressors and the potential for developing burnout. |
| Laura Kewley | Community | Exploring the barriers to implementing the HENRY 1-1 programme as perceived by Health Care Workers using a qualitative approach. |
| Linda Radcliffe | Nobles Hospital | An exploration of Executive Nurses’ perception of the role of the confirmer in nurse revalidation. |
| Linda Thompson | Crookall House | How effective is the informal ‘dynamic risk assessment tool’ (DRAT) at informing Registered Nurse (who work with children) professional assessment of potential risk to children, families and their practice? |
| Victoria Wilson | Hospice IOM | Do the care staff within the children’s hospice feel that the use of the Resource Allocation Framework (RAF) has led to equitability in care provision according to need. |
MSc Professional Practice Dissertation May 2014 cohort
| Student Name | Workplace | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Jacqueline Pate | Children and Families | Parallel Journeys – Analytical autoethnography of a Specialist Community Public Health Nurse. Linking the personal to the professional. |
| Susan Dunajewski | Community | An Exploration into the Perceptions of Band 6 Nurses in Relation to Their Personal Resilience in the Workplace and the Role of the Organisation in Developing and Maintaining the Personal Resilience of Nurses. |
Leading evidence based change in professional practice 2016 cohort BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care (double core unit)
| Student Name | Workplace | Title | Models used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kim Durbin | Nobles Hospital | Pain relief in the Emergency Department: A proposal to suggest patients given analgesia at triage are reviewed during periods of long wait. | Plan Do Study Act (PDSA) |
| Johanna Mnisi | Nobles Hospital |
Leading evidence based change proposal on guidelines for digital record keeping for nursing staff. |
Reavy and Tavernier |
| Jo Oldfield | Nobles Hospital |
Implementing Required Referral for Organ Donation. |
Kotter |
| Val Stratford-Parson | Hospice IOM |
Leading evidence based change in professional practice by incorporating a Nursing and Care Agency facility within a Hospice at Home service. |
McKinsey 7S |
Leading evidence based change in professional practice 2015 cohort BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care (double core unit)
| Student Name | Workplace | Title | Models used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra Bearman | Hospice IOM | The introduction of transition readiness questionnaires into a local children’s hospice service. | Kotter |
| Gerry Black | Nobles Hospital | The pharmacological management of neuropathic pain in adults: implementing and integrating evidence based prescribing recommendations. | NHS change model |
| Jenny Cannell | Nobles Hospital | Propose the implementation of Discharge Lounges in response to escalating waiting times in Emergency Departments both nationally and locally. | Kotter |
| Fiona Carolan | Nobles Hospital | Change proposal for the development and implementation of a delirium information leaflet initially for post-operative patients and relatives in the Intensive Care Unit. | Reavy and Tavernier |
| Duncan Corkill | Community Mental Health | A proposed change to professional practice through the introduction of an adult community based citalopram titration clinic led by a Mental Health Non-Medical Prescriber. | PDSA |
| Ruth Hargreaves | Community Mental Health | Introducing a TMS (text messaging service) to improve the Depot Clinic attendance rates within a Community Mental Health Team setting | Reavy and Tavernier |
| Siobhan Higgins | Nobles Hospital | Change proposal for the introduction of the enhanced recovery after surgery programme in a gynaecological ward. | PDSA |
| Milena Karagoz | Nobles Hospital | Preoperative visits and patients equality | PDSA |
| Suzanne MacKenzie | Nobles Hospital | The proposed introduction of a teaching package for changes in practice for all of the multidisciplinary team required for patients receiving enhanced recovery after colorectal surgery. | ADKAR |
| Cathy Magee | Nobles Hospital | A change proposal for the implementation of a care and communication care bundle within an intensive/high dependency care unit. | PDSA |
| Tania Manthou | Nobles Hospital | The complete implementation of the enhanced recovery protocol in lower limb arthroplasty that entails the introduction of a high energy carbohydrate drink pre-operatively. | Reavy and Tavernier |
Leading evidence based change in professional practice 2014 cohort BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care (double core unit)
| Student Name | Workplace | Title | Models used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tania Brummitt | Noble's Hospital | A change proposal for implementation of a pain assessment tool for cognitively impaired elderly patients on a surgical ward. | Reavy and Tavernier |
| Sophie Cowley-Hardy | Noble's Hospital | A change proposal to change how the coronary care unit is staffed in case of an emergency with the use of an on call system. | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Laura Skears | Noble's Hospital | A Change Proposal for Implementing a Specific Care Plan for all Surgical Patients in the High Dependency Care Unit. | Kotter |
| Lisa Smith | Noble's Hospital | A change proposal: to implement an accumulative daily fluid balance chart to achieve an accurate record of a patients hydration status. | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
Leading evidence based change in professional practice 2013 cohort BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care (double core unit)
| Student Name | Workplace | Title | Models used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Natalie Britton | Noble’s Hospital | A research proposal to support the implementation of bedside handovers. | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Rian Gale | Noble’s Hospital | The value of nurse contributions to lead the evidence-based introduction of electronic patient records into professional practice: a quality change proposal. | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Kate McKellar | Noble’s Hospital | A research proposal to implement a pain assessment tool for patients with severe dementia who are unable to communicate verbally on an acute medical ward. | Reavy and Tavernier |
| Caroline Murphy | Noble’s Hospital | An evidence based research proposal to prepare an Adult Day Surgery/Endoscopy Ward and the ward team for paediatric admissions. | ADKAR (Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, Reinforcement) |
| Catherine Tracy | Noble’s Hospital | A Research Proposal for the Introduction of a Pre Assessment Clinic, (PAC), for a Gynaecology Ward. | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
Implementing Change in Practice 2012 cohort BSc (Hons) Health Studies (double core unit)
| Student Name | Workplace | Title | Models used |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frances Bland | Rebecca House | Implementing change in practice: The extubation of children in a home from home environment instead of an intensive care unit | NHS Change Model |
| Anne Byrne | Hospice | Implementing Change in Practice: a ‘Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction’ (MBSR) approach to assist in the management of anxiety within a palliative care setting. | NHS Change Model |
| Rebecca Erani | Noble’s Hospital | Implementing Change in Practice; The update of local protocol to incorporate evidence based guidelines | Kotter |
| Tracey Hall | Noble’s Hospital | A Proposal to Implement Bedside Handover On an Elective Orthopaedic Ward Using PDSA Model for Improvement | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Sally Hargreaves | Older Persons Mental Health Service | A change proposal to explore the introduction of specifically documented psychosocial interventions in a client’s plan of care, where the client has been given a diagnosis of dementia following memory services assessment. | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Tracy Kelly | Noble’s Hospital | The Proposed Implementation of a Teaching Package for the Changes in Nursing Practice Required for Patients Receiving Enhanced Recovery Colorectal Surgery | ADKAR (Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, Reinforcement) |
| Rebecca Kneale | Noble’s Hospital | Implementing a pain assessment tool for individuals with severe dementia and cognitive impairment | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Barbara Lawton | Hospice | Introduction and development of a palliative home care team | Kotter |
| Emily Lord | Noble’s Hospital | Change proposal to encourage wider use of self-administration of medication for patients in hospital. | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Greeba Mulrooney | Noble’s Hospital | A proposal for the implementation of the mini nutritional assessment screening tool for elderly persons in an in-patient setting. | ADKAR Awareness, Desire, Knowledge, Ability, Reinforcement) |
| Rachel O’Neill | Noble’s Hospital | The use of a Change Model to propose the introduction of a stream for patients with minor injuries attending Accident and Emergency | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Siobhan Pirrie | Community Mental Health Team | Introducing an assertive community treatment subteam within the Community Mental Health Team | Senge |
| Kelvin Rossiter | Older Persons Mental Health Service | Working together we can improve on the assessment and early identification of individuals displaying behaviours of dementia, a proposal for change applying the Stetler model of research utilisation. | Stetler |
| Suzanne Slater | Noble’s Hospital | Change proposal outlining the development and implementation of an individualised patient transfer information booklet, in the Intensive Care Unit with an aim of reducing transfer anxiety. | Rosswurm and Larrabee |
| Joanne Standish | Noble’s Hospital | A change proposal for the introduction of Condition, Witness, Incident, Location, Time, Escort, and Description/Disability (CWILTED) paediatric triage assessment in an Accident and Emergency (A&E) Department. | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Rachel Taylor | Noble’s Hospital | Implementing symptom triggered therapy for the treatment of alcohol withdrawal scale using the Plan-Do-Study-Act model and Rogers Diffusion of Innovations Theory. | PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model); Rogers |
| Nicola Voysey | Noble’s Hospital | Proposed introduction of SBAR to structure the content of nursing handover. | (PDSA (Plan Do Study Act Model) |
| Dianne Watson | Hospice | Implementing change in practice: introduction of a system to record the wishes of patients suffering from a life-limiting disease and who also are exhibiting the early signs of dementia, Alzheimer’s or similar conditions that affect memory. | Rosswurm and Larrabee |
