Prestigious fellowships for Dr Jane Wray and Professor Mark Hayter

Dr Jane Wray and Professor Mark Hayter (Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences) have been appointed Fellows Ad Eundem of the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, at the Royal College of Surgeons, Ireland. Fellowship Ad Eundem is prestigious award that is conferred by the Faculty on individuals in recognition of their work and achievements in nursing and midwifery and/or their contributions to nursing/midwifery/healthcare, education and/or research.

At a virtual Conferring Ceremony which took place on Monday 14 December 2020 at 3pm, Professor Michael Shannon, Dean, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery said “I pay tribute to all our new Fellows. This is a very proud day for each of you and your families. The Faculty is delighted to have such wonderful ambassadors representing clinical practice, management, leadership, education and research as its Fellows”.

Healthy Mind – Healthy You

Dr Jane Wray (Nursing) and Dr Jo Bell (Psychological Health, Well Being and Social Work) have been awarded 20K by the Hull Clinical Commissioning Group to be the research partner for an innovative new five step education programme ‘Healthy Mind – Healthy You’. The project will work with young people, their families and schools to promote positive mental health, early intervention and reduce the stigma associated with mental health, particularly mental ill health.


Healthy Mind Healthy You is an interactive, participatory programme that is delivered by Hull Kingston Rovers mental health ambassadors and Paul Spence from P.A.U.L For Brain Recovery, and involves a Year group assembly, Classroom sessions, Activity sessions (Rugby League, Dance, Urban Arts), How to help my young person (for parents, teachers and guardians) and a Mentoring program. The project team will work with local schools and the ‘Healthy Mind – Healthy You’ delivery team to measure impact on the young people accessing the services and to ensure embedding of evaluation, monitoring and outcome data.

Research funding success

Professor Mark Hayter, (Nursing), Dr Jane Wray (Nursing) and Kirsty Fishburn (Psychological Health, Wellbeing and Social Work) have been successful in securing £43,707 funding from Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust to explore the experiences of a group of people who are stepping down, or have recently stepped down from medium/low secure services into the Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) across Hull, East Riding, North and North East Lincs. People’s experiences of secure and community care will be explored with a focus on health inequalities.

Dr Suki Desai has recently started as Post-Doctoral Researcher on this project. Suki has recently completed a PhD looking at the Social Impact of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) Cameras Inside Mental Health Wards at the University of Hull. She can be contacted via email.

Caring from a Distance: using new and familiar means of keeping in touch with family and friends in care homes during COVID-19

Caroline White, Jane Wray, Clare Whitfield and Emma Wolverson:

are carrying out a new study 'Caring from a Distance: using new and familiar means of keeping in touch with family and friends in care homes during COVID-19' via an online survey

A fifty mile round trip to change a lightbulb’: An exploratory study of carers’ experiences of providing help, care and support to families and friends from a distance

Caroline White, Jane Wray and Clare Whitfield have published:

White C, Wray J, Whitfield C (2020) A fifty mile round trip to change a lightbulb: An exploratory study of carers’ experiences of providing help, care and support to families and friends from a distance

Health and Social Care in the Community doi: 10.1111/hsc.12988

Approaches used to enhance transition and retention for newly qualified nurses (NQNs): a rapid evidence assessment

Jane Wray, Helen Gibson, David Barrett and Roger Watson have published the following pre-print:

Approaches used to enhance transition and retention for newly qualified nurses (NQNs): a rapid evidence assessment 

STaR project team in Vancouver

Jane Wray and Helen Gibson reported our work at an International Conference in Vancouver, read their report here.

Involving carers in risk assessment: a study of a structured dialogue between mental health nurses and carers

New publication by Jane Wray and colleagues - Haley Jackson (HUMBER TEACHING NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Eric Gardiner (FHS) and Tracy Flanagan (HUMBER TEACHING NHS FOUNDATION TRUST):

Jackson H, Wray J, Gardiner E, Flanagan T (2019) Involving carers in risk assessment: a study of a structured dialogue between mental health nurses and carers Journal of Research in Nursing 24, 330-341

The effectiveness of combined alcohol and sexual risk taking reduction interventions on the sexual behaviour of teenagers and young adults: a systematic review

Anand Ahankari, Jane Wray, Julie Jomeen & Mark Hayter have published:

A.S. Ahankari, J. Wray, J. Jomeen, M. Hayter (2019) The effectiveness of combined alcohol and sexual risk taking reduction interventions on the sexual  behaviour of teenagers and young adults: a systematic review Public Health doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2019.05.023

Are mentors failing to fail underperforming student nurses?

Hannah North, Michelle Kennedy and Jane Wray have published:

Hannah North, Michelle Kennedy & Jane Wray (2019) Are mentors failing to fail underperforming student nurses? An integrative literature review British Journal of Nursing doi: 10.12968/bjon.2019.28.4.250

University of Hull Scarborough & Coast Business Day

Fiona Earle

29 November 2018

Scarborough Spa

Dr Jane Wray (Director of Research, School of Health and Social Work), Dr Fiona Earle (Senior Lecturer, Psychology, School of Life Sciences) and Fay Treloar (Director of Business Engagement and Enterprise) represented the Faculty at the recent Scarborough & Coast Business Day.

Fay Treloar

The event brought together businesses from across the region to discuss and provided an opportunity for the University to showcase its research, innovation and enterprise to the business community. 

Jane Wray

The event took place at Scarborough Spa was opened by the VC Professor Susan Lea and included an after lunch speech by Lord John Prescott.  The presentation from the FHS team was focused on ‘Supporting the Health and Wellbeing of Your Workforce”. Fay provided an overview of FHS business and enterprise initiatives and this was followed by Jane presenting on ‘Supporting an ageing workforce in SMEs’ and then Fiona on ‘Exploring areas of high risk to employee health and wellbeing’.

There were lots of useful questions from the audience and feedback on the event was very positive with many new business contacts for the FHS.

Special edition of Nursing Education in Practice - seeing submissions

Jane Wray

Dr Jane Wray, Director of Research in the School of Health and Social Work is co-editing a special edition of Nurse Education in Practice with Kerry Pace, Founder of Diverse Learners, an organisation that provides support and training to students, practitioners, universities and the healthcare sector.

The Call for Papers in now open and is focused on learning diversity in nurse education and practice - Current challenges, contemporary perspectives and innovative solutions.

Nurse Education in Practice is inviting authors to submit papers that relate to students with additional and diverse learning needs within nursing, medicine, physiotherapy, occupational therapy and other allied health professions. Educators, clinicians, academics, researchers and students are asked to consider how best to respond proactively to student entitlements and capitalise on the opportunities afforded by recent innovations in teaching and learning. Additional information regarding the call can be found here.

 

Supporting transition and retention of newly registered nurses: STaR Project

A  RESEARCH GRANT HAS BEEN AWARDED AS FOLLOWS:

Prof Roger Watson, Jane Wray &  Dr David Barrett
by the Burdett Trust for Nursing for a project titled: 

Supporting transition and retention of newly registered nurses

This 3-year project will bring together employers, students and qualified nurses, patients and academic staff, to support transition into the workplace and enhance retention. This collaborative project will examine how best individual nurses can plan for transition as part of their exit strategy from university and effectively take control and manage this process post-qualification.

The award is for £183857 from 1 March 2017 for three years

Providing Support and Care at a Distance

Do you provide help, support or care to an adult family member or friend who lives at a distance from you?

If so, we would like to invite you to take part in a research project called ‘Providing Support and Care at a Distance’. The research will help us to better understand the experiences and needs of people providing help and support at a distance from the person they care about. These experiences may be different to those of people who care for someone they live with or who lives locally.

You are invited to take part in the research if:

• You are aged 18 or over
• You provide help, care or support to another adult (aged 18 or over), living in the UK, who lives at a distance from you (that is, it takes at least 1 hour to travel to see them), or you have provided this kind of support in the past 2 years.

The person you support may need help due to old age; dementia; a learning, physical or sensory disability; mental health needs; ill health or frailty. They may live in their own home or a care home.
You can take part in the research by completing a confidential online questionnaire. This is available at this link. If you prefer, the researchers can send you a paper copy of the questionnaire along with an SAE for your response (please see below for our contact details). The questionnaire will ask you about the kinds of help and support you provide; any challenges you experience; the things that help you provide support from a distance. All questions are optional; you can provide as little or as much information as you wish.
The research is being carried out at the University of Hull by Caroline White, Jane Wray and Clare Whitfield. Please email Caroline White  or phone: 01482 463830 if you would like more information about the research or if you would like to receive a copy of the questionnaire. You can also follow us on Twitter at @dist_care

Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Annual International Nursing Research Conference 2017 5th – 7th April 2017, Oxford

Jane Wray

This three day international research event featured a mix of keynote speakers, concurrent sessions, posters and symposia and was attended by an audience of delegates from all over the world. This years’ keynotes were very much focused on research impacting upon policy and day 2 culminated in a performance by BRIGHTLIGHT Theatre Company of ‘There is a light’ on young people’s perspectives on specialist cancer care.

Quite an act to follow! I did however present my PhD findings on “Newly qualified nurses’ (NQN) perceptions of culturally competent nursing practice (CCNP)” on the Friday lunchtime to a group of nurse researchers and academics. A big thank you to all who attended and asked interesting questions of my work and provided some useful feedback for my PhD viva.

Further details about the conference can be found here or by following the #research2017 hashtag on twitter.

Factors affecting the programme completion of pre-registration nursing students through a three year course: A retrospective cohort study

New publication by Jane Wray, Jo Aspland, Eric Gardiner and David Barrett: Wray J, Aspland J, Gardiner E, Barrett D (2017)  Factors affecting the programme completion of pre-registration nursing students through a three year course: A retrospective cohort study Nurse Education and Practice doi: 

Jo Aspland

Dr David Barrett

Jane Wray

Dr Eric Gardiner

Social media conference

Social Media for Learning in Higher Education #SocMedHE16 at Sheffield Hallam University 16^th December 2017

Jane & Lizzie

Jane Wray and Lizzie Ette attended the conference to learn more about how social media could be used within teaching and learning to enhance the student experience. As social media becomes more prevalent in everyday life, students increasing wish to engage with and use social media as a tool for learning and personal and professional development.

The conference attendees were from all over the UK and from different academic disciplines but with a shared interest in the potential of social media to transform the learning and teaching environment. Interactivity was key and the day started with a team session to develop on online resource to share with the rest of the conference (all done within one hour!) and this was focused on the principles of the empowered learner. Formal presentations followed with presenters sharing their experiences of using different social media platforms with students and colleagues. The key messages from the conference were:

• Don’t be afraid to dabble until you find the right social media platform for you and your students
•  For every different teaching approach and for every possible group size there are technologies that can support and enhance those approaches
• Digital literacy is increasingly linked to employability and is an expected competency for all students graduating from HE

You can catch up all the discussions and debate from the conference via the hashtag #SocMedHE16. Lizzie and Jane with the support of Kirsty Fishburn and Kate Heaney will be sharing their learning from this event (and other helpful social media top tips) at a faculty lunch-time seminar on Wednesday 3 May 2017.

Supporting Transition and Retention of newly registered nurses (STaR Project)

Jane Wray, David Barrett and Roger Watson have been awarded £183857 over 3 years by the Burdett Trust for Nursing for Supporting Transition and Retention of newly registered nurses (STaR Project) (with Wray J, Barrett D)*

Fair care for trans people: An RCN guide for nursing and health care professionals

Jane Wray

Jane Wray, Senior Research Fellow in the FHSC was a member of the RCN Equality and Diversity Committee who have recently launched the RCN guidance Fair care for trans people: An RCN guide for nursing and health care professionals. Initially created in a response to an RCN Congress resolution. The RCN conducted a survey of more than 1,200 nursing staff and found that only 13% felt prepared to meet the needs of Trans patients they had cared for. The guidance was developed to help healthcare staff understand and respond to the needs of clients and patients who identify as transgender.

2016 NIHR Research Design Service (RDS) Grant Writing Retreat, 13-17 June, Bath

Jane Wray and Haley Jackson (Research Nurse, Humber NHS Foundation Trust) attended the 2016 NIHR RDS Grant Writing Retreat in Bath last week. Selected via a competition, the retreat brought teams from around the country for a week of intensive grant writing. The retreat presented an excellent opportunity for the team to make significant progress in developing our NIHR research proposal. We were placed in clusters of 4 teams and apart from a small number of plenary sessions from the NIHR and the Department of Health, we worked mainly in our teams with support from RDS experts including; Statisticians, Health Economists, PPI Advisors, Methodologists and a Health Psychologist.

Jane and Haley were representing a team that includes Eric Gardener [Statistician] from the Faculty and Dr Samantha Haigh [Clinical Psychologist], Vicky Richards, [Assistant Psychologist], Dr Laura Stone [Clinical Psychologist] Tracy Flanagan [Care Group Director], and Dr Anne Parry, [Clinical Psychologist] from Humber NHS Foundation Trust. The team have been undertaking a pilot study to assess the impact of involving carers of people with mental health difficulties in risk assessment and have recently received funding from Hull CCG to support continuation of their work.

Here Jane being interviewed by John Etheridge National Business Manager [NIHR Research Design Service (RDS)] after two days at the Retreat

You can find out more about what happened via twitter #RDSretreat or the RDS website.

For more information about the CIVRA [Carer Involvement in Risk Assessment] project, please contact Jane Wray or Haley Jackson, Research Nurse at Humber Foundation Trust.

Jane Wray and Haley Jackson on Day 1 of the Retreat