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”.

Seeing the forest for the trees: How to interpret a meta-analysis forest plot

Roger Watson has co-authored:

Alavi M, Hunt GE, Visentin DC, Watson R, Thapa DK, Cleary M (2020) Seeing the forest for the trees: How to interpret a meta-analysis forest plot Journal of Advanced Nursing doi.org/10.1111/jan.14721

Nurses’ Perceptions of Caring Activities in Nursing

Roger Watson has co-authored:

Akinsel N, Watson R, Vatansever N, Özdemir A (2020) Nurses’ Perceptions of Caring Activities in Nursing Nursing Open 8: 506– 516 doi: 10.1002/nop2.653

Professor Mark Hayter appointed Editor in Chief of Journal of Clinical Nursing

Professor Mark Hayter has been appointed Editor in Chief of Journal of Clinical Nursing effective from January 2021.

Currently he is an editor with Journal of Advanced Nursing, prior to which he was an editor with Journal of Clinical Nursing. The vacancy arises due to the current Editor in Chief of Journal of Clinical Nursing, Professor Debra Jackson, assuming leadership at Journal of Advanced Nursing. Professor Roger Watson, the current Editor in Chief of Journal of Advanced Nursing is moving to work with Nurse Education in Practice.

Why the ICU nursing shortage can be ignored no longer

Nicki Credland has published:

Credland N (2020) Why the ICU nursing shortage can be ignored no longer Nursing Standard 35:11, 13

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

The Burdett Trust funded StAR project team has published:


Wray J, Gibson H, Barrett D, Watson R (2020) Approaches used to enhance transition and retention for newly qualified nurses (NQNs): a rapid evidence assessment Nurse Education Today doi: 10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104651

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.