Network for Psychiatric Nursing Research (NPNR) - conference 2010

22 - 23 September 2010, Wadham College, Oxford, England

Further information about the conference steering committee, keynote speakers, concurrent and poster presenters can be found in the 16th NPNR conference programme (PDF, 479KB)

Reflections

Cris Allen, member of the NPNR conference steering committee, gives his views of the conference
Jacquie White, a conference attendee, talks about her role as a mental health nurse, and her research interests

Dissemination

To tie in with this year's conference, the NPNR and the RCN R&D Co-ordinating Centre have worked together to produce a special mental health themed research e-bulletin (PDF, 153KB). The following presenters were all happy for their work to be shared more widely: again, the abstract from each of the presenters identified below can be found in the NPNR conference programme.

1.1.1 The stupidly big Star Wards survey 2009: results and ramifications
Professor Alan Simpson, PhD BA (Hons) RMN, Professor of Collaborative Mental Health Nursing, City University London, UK and Marion Janner, BA(Hons), Director, Bright, UK. Email: a.simpson@city.ac.uk
Website: Star Wards

1.2.1 Evaluating the impact of the Chief Nursing Officer's review of mental health nursing (England) - two national surveys findings on implementation priorities and progress in Higher Education Institutions and Mental Health Trusts
Dr John Baker, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BNurs(Hons), CPN Cert, RN, Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, The University of Manchester, UK and Professor John F Playle, MSc, BSc (Hons), Dip Couns, CPN Cert, RN, RNT, Professor of Mental Health Nursing, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work,The University of Manchester, UK. Email: john.a.baker@manchester.ac.uk

1.3.1 A typology of mental health nurses' narratives of implementing Section 5(4) (nurses' holding power)
Russell Ashmore, BSc (Hons), RMN, MA, PGCE, RNT, Dip Coun, Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

1.5.1 Ageing into older age with mental health problems; what it can tell us about recovery
Elizabeth Collier, BSc RMN MSc PGCE, Lecturer in Mental health, University of Salford, UK

2.1.1 Problem-based learning: a recipe for success?
Carol Cooper, RMN B Med Sci PG, Dip (ed), Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK and Neil Carver, RMN BA, MA, Dip Couns RNT Senior Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Email: c.cooper@shu.ac.uk

2.3.1 The Northampton physical health and well-being project
Sheila Hardy, MSc BSc (Hons) NISP RMN RGN, Project Lead, PhyHWell Project, Nurse Practitioner, Northamptonshire Teaching Primary Care Trust, UK. Email: Sheila.Hardy@uea.ac.uk

2.3.2 Physical health assessment of the in-patient serious mental illness (SMI) group. How do ward-based mental health nurses perceive their role? A qualitative study
Rebecca Rylance, PG Cert, RMN, TCH, BA (Hons), Lecturer Practitioner in Mental Health, 5 Boroughs Partnership NHS Foundation Trust / Liverpool John Moores University, UK. Email: rrylance224@sky.com

2.3.3 Essence of Care benchmarking in mental health: national practices and processes
Joanne McDonnell, (MRes), Head of Nursing- Registered Mental Nurse (RMN), Honorary Lecturer, LJMU, 5 Boroughs Partnership FoundationTrust, UK. Email: Joanne.McDonnell@5bp.nhs.uk

3.2.1 Preceptorship revisited
Cris Allen RMN, RNMH, BSc (Hons) MPhil, Independent Mental Health Adviser. Email: cris.allen@o2.co.uk

3.3.1 Freely associating research and therapy: an exploration of the tensions facing mental health nurses when using narrative research
Dr Sue McAndrew, Phd, MSc, BSc (Hons), CPN Cert, RMN, Research Fellow [Mental Health], University of Salford, UK and Professor Tony Warne Phd, MBA, RMN, Professor of Mental Health Care, Head of School, University of Salford, UK
Email: s.mcandrew@salford.ac.uk and T.Warne@salford.ac.uk

3.5.4 An interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring the relationship between self-concept and disengagement from mental health services for people with severe and enduring mental illness
Chris Wagstaff, BA, RMN, PgCert PgDip MSc, Lecturer/ Mental Health Branch Leader, University of Birmingham, UK. Email: c.wagstaff@bham.ac.uk

4.4.2 SUGAR: sweetening the involvement of service users in mental health research
Professor Alan Simpson, PhD BA(Hons) RMN, Professor of Collaborative Mental Health Nursing, City University London, UK, Julia Jones PhD BA(Hons), Reader in Mental Health, City University London, UK, Jamie Ross BSc (Hons), Research Assistant, City University London, UK, Jody Quigley, BA(Hons), Research Assistant and members of SUGAR: Service User Group Advisors on Research. Email: a.simpson@city.ac.uk

[ABSTRACT: A team of academic researchers, service users and carers led a workshop on involving mental health service users and carers in research, on the second day of the NPNR workshop. SUGAR: Service User Group Advising on Research was funded under Professor Len Bowers’ programme of research into reducing conflict and containment in psychiatry and is organised and facilitated by Professor Alan Simpson and supported by other members of the research team. Service user and carer members were recruited with the help of East London NHS Foundation Trust people participation leads and through established contacts with local people. The group of 16 meet once a month to work collaboratively with the academic researchers on all aspects of research projects from initial design through to dissemination of results. Members also take part in capacity building sessions led by Dr Julia Jones to increase knowledge and skills in research processes and methods. Results of a stakeholder evaluation of the group identified key elements that help make the group a success. These included preparation and planning, clear structures, agreed ground rules, good facilitation and ensuring equality and respect amongst all participants. It is intended that the findings will be published shortly in a jointly-written paper. Website: SUGAR]