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Profiles
Ms Pollyanna Kellett
Lecturer In Adult Nursing
School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
Role: Lecturer in Nursing, Research Champion
Qualifications
· MSc Leadership in Clinical Education and Practice. Oxford Brookes University 2013
· PGCE Oxford Brookes University 2010
· BSc Social Anthropology University of Kent 1989-1991 (2:1)
· RGN Certificate in Registered General Nursing St Thomas’ Hospital 1987
Professional membership
Royal College of Nursing
Registered Nurse: Nursing and Midwifery Council
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
Teaching
In the Faculty of Health, School of Nursing and Midwifery, I work across academic levels 4 to 7. I teach on the Nursing Associate apprentice programme, the BSc Nursing (all fields) programme, the MSc in Nursing (Graduate entry) programme and the MBA in Leadership in Healthcare. In addition to this I support clinical skills training in the simulation suites, am a personal tutor and academic assessor for practice assessment.
My specialist fields are leadership, safety science, human factors, pharmacology and medicines management, recognising deterioration (basic, intermediate and advanced life support and ALERT), clinical skills and care planning and assessment.
Research
Research
Research interests
My research interests fall into two broad fields:
1. Clinical nursing practice
2. Human factors and Patient safety
Research groups:
· Innovations in Patient Care and Quality (ImPACT) research group
· eHealth Productivity and Innovation in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Project (EPIC)
Plymouth Institute for Health and Care Research (PIHR)
Other research
PhD Research
My PhD aims to explore the concept of resilience within the context of nurse medication administration practice in an in-patient setting, through multiple studies using mixed methods. The specific objectives of the PhD include:
- Synthesis of the existing evidence base relevant to resilience in medication administration
- Empirical study of resilience in nurse medication administration using a mixed methods approach
- Develop and validate definitions, models and measures to promote resilience in medication administration
Outcomes from the research would expect to find generalizable data relatable to most nurses and other settings, such as outpatient chemotherapy, day case interventions and primary care. The unique contribution is taking resilience practices arising from everyday clinical work and aligning them with current safe systems, a safety –II approach to quality improvement, whereby resilience and flexibility act as necessary resources to maintain patient safety.
Publications
Publications
Key publications
Key publications are highlighted
Journals
· Kellett, P. L. R. and Gottwald, M. (2015) ‘Double-checking high-risk medications in acute settings: A safer process’. Nursing Management, 21 (9) pp 16-22
· Buckwell-Nutt, K., Francis-Sharma, J. and Kellett, P. L. R. (2014) ‘A framework for pre-qualifying nurses to build leadership skills’. Nursing Management. 21 (7) pp 16-22