The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Ruth's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Ruth
NIHR Director of Nursing and Midwifery, National Institute for Health & Care Research
Honorary Professor, University of Plymouth
Supervised Research Degrees
Dr Jody Ede (University of Plymouth) SUccess Factors FacIlitating Care during Escalation: the SUFFICE study
Dr Fiona Lynch (University of Plymouth) Use of Patient Diaries in Paediatric Intensive Care: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Approach
Dr Lauren Bulfin (Monash University) Impact of shift roster change on sleep patterns and patient safety in ICU
Dr Dianna Kidgell (Monash University) Impact of Foreign Credential Recognition for nurses and midwives in Australia’s bilateral and multilateral trade agreements
Dr Sharon Eustice (University of Plymouth) An intervention for the management of posterior vaginal compartment prolapse in women: Femmeze®
Dr Auxillia Madhuvu (Monash University) Evaluation of strategies to increase uptake of care bundles in ICU
Dr Margaret Fisher (University of Plymouth) Engaging, enabling and embedding professionalism through scrutiny of practice in healthcare
Dr Shanaz Pasha (Birmingham City University) Exploration and Evaluation of Simulation Facilitators’ Experiences of Debriefing Undergraduate Inter-professional Healthcare Learners: A Mixed Methods Study
Dr Martina Fiori (University of Plymouth) Witnessing an attempt of cardio-pulmonary resuscitation: A phenomenological study exploring patients’ and healthcare professionals’ experiences
Dr Tristan Henderson (University of Plymouth) The skills-maintenance, competence paradigm for the evolving role of a Paramedic
Dr Julie Benbenishty (University of Plymouth) Life and death in ICU: nursing care to smooth t ransitions for patients and families
Dr Kevin Hambridge (University of Plymouth) Student readiness to report needlestick injuries
Dr Sarah Tobin (University of Plymouth) An understanding of ‘compassion’ in the context of healthcare education
Dr Cliff Connell (Monash University) Escalating Deteriorating Patients’ Care in the Emergency Department: Characteristics and Safety Culture
Dr Abigail Hall (University of Exeter) Physiotherapy for people with dementia who fracture their hip
Dr Alison James (University of Plymouth) High Dependency Care provision in Obstetric Units remote from tertiary referral centres and factors influencing care escalation: A mixed methods study
Dr Frankie Dee (Oxford University) How do nurses and doctors recognise when the dying phase begins?
Dr Nicole Stephen (University of Plymouth) End-of-life discussions in non-malignant respiratory disease in the United Kingdom and Canada
Dr Melissa Bloomer (Monash University) Registered Nurses’ recognition of and responsiveness to the dying patient in the acute hospital (non-palliative) ward
Dr Kaye Knight (La Trobe University) What actions do nurses take when people telephone rural Victorian hospitals with unscheduled healthcare needs?
Dr Sally Smith (Brighton University) Decision-making in acute care nursing with deteriorating patients
Dr Pary M Azize (University of Plymouth) The impact of language on the assessment of pain in primary school age children
Dr Sharyn Ireland (La Trobe University) Optimizing the assessment and management of adult major trauma patients who are hypothermic
Dr Jan Berry (La Trobe University) Caring for Families of the Critically Ill at Critical Junctures
Dr Joe Perry (La Trobe University) Perceived impact of ICU nurses’ stress on patient care
Dr Maggie Doman (University of Plymouth) Exploring the provision of high dependency care in children’s wards
Dr Nikki Phillips (La Trobe University) Comparison of best practice and actual practice in administration of medicines via nasogastric tube
Dr Jan Pascal (La Trobe University) The lived experience of cancer survival: Heideggerian perspectives.
Dr Margaret Grigg (University of Melbourne) The pathway from demand to supply: an evaluation of mental health triage programs in Melbourne, Australia
Dr Barry Lonergan (University of Exeter) The lived experience of women undergoing osteopathy for peri-menstrual back pain
Dr Caroline Williams (University of Brighton) Communication between nurses and intubated patients in intensive care
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