(updated March 2008)

Stone Terrace
CAMBRIDGE
United Kingdom

Currently Professor of Nursing Policy at Middlesex University, London, UK, also journal editor for Nursing Inquiry and Health:
An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine and freelance speaker and writer on research capacity building and policy in health especially in nursing and the Allied Health Professions

Academic Qualifications

St. Benedict’s Grammar School, Ealing, LONDON W.5. 1967 to 1974:
Advanced Level Subjects Passed
English Literature
Economics
History
Trinity Hall, Cambridge 1975 to 1978:
B.A. (Hons.) English Literature 1978
M.A. (Cantab.) 1982

Polytechnic of the South Bank, London 1986/7:

Postgraduate Diploma in Health Visiting 1987

University of Nottingham, Department of Nursing and Midwifery Studies 1992-6:

Ph.D. 1996
Professional Qualifications
Addenbrookes Hospital School of Nursing, Cambridge 1982 to 1985
Registered General Nurse
Polytechnic of the South Bank, London 1986/7
Registered Health Visitor

Current research and other projects

Focus group based study to investigate how nurses are influenced by different textual material including research papers.

Publications
(i) Books
1. Traynor, M. (1999) Managerialism and nursing: beyond profession and oppression. Routledge
A research monograph based on a four-year multi-site organisational research study on the introduction of the 1991 UK NHS reforms.
2. Robinson, J., Avis, M., Latimer, J. and Traynor, M. (1999) Interdisciplinary perspectives on health policy and practice. Harcourt Brace.
A joint-authored book examining policy issues for nursing and health care as a whole, aimed at policy makers, policy analysts and managers.
3. Eds. Rafferty, A. M. and Traynor, M. (2002) Exemplary Research in Nursing and Midwifery Routledge
A collection of exemplary nursing research chosen by an expert panel aimed at a wide audience of nursing students as well as those outside the profession to present the best of published nursing research.
(ii) Chapters in edited books
1. Buus, N and Traynor, M. (2005) The nursing process and the technology of visibility in: The Nursing Process: an international perspective Eds. Haberman, M. and Uys, L. Elsevier
2. Rafferty, A.M., Newell, R and Traynor, M. (2004) Research and development: Policy and capacity building. In Nursing Research in Context; appreciate, application and professional development. Eds. Freshwater, D and Bishop, V. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan pp. 22 - 44
3. Traynor, M. (2004) Nursing, managerialism and evidence based practice: the constant struggle for influence. in: Unmasking Health Management: a critical text Eds. Learmonth M. and Harding, N. Hauppage, Nova Science
4. Traynor, M. (2003) Discourse analysis, ideology and professional practice: in Advanced Qualitative Research for Nursing. Ed. Latimer, J. Blackwell Science pp. 137-154
5. Baum F. Traynor, M. and Brice G. (1992) Healthy Cities: The Noarlunga Experience in: Health Policy Development, Implication and Evaluation in Australia. Ed. Gardner H. Churchill Livingstone Melbourne. p.337-360
(iii) Peer reviewed articles in journals

1.            Drennan, V. Davis, K, Traynor, M. Goodman, C, Mark, A., Peacock, R. Humphrey, C. and Fairley-Murray, S. (2007) Entrepreneurial nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom: an integrative review. Journal of Advanced Nursing 60(5), 459–469
2.            Traynor, M. Davis, K, Drennan, V. Goodman, C, Mark, A., Peacock, R. and Banning M. (in press) ‘Nurse entrepreneurs’ a case of government rhetoric? Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. January 2008
3.            Traynor, M. (2007) A historical description of the tensions in the development of modern nursing in 19th century Britain and their influence on contemporary debates about evidence and practice. Nursing Inquiry. Vol. 14 Issue 4, pp. 299-305
4.            Traynor, M. (2006) Discourse analysis: theoretical and historical overview and review of papers in the Journal of Advanced Nursing 1996 – 2004. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Vol 54 No. 1 pp. 62-72
5.            Rafferty, AM. and Traynor, M. (2004) Context, convergence and contingency: political leadership for nursing. Journal of Nursing Management vol. 12 pp. 258-265.
6.            Traynor, M. (2003) 'A brief history of empowerment': Response to/discussion with Julianne Cheek: from International Conferences in Community Health Nursing Research, September, 2001. Primary Health Care Research and Development. Vol. 4 No. 2 pp. 129-136
7.            Traynor, M. (2002) The oil crisis, risk and evidence-based practice. Nursing Inquiry Vol. 9 No. 3 162-169
8.            Rafferty, AM, Newall, R,  and Traynor, M (2002) Nursing and midwifery research in England: Working towards establishing a dedicated fund. NT Research, 7(4): 243-254
9.            Lewison, G., Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (2001) Is nursing research typical of biomedical research? Research Evaluation Vol. 10 No. 2 pp. 97-103
10.            Traynor, M. Rafferty, A.M. and Lewison, G. (2001) Endogenous and exogenous research? Findings from a bibliometric study of UK nursing research. Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 34 No. 2 212-222
11.            Traynor, M. (2000) Purity, Conversion and the Evidence-based movements. Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine Vol. 4 No. 2 pp. 139-158
12.            Rafferty, A.M., Bond, S. and Traynor, M. (2000) Does Nursing, midwifery and health visiting need a research council? NT Research Vol. 5 No. 5 pp. 325-335
13.            Traynor, M. (1999) The problem of dissemination: evidence and ideology. Nursing Inquiry Vol. 6: 187-197 September
14.            Traynor, M. and Rafferty, A.M. (1999) Nursing and the RAE: past, present and future Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 30 No. 1. pp. 186-192
15.            Traynor, M. and Rafferty, A.M. (1999) Nurse education in an international context: the contribution of contingency: International Journal of Nursing Studies  Vol. 36 No. 1 pp. 85-91
16.            Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (1999)The research practice gap in nursing: lessons from the research policy debate. NT Research Vol. 4 No. 6 458-465
17.            Traynor, M. (1997) Postmodern research: no grounding or privilege, just free-floating trouble making. Nursing Inquiry Vol. 4 pp. 99-107,
18.            Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (1997) The State of Play on Nursing Research, Journal of Interprofessional Care, Vol. 11 No. 1 pp. 43-48, 1997.
19.            Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (1997) Quality and quantity in research policy for nursing. N T Research Vol. 2 No. 1. 16-27, 1997
20.            Traynor, M. (1996) A Literary Approach To Managerial Discourse After The NHS Reforms: Sociology of Health and Illness  Vol. 18 No. 3 315-340
21.            Traynor, M. (1996) Looking At Discourse In A Literature Review Of Nursing Texts: Journal of Advanced Nursing  Vol. 23 No. 6 pp. 1155-1161
22.            Duff, L., Kelson, M., Marriott, S., McIntosh, A., Cape, J., Marcus, N., Brown, S., Traynor, M. (1996) Clinical Guidelines: involving patients and service users. Journal of Clinical Effectiveness Vol. 1. No 3 p. 104-112.
23.            Traynor M. and Wade B. (1993) The development of a measure of job satisfaction for use in monitoring the morale of community nurses in four trusts. Journal of Advanced Nursing 18, 127-136
(iv) Articles in professional or policy journals
1.            Roberts, P., Priest, H. and Traynor, M. (2006) Reliability and Validity in Research. Nursing Standard, Art and Science Vol. 20 No. 41 p. 44-45
2.            Traynor, M., Rafferty, A.M. and Solano, D. (2003) Between the lines. Nursing Standard Vol 18 No. 8 pp. 16-17
Based on focus group research into how various textual genres influence nurses’ use of evidence in practice.
3.            Traynor, M and Rafferty, A.M. (1999) Whose Lifelong Learning is it, Anyway? Nursing Times Learning Curve Vol. 3 No. Based on an analysis of policy issues in nurse education including the move of UK nurse education into the higher education sector.

4.            Traynor, M. (1994) Stormy weather Health Service Journal 30 June 1994 p.22-239
Based on research into the 1991 NHS reforms carried out in 4 community trusts.
5.            Traynor, M. (1993) Some Current Issues for Health Visiting Health Visitor  Volume 66 Number 6 June 1993 p. 216-218
Based on a literature review of the problems of evaluating health promotion initiatives.
6.            Traynor, M. (1993) Health Visitors’ Perceptions of their Role Health Visitor  Volume 66 Number 1 January 1993 p.
7.            Traynor, M. and Wade, B. (1992) “I wish I had been an Accountant” Community Nursing; The challenge of Change Health Service Journal 2nd July 1992 p. 22-24
Based on research data from nurses in four NHS trusts in research into the 1991 NHS reforms.

(v) Short pieces, editorials, letters
1.            Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (2006) ‘Assessing Research Quality’ 30th anniversary invited editorial reflecting on: Robinson, J (2000) Editorial from JAN 31(3) 497-499. Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 54 No. 1 p. 2-4
2.            Traynor, M (2006) ‘A certain pressure of meaning’ Editorial Nursing Inquiry 2006; Vol. 13 No. 2 p. 81
3.            Traynor, M. (2006) Commentary on: ‘The politics of the evidence-based practice movements’ by Rycroft-Malone. Journal of research in nursing. Vol. 11 no. 2 p.109
4.            Traynor, M. (2004) Commentary. Nurse Researcher; Special Issue on discourse analysis. Vol. 12 No. 2 pp. 4-6
5.            Rafferty, A.M., Traynor, M. (2004) The next steps for nursing research: A policy perspective from one European Country. Editorial NT Research Vol. 9 no. 3 p. 213-215
6.            Traynor, M. (2004) Foreword in: Shaping the Facts: evidence-based nursing and health care eds. James T., Smith, P. and Lorenzon, M. Elsevier Health Sciences
7.            Dash, P., Gowman, N., Traynor, M. (2003) Increasing the Impact of Health Services Research. Education and Debate BMJ Vol. 327 no. 7 p. 427 
8.            Rafferty, A.M., Traynor, M., Thompson, D. Illott, I. and White, E. (2003) Research in Nursing, midwifery and the allied health professions; Quantum leap required for quality research. Editorial BMJ 326: pp. 833-4  19th April 2003
9.            Traynor, M. (2003) Evidence based health care. Editorial Special Edition of Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine Vol. 7 No. 3 pp.265-266, July 2003  
10.            Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (2003) Early Nursing Research: Worth a Second Look Journal of Health Services Research & Policy Vol. 8 No. 2 pp. 118-119
11.            Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (2002) Sustainable Funding for Nursing Research in Higher Education Editorial Nursing Inquiry: Vol. 9. No 4 219-220
12.            Traynor, M and Rafferty, A.M. (2001) Bibliometrics and a culture of measurement Editorial. Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 36 No. 2
13.            Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (1999) Building and benchmarking research capacity for nursing. Guest Editorial. NT Research Vol. 4 No. 1 pp. 5-7
14.            Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (1999) ‘Do Nurses Need Degrees?’ Questions & Answers Section Journal of Health Services Research & Policy. Vol. 4. No. 3

(vi) Articles in popular journals or magazines
1. Traynor, M, Rafferty, A. M. and Spragg, J. (2003) Decent proposals. Nursing Standard Vol. 17 No. 18 p. 114 –115 January 15th
Guidance on successful research grant applications for nurses.
2. Traynor, M, Rafferty, A. M. and Spragg, J. (2002) Decent proposals. Nursing Standard Vol. 17 No. 17 p. 74 December 18th
Commentary on recent initiatives in funding for nursing and AHP research
3. Traynor, M and Rafferty, A. M. (2002) League table tells only part of the story. Nursing Standard. Vol. 16. No. 16 p. 6
4. Traynor, M and Rafferty, A. M. (2001) Need to know. Nursing Standard. Vol. 16 No. 12 18-19
5. Traynor, M. and Rafferty, A. M. (2000) Research Revealed Nursing Standard. Vol. 14 No. 45 35-37
Based on CPNR’s bibliometric research into nursing research output.
6. Traynor, M. (1998) Survey looks at problems in university nursing research. Nursing Times Vol. 94 No. 29 p. 66-67
Based on an analysis of policy issues in nurse education.
7. Traynor, M. and Rafferty, A.M. (1998) ‘Academic bandwagon’. Nursing Standard Vol. 12 No. 30 p. 16
Popular account of research on policy issues in nurse education written for a wide readership.
8. Traynor, M. and Rafferty, A.M. (1997) Policy for research in nursing: a new centre. Nursing Standard. Vol. 11. No. 21 32-33 February, 1997
About the founding and objectives of the Centre for Policy in Nursing Research for a wide readership.
9. Traynor, M. (1995) “Buying in or selling out?” Nursing Management October 1995 Vol. 2 No 6 p. 8-10
Based on research interviews with managers in four NHS Trusts.
10. Traynor, M. (1995) Job Satisfaction and Morale of Community Nurses in NHS Trusts Nursing Times Vol. 91 No. 26 pp 42-45
Popular account of research into the impact of the 1991 NHS reforms on nurses employed in four trusts.
11. Traynor, M. (1993) Community nurses: a culture of uncertainty Nursing Standard June 2 vol. 7 Number 37 1993 p. 38-40
12. Traynor, M. (1993) Lost in the community?: changing values in community nursing Nursing Standard April 14 Volume 7 Number 30 p.23- 24
13. Traynor, M. (1991) Practice Nurses: At the Cross-roads Nursing Standard September 11th 1991
14. Traynor, M. (1987) When Trad is Bad: Some attitudes behind the concept of Professionalism in the Nursing world; Nursing Times, June 17th 1987
15. Traynor, M. (1985) "I've Done That One": An analysis of some reasons for inadequacies in care of the elderly in one Geriatric ward; Nursing Times, August 14th
16. Traynor, M. (1984) Where Teamwork Takes On A New Meaning: A comparison of attitudes to teamwork among General and Psychiatric Nurses; Nursing Times, September 19th

(vii) Research reports/discussion papers

Traynor, M. Drennan, V. Davis, K, Goodman, C, Mark, A., Peacock, R. Humphrey, C. and Fairley-Murray, S. and Banning, M. (2006) A scoping study of nurse, midwife and health visitor entrepreneurs and their promotion of patient choice. For NHS Service Delivery and Organisation research programme, London.
1.            Brown, K, Messele, A. Traynor, M. (2005) ‘Skills and knowledge for the Children’s workforce’: a scoping exercise for Barnet Local Authority. Middlesex University, School of Health and Social Sciences, February 2005.
2.            Traynor, M., Rafferty, A-M, Solano, D. (2003) Dissemination of research in nursing and the reading process: can feminist theories of knowing and literary theory provide explanations for the apparent reluctance of nurses to implement research findings?. Report for the GNC Trust, June 2003
3.            Centre for Policy in Nursing Research, Research Forum for Allied Health Professionals, Association of Commonwealth Universities, CHEMS Consulting (2001) Promoting Research in Nursing and the Allied Health Professions. Centre for Policy in Nursing Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. (report for HEFCE and DH Task Group 3)
4.            Rafferty, A.M., Traynor, M. and Lewison, G. (2000) Measuring the outputs of nursing R&D: a third working paper. Centre for Policy in Nursing Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
5.            Traynor, M. and Rafferty, A.M. (1998) Nursing research and the higher education context a second working paper . Centre for Policy in Nursing Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. March, 1998
6.            Traynor, M. and Rafferty, A.M. (1997) The NHS R&D Context for Nursing Research: a working paper . Centre for Policy in Nursing Research, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
7.            Traynor, M. (1995) A Study of Three NHS Trusts: The managers’ account. NHS Trust Series Report IV. Daphne Heald Research Unit Royal College of Nursing, London
8.            Traynor, M. & Wade B. (1994) The Morale Of Nurses Working In The Community: A Study Of Three NHS Trusts: Year 3 The Final Report. Daphne Heald Research Unit Royal College of Nursing, London
9.            Traynor, M. (1993) The Morale Of Nurses Working In The Community: A Study Of Three NHS Trusts: Year 2 Daphne Heald Research Unit Royal College of Nursing, London,
10.            Wade, B. & Traynor, M. (1992) The Morale Of Nurses Working In The Community: A Study Of Four NHS Trusts: Year 1 Daphne Heald Research Unit Royal College of Nursing, London
11.            with the Southern Community Health Research Unit, Adelaide, Australia (1990)
Planning Healthy Communities; A Needs Assessment Manual;  Southern Community Health Research Unit, Adelaide, Australia.
12.            with the Southern Community Health Research Unit, Adelaide, Australia (1990)           
Healthy Cities Noarlunga Evaluation of the Pilot Project  Southern Community Health Research Unit Adelaide, Australia.
13.            Traynor, M. (1990) Measuring The Health Of The City: A Glimpse of the Invisible Christie Downs; Southern Community Health Research Unit, Adelaide, Australia.
14.            Traynor, M., Crowe, K., Cooke, R. Baum, F. (1990)"Nothing or No-One Could Have Told Me What It Was Going To Be Like": The third and final report from the New Parenthood Project on the first year of parenting. Southern Community Health Research Unit, Adelaide, Australia.

(viii) Other published output or output in other formats (eg CD-ROM, programmes, etc)
1. Interactive CD-ROM: ‘Nursing Research: drawing the map’. (2000)
An introduction to the issues investigated in the first five years of work of the Centre for Policy in Nursing Research
2. Accounts of CPNR research on the School’s WWW pages (http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/php/hsru/cpnr/cpnr.htm)

Grants and Awards
Lead applicant

September 2005: Scoping the contribution of nurse entrepreneurs to patient choice with Kings College and University College, London. NHS Service Delivery and Organisation R&D stream. £92,000.
December 2004: Scoping the knowledge and skills of the Children’s workforce. Consultancy for Barnet Local Authority. £20,000.
September 2003: Third year 1/2 secondment to The Health Foundation as facilitator of Nursing/Allied Health Professions Research Training Fellowship scheme and project manager of Health Services Research capacity building work. £26,000 October 2002: Second year 1/2 time secondment to PPP Foundation as facilitator of Nursing/Allied Health Professions Research Training Fellowship scheme. £24,000
April 2002: Identifying key success factors in integrated care across the primary/secondary interface. Primary Care Network/ Medical Management Services. £15,000
October 2001: One year 1/2 time secondment to PPP Foundation as facilitator of Nursing/Allied Health Professions Research Training Fellowship scheme. Involved competitive job application. £19,000:
April 2001: GNC Trust. Dissemination of research in nursing and the reading process. £19,700
March 1999: Foundation of Nursing Studies. Promoting Confidence in Research Implementation in Nursing: a poster design and dissemination project. £1,000
Co-applicant:
Promoting Research in Nursing, Midwifery, Health Visiting and Allied Health Professions HEFCE and Department of Health, December, 2000. Amount: £75,500
Measuring the outputs of Nursing R&D: The GNC Trust, September, 1999. Amount: £15,000
Teaching and learning
(i) Continuing professional development attended
Recruitment and Selection, Middlesex University, December 2004
Supervising research students, LSHTM May, 2001
Writing Academic Aims and Objectives, LSHTM, 1999
How to Assess and Give Feedback, LSHTM, 1998
Workshops at LSHTM on the role and responsibilities of MSc tutors, and recently run such workshops for Health Services Management MSc tutorial team.

Personal and academic tutoring;
Personal tutor on the Health Services Management MSc 1996-2004.
Was personal tutor for 18 students on this course since that time.
Examination duties, including external examining;
Member (and Chair from 2002) of the Health Services Management MSc Exam Board; involved extensively in marking for this Course
External assessor for Diploma in Tropical Nursing at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
External examiner 1997 to 2001 for Health Services Research Methods and Health Studies MScs at Staffordshire University

Memberships and other responsibilities

European Editor of Nursing Inquiry (Blackwell publishing) from 2006

Invited member of RCN Research Society International Advisory Committee for 2005 and 2006 conference
Editor Special Edition of Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine on the evidence based movements in health care (2003)
Co-opted member of the NHS National Co-ordinating Centre for Service Delivery and Organisation R&D (NCCSDO) panel on Change Management (from 2002) and Nursing (from 2004)
Member of the International Editorial Board of Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness and Medicine and Editor from Jan 2007
Member of the International Editorial Board of the Journal of Advanced Nursing
Member of the Editorial group Medical Sociology News
Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Nursing Standard.
Manuscript reviewer for International British Journal of Sociology, Journal of Quality in Health Care, Social Science and Medicine, Journal of Advanced Nursing, Nursing Inquiry, Nurse Researcher, Health, was proposals reviewer for DH Modern Matron evaluations (2002), North Thames NHS Getting Research into Practice in Primary Care and a Participant in the joint CPNR/RCN Research Priority Setting Exercise, 1997-8.
British Sociological Association
British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Group Committee (elected from 2002)
Royal College of Nursing Research Society
Royal College of Nursing History Society
Full member of the Institute of Learning and Teaching (from 2001)
Joint organiser (with City University and Middlesex University) of the symposium: Moving images, research and the construction of contemporary health. St.Bartholomew’s hospital London, October 1998

External Conference Papers and Posters Presented
Invited keynote paper: 'Performing profession: post-structuralism, ethnomethodology and evidence based practice' The 4th International R&D Conference Theory and Practice in Nursing Education The Centre for Innovation in Nursing Education in the County of Aarhus, Denmark 24th-26th August 2005
Invited paper: 'Discourse analysis use and abuse in nursing'. University of Stirling, Scotland, February, 2005 Series: Nursing Avant-garde
Paper: Investigating influences on nurses' practice and decision-making Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Cambridge, April 2004
Invited keynote paper: 'From Nightingale to post-structuralism: the development of nursing and literary theory in the 19th and 20th centuries'. The International Philosophy of Nursing Conference University of Stirling, Scotland, September, 2003
'Can feminist theories of knowing and literary theory explain the apparent reluctance of nurses to implement research findings?' British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Conference, York, UK. September 2003
Invited speaker: Research funding for nursing and allied health professions. Allied Health Professions Research Forum, London, 14th January, 2003
Invited keynote address: Examples of effective primary care commissioning: Making a Success of Primary Care Commissioning, Central London, 20 November 2002
Invited Keynote speaker for Research in Nursing and the Allied Health Professions. Institute of Health, University of Warwick October 2002
Poster: How nurses read research: communicating and receiving scientific products: research in progress British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Conference, York, UK. September 2002
Invited Keynote speaker for Sixth Nursing Practice Conference, Adelaide, Australia November 2000. “The problem of implementation in nursing practice”.
‘A history of empowerment’ Invited Discussant at the Fifth International Conference on Community Health Nursing Research, London. September 2000.
Other papers and conference presentations (Author: Traynor, M. unless stated otherwise)
Discourse analysis: one name, many methods. British Sociological Association Medical Sociology Conference, York, UK. September 2001
Lewison, G., Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. How far is Nursing Research Typical of Biomedical research? S&T Assessment and Monitoring of Scientific and Technological Developments. Centre for Science and technology Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands, May 2000
Traynor, M. and Rafferty, A. M. Endogenous and exogenous research? Findings from a bibliometric study of UK nursing research. Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Sheffield, April 2000
Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. Does Nursing Need a Funding Council? Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Sheffield, April 2000
Traynor M. and Rafferty, A. M. Nurse education in an international context (a comparison of four countries). International Congress of Nurses Centennial Celebration, London, June, 1999.
Rafferty A.M. and Traynor M. Performance and profile of research publication in nursing. Royal College of Nursing Research Society annual Conference, Keele, April 1999
Purity, conversion and the evidence based movements. Royal College of Nursing Research Society annual Conference, Keele, April 1999
Reading research and implementation: a literature review. Royal College of Nursing Research Society annual Conference, Keele, April 1999
Nursing education in higher education and the challenge of the New Right: experiences in the US, the UK and Australia. Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh, April 1998
Poster: The problem of dissemination. Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh, April 1998
Adopting a literary approach to managerial discourse in the National Health Service (NHS) BSA Medical Sociology Group Annual Conference, York, September, 1997
Poster: Split subjectivity; caring and exploitation in the texts of nurses in NHS Trusts. Nursing, Women’s History and the Politics of Welfare, 18-20 September, 1996, University of Nottingham
The discourses of the Enlightenment as a technology of power; adopting a literary approach to managerial discourse after the NHS reforms. Nursing, Women’s History and the Politics of Welfare, 18-20 September, 1996, University of Nottingham
Poster: The tyranny of rationality: a deconstruction of managerial discourse in the new NHS. The Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, March 29-31, 1996, Newcastle upon Tyne
Looking at discourse in a literature review of nursing texts: The Royal College of Nursing annual research conference, March 31-2 April, 1995, Belfast, Northern Ireland
Using discourse analysis in research into the NHS reforms: The Royal College of Nursing annual research conference, March 31-2 April, 1995, Belfast, Northern Ireland
The views and values of community nurses and their managers. at: The adventure of nursing practice through research. International Nursing Research Congress. Sydney, Australia July 11-13, 1994
No Machiavellian Background: the views and values of community nurses and their managers at: Royal College of Nursing Research Advisory Group Annual Conference University of Glasgow April 1993
The job satisfaction of community nurses at: First International Conference on Community Health Nursing Research, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Sept 26-29 1993.
Morale of the Community Nursing Workforce: results of a pilot study at: Royal College of Nursing Research Advisory Group Annual Conference University of Birmingham April 1992
Healthy Cities: A Glimpse of the Invisible Christie Downs. Paper presented at Healthy Cities Australia - First National Conference, Illawarra Performing Arts Centre, Wollongong, N.S.W. Australia. February 1990
Other invited talks and lectures
School of Postgraduate Nursing, University of Melbourne, Australia ‘What bibliometrics can offer nursing’. November, 2000
RCN Institute, Oxford, May, 2000 ‘Introduction to discourse analysis as a research method’
University of Sunderland, Department of Health Care Studies, December, 1999. ‘The uses of evidence’.
Greenwich University, Professional Educational Research Group, London, October, 1999. ‘Reconceptualising the evidence based movements’.
English National Board Conference: Integration and After, London, December, 1998 ‘Lifelong learning, but learning for a particular kind of life’.
London Medical Sociology Group, London, July, 1998 ‘Leviticus, purity and the evidence based movements’
Health Services Research Unit seminar, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 1997, Discourse analysis and Evidence based medicine
RCN Institute, Oxford, February, 1997 ‘Using NUD•IST’ (computer aided qualitative analysis)
RCN Institute, London, February, 1997 ‘Theorising the body: Modernism and the loss of the body’
RCN Institute, Oxford, January, 1997 ‘Postmodernism, deconstruction and policy research’
RCN Institute, London, December, 1996 ‘Using discourse analysis to investigate nursing talk’
RCN Institute, London, November, 1996 ‘Modernism, Postmodernism and knowledge for research’
Department of Nursing and Midwifery Studies University of Keele, October 1996 ‘Nursing, self-sacrifice and concepts of morality’
Addenbrookes Teaching Hospital Trust Nursing Research Group, September 1996 ‘Nursing Research in a Policy Context’

Further courses attended

Module, Deconstruction and Context, from the Graphics and Illustration Degree course at Anglia Polytechnic University, 1998
A valuable short course taken which supported my contribution to design of CPNR WWW pages, working papers, conference posters etc. It also covered theoretical issues to do with visual communication of relevance to work on research dissemination.

Positions held
Middlesex University, School of Health and Social Sciences, Archway, London Trevor Clay Professor of Nursing and Head of the Centre for Evidence in the Practice Disciplines June 2004 -
The PPP Foundation
Cavendish Square, London (Secondment) Facilitator Nursing and Allied Health Professions Research Training Fellowship Scheme Oct 2001 - 2004
Centre for Policy in Nursing Research
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Senior Lecturer Oct 2001 - 2004
As above Lecturer Aug. 96 – Oct 2001
Investigating various issues relating to nursing research and producing yearly reports and other publications. Also MSc Course Organiser Health Services Management.
Daphne Heald Research Unit
Royal College Of Nursing
Cavendish Square
LONDON WC1M 0AB
Research Officer Jan. 91- July, 1996
Design, piloting, analysing data and report writing from a four year study monitoring the impact of NHS and community care changes.
Member of RCN Institute shadow management team, representing research; also acting as RCN Research and Development Adviser for part of this time. Both roles involved helping to shape RCN and RCN Institute research and development strategy. Lecturing to undergraduate and postgraduate students at RCN Institute, supervision of research students.
Southern Community Health
Research Unit
c/o Flinders Medical Centre
BEDFORD PARK
S. Australia 5042 Research Officer July 89-Sept. 90
The conducting of community health needs assessment, research and evaluation of community health programmes, the designing and conducting of research on specific community health topics and providing a consultancy service to community health workers on research and evaluation matters, supervising research assistants and clerical staff, running workshops for community workers.Ealing Health Authority,
Community Health Services,
Cherrington House,
LONDON W.7. Health Visitor Sept 87-Jan 89 Ealing Health Authority Student H.V. June 86-Sept 87
Paddington and North
Kensington Health Authority,
LONDON W.2 Staff Nurse Oct 85 -May 86
Cambridge Health Authority Staff Nurse Aug 85 -Oct 85