Dr Bill Whitehead
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Job title: Assistant Head of Subject (Nursing)
Email: w.whitehead@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 592133
Room: N308c
I'm a media friendly expert
Recent publications
- Specialist Nurse Mentors in Nursing Times 28 November 2006
- Will graduate entry free nursing from the shackles of class and gender oppression? in Nursing Times 1 June 2010
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Does the risk of reprisal prevent nurses in the NHS from blowing the whistle on bad practice? in Nursing Times 2 November 2010
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Are newly qualified nurses prepared for practice? in Nursing Times 17 May 2011
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Treat nurses and doctors the same when it comes to whistleblowing in Nursing Times online edition 23 August, 2011 http://www.nursingtimes.net/treat-nurses-and-doctors-the-same-when-it-comes-to-whistleblowing/5033826.article
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"Nurses should defy the deeply embedded doctor-nurse game" in Nursing Times 1 November 2011
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Supporting newly qualified nurses in the UK: A systematic literature review, Nurse Education Today published online 18 February 2013 http://www.nurseeducationtoday.com/article/S0260-6917(13)00010-5/abstract
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Health and Social Care
Subject Area: Nursing and Healthcare Practice
Assistant subject head of nursing, with responsibility for pre-registration nursing and line management of half of the nurse lecturer team.
Module Leader for the final theory and practice modules in the Advanced Diploma in Nursing
Teaching responsibilities
Professional; ethics; leadership and managment; education; research; preceptorship.
Professional interests
Education in the Clinical Environment; nursing preceptorship, transititon from student to professional
Research interests
Clinical education in hospital practice settings; nursing preceptorship
Currently engaged in a nursing preceptorship research project with Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Recent Conferences
Presentation of 'Is nursing an oppressed profession' at Issues In Professionalism Conference 5th July 2011
Presentation of preceptorship research findings at European Federation of Nurse Educators Conference 2012
Presentation of preceptorship research findings at RCN International Nursing Research Conference 2013
Additional Interests and Activities
External Moderator for University of Liverpool and University of Hull.
Media experience
Press release in Nursing Times 17 May Issue page 6 "Clinical Facilitators Boost Staff Retention"
Judge on panel for Student Nursing Times Awards
Undergraduate qualifications
- Registered General Nurse, UKCC ENB
- BA (Hons) History and Politics, University of Nottingham
Postgraduate qualifications
- Post-Graduate Certificate in Continuing Education, University of Nottingham
Research qualifications
- PhD on the effects of clinical facilitator nurses on medical wards, University of Nottingham
