Dr Lissette Aviles Reinoso

Thesis title: Reading the family: a constructivist grounded theory on approaching families of potential organ donors

Nursing Studies

  • Nursing Studies
  • School of Health in Social Science

Contact details

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School of Health in Social Science
The University of Edinburgh
Teviot Place

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Edinburgh
Post code
EH8 9AG

Availability

  • Monday - Friday

Biography

Background

Lissette earned her Professional Degree in Nursing (RN) and Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) at Universidad de Concepcion, Chile. Her professional experience was focused on critical care, working for many years mainly in public hospitals in the capital of Chile. She did a Diploma in Chronic Hemodyalisis at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, specialising in acute hemodialysis therapy as well.  She completed her Master of Nursing at Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile as well. Her master’s dissertation was a phenomenological study exploring the experiences of donor's families who agreed on organ donation in Chile. She worked as Lecturer at Universidad Andres Bello, Chile, where taught subjects such as Nursing Theory, Critical Care, and Qualitative Research for undergraduates and postgraduates. 

After awarded Becas Chile Scholarship by the Chilean Government, she started her PhD in Nursing Studies in 2016. Lissette's professional experience working in critical care and teaching as encouraging her passion towards linking nursing theory and practice to improve nursing care, healthcare service through a compassionate understanding of people experiences. Her PhD continues the understanding of the organ donation process but focus on the approaching families process for organ donation consent through a constructivist grounded theory study. She has a keen interest in qualitative methods, grounded theory, the social sciences, nursing theory, and ethical consideration conducting research.

Currently, working for Nursing Studies at the University of Edinburgh. 

Qualifications

  • PhD Nursing Studies, University of Edinburgh
  • Master of Science (MSc), Nursing. Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN), Universidad de Concepcion, Chile
  • Professional Degree in Nursing (BN), Universidad de Concepcion, Chile 

Responsibilities & affiliations

  • Sigma member (2020-Present)
  • Member, European Sociological Association (2019 - Present)
  • PGR Rep Nursing Studies, School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh 2018/2019
  • Member, Organising Committee, Thinking Chile, UK Global Seminar, UoE Chilean Society, The University of Edinburgh (2018 and 2019 version)
  • Member, Society for the study of Symbolic Interaction (2017 - Present)
  • Member, Grounded Theory Group, School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh (2017 - Present) 
  • Member, UoE Chilean Society, The University of Edinburgh (2016 - Present)

Undergraduate teaching

Tutor: Understanding the person: Life Science and Nursing Care 1 (2018/2019, 2019/2020, 2020/2021)

Tutor: Contemporary Issues in Health and Wellbeing (2018/2019, 2019/2020)

Tutor: Mind and Body: Life Science and Nursing Care 2 (2020/2021)

Tutor: Identity and Experience in Health (2020/2021)

Tutor: Person Centered Care in Practice: Relationships and Emotion (2020/2021)

Co-organiser: Transplantation Nursing (2020/2021)

 

Postgraduate teaching

Mentor for Edinburgh Teaching Award - Associate Fellow

Mentor PGR Student Support Scheme, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Research summary

Lissette has a keen interest in people experiences to improve nursing and healthcare, and as such qualitative methods, grounded theory, the social sciences, nursing theory, and ethical consideration conducting research.

Current research interests

Lissette's PhD continues the understanding of the organ donation process but focus on the approaching families process for organ donation consent through a constructivist grounded theory study. The study includes staff and family members perspectives with the aim of expanding knowledge of these interactions that may contribute to developing a theory, guide nursing practice as well as promote healthcare policies in the field. From March 2020, Lissette works as a Research Fellow for the YARNS project- Young Adults Rehabilitation Experiences and Needs Following Stroke

Past research interests

Nursing Theory, Nursing Education, Hemodialysis and Quality of Life

Project activity

  • Researcher  - The impact of Covid-19 on nurses' mental health: an international survey. Project (October 2020 - Present).
  • Research Fellow - Young Adults Rehabilitation Experiences and Needs Following Stroke (YARNS) Project (March - August 2020) www.ed.ac.uk/health/yarns
  • PGR Writing Retreat at Firbush, PGR Reps at School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh
  • Thinking Chile and Latin America: Sharing ideas in Edinburgh 2019 and Track One Health for Latin American Development. February 2019. The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Organiser Committee. Check link: https://sites.google.com/view/thinking-chile-2019/page
  • Grounded Theory Workshop with Professor Tony Bryant. June 2018. The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Organiser Committee SHSS Grounded Theory Group.
  • Thinking Chile: Sharing ideas in Edinburgh 2018. The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Organiser Committee. Check the link:  https://sites.google.com/view/thinkingchile/page

Current project grants

- Principal’s Teaching Award Scheme (PTAS)- Regular Grant Award, The University of Edinburgh (Co- applicant) £ 7,900. Project: Empathy and compassion in work and life’.
College of Medicine Research Fund 2019, National University of Taiwan (Co-applicant). £6,600. Project: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nurses’ mental health: an international survey (Chile, Indonesia and Taiwan).
- InspirED Student Award 2019 (Main applicant), School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh. £500. Project: PGR Writing Retreat at Firbush.
- Chile Global Seminar UK 2019. (Co-applicant). £2500. Project: Thinking Chile and Latin America: Sharing ideas in Edinburgh 2019.
- Esa Solidarity Fund, European Sociological Association 2019. (Main applicant), Conference fee waiver.
- InspirED Student Award 2018 School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh (Co-applicant) £800. Project: Grounded Theory Workshop with Professor Tony Bryant.
- Becas CHILE 2015, Chilean National Research and Development Agency (Agencia Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo – ANID), Chilean Government. Doctoral Scholarship, PhD fees and expenses at The University of Edinburgh (2016-Present).

Past project grants

- Chile Global Seminar UK 2019 (Co-applicant), Chile. £2500. Project: Thinking Chile and Latin America: Sharing ideas in Edinburgh 2019.
- Anglo Chilean Society Grant 2019 (Main applicant), UK. £250. Project: Thinking Chile and Latin America: Sharing ideas in Edinburgh 2019.
- InspirED Student Award 2018 (Co-applicant), School of Health in Social Science, The University of Edinburgh.£800. Project: Grounded Theory Workshop with Professor Tony Bryant.

Conference details

 

  • UK Stroke Forum 2020 (Online). Poster: ‘Stories of stroke’: learning from the experiences of young adults (18-45) in the UK. Chandler C, Holloway A, Aviles L, Choi H, Putri A, Clarissa C, Mitra U, Pan J, Kelly D, Hewitt J, Pennington A, Harris R, Cluckie G, Reid J, Noble J, Smart A, Mc Kee J.
  • ESA RN11 Midterm Conference on Emotions 2020 (Online). European Sociological Association. Oral Presentation: ‘Researching emotions, reflecting emotions’. Nominated for ‘Best Paper Award’.
  • Universitas 21 Health Sciences Group Doctoral Student Forum 2020, University College Dublin (Online). Oral presentation: 'Edgework Emotion Management in One Health'.
  • 38th Chilean Congress of Intensive Medicine 2020, Santiago, Chile (Online). Poster: ‘Edgework emotion management in critical care: a proposal based on a Chilean study’.
  • 14th Conference of the European Sociological Association 2019, Manchester, UK. Oral Presentation: Edgework Emotional Management in Organ Donation Negotiation
  • Grounded Theory Symposium: A methodological discussion in developing theory. Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK. Oral Presentation: 'Conducting data collection abroad. Is it incompatible with grounded theory? How do we engage with the methodology?'
  • Conference 2018 School of Health in Social Science. The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Oral Presentation: ‘Methodological and ethical challenges doing constructivist grounded theory in the field’.
  • Global Human Caring Congress, Santiago 2018. Watson Caring Science Institute, Santiago, Chile. Poster Presentation: 'A proposal of human caring for organ donation approach in Chile'.
  • Conference 2017 School of Health in Social Science. The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland. Oral Presentation: ‘Approaching families of potential organ donors: a grounded theory study’.
  • III Annual International Conference on Nursing. 2017, Athens, Greece. Oral Presentation: ‘Generating social responsibility nursing through a service-learning experience". Reynaldos K., Aviles L. & Henriquez C.
  • XV Pan American Nursing Research Coloquium. 2016, Mexico, Mexico. “Generating Social responsibility in nursing through a service-learning experience in Chile’. Reynaldos K, Aviles L & Henriquez C.
  • XV Pan American Nursing Research Coloquium. 2016, Mexico, Mexico. Oral Presentation: “Middle range theories in nursing’. Galdames L. & Aviles L.
  • III International Congress Models and Nursing Theories and Health Research. 2015, Neiva, Colombia. Key speaker. ‘Nursing Models in Critical Care Units: Step toward advanced nursing care’.
  • V Latino American Nephrology Nursing Congress. 2015, Santiago, Chile. Oral Presentation ‘Experience in organ donation process, an opportunity for nursing’.
  • XIV Pan American Nursing Research Coloquium. 2014, Cartagena, Colombia. Oral Presentation: ‘A change of live: Experience relatives who agreed to organ donation in Santiago, Chile’.
  • Surgical Nursing Symposium in II International Course “New frontiers in minimally invasive surgery: challenges of the XXI century”. 2014, Santiago, Chile. Oral Presentation: “A change of live: Experience relatives who agreed to organ donation in Santiago’.

Invited speaker

Organiser

  • Thinking Chile and Latin America: Sharing ideas in Edinburgh 2019 and Track One Health for Latin American Development. February 2019. The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Organiser Committee. Check link: https://sites.google.com/view/thinking-chile-2019/page
  • Grounded Theory Workshop with Professor Tony Bryant. June 2018. The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Organiser Committee SHSS Grounded Theory Group.
  • Thinking Chile: Sharing ideas in Edinburgh 2018. The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. Organiser Committee. Check the link:  https://sites.google.com/view/thinkingchile/page

Participant

  • Sigma’s Virtual 31st International Nursing Research Congress 2020.
  • Consortium of European Research on Emotion (CERE) Conference 2018. April 2018, Glasgow, UK.
  • Annual Conference 2017 Society for study of symbolic interaction. Grounded Theory Workshop with Professor Kathy Charmaz. August 2017, Montreal, Canada

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