Academic staff
Sheila Rodgers
Senior Lecturer / Honorary Research Consultant, Critical Care, NHS Lothian
Nursing Studies
+44 (0) 131 651 3940
Room 2M.6 Medical School
Outline Biography
I graduated in Nursing from Leeds and later with a Master's degree in Nursing Research from Manchester and PhD from Edinburgh.
I have a broad range of clinical experience having worked as a Charge Nurse in Care of the Elderly, General Medicine and Haematology, and High Dependency Surgery before joining the University of Edinburgh as a lecturer in nursing.
I am the Postgraduate Director for Nursing and lead on the PhD/MPhil, MSc by Research in Nursing, Masters of Nursing in Clinical Research and postgraduate CPD. I organise and teach on the core research methods courses for all the Masters programmes. I also contribute to teaching in the Bachelor of Nursing with Honours.
I have an Honorary Consultant Nurse appointment with NHS Lothian where I contribute to the development of research in Critical Care. My current base is in the Surgical High Dependency Unit at the Western General Hospital.
Research Interests
My research interests are focused on research and knowledge utilisation and transfer and its organisational determinants. I also have research interests in nursing education, workforce issues and surgical nursing including intensive care and high dependency nursing.
I completed my PhD studies looking at research utilisation by nurses in general medical and surgical wards. I have completed several research projects funded by the Scottish Executive and the Health and Safety Executive in these areas. I am particularly interested in organisational culture and how that interacts with what nurses do at work.
I have recently completed several studies in nursing education, postoperative pain and in workforce planning. I am currently involved in a study looking at wireless respiratory monitoring in acutely ill patients. I am also involved in a study with clinical colleagues looking at job rotation in critical care and of postoperative delirium.
Research activity
Research Grants
- Measuring the impact of wireless respiratory monitoring in acutely ill patients – a pilot study. May 2012 to November 2012. £7,997. CHSS Challenge Investment Fund (PI)
- Improving recovery from criticalcare–a clinical and academic collaboration. NHS Lothian NMAHP Clinical Academic (Research) Careers Scheme. 2011 to 2014 (Co-applicant)
- Development of ‘Best Practice Guidance in Recruitment , Selection and Retention for pre-Registration Nursing and Midwifery Programmes in HEIs in Scotland – November 2009 to April 2010 . £19,587.95. Funded by Scottish Government Health Department (PI)
- A Study of Student Recruitment , Selection and Retention Initiatives for pre-
Registration Nursing and Midwifery Programmes in HEIs in Scotland. April to August 2009 (Main Study) £33,606.00 Funded by Scottish Government Health Department (PI) - A Study of Student Recruitment , Selection and Retention Initiatives for pre-
Registration Nursing and Midwifery Programmes in HEIs in Scotland Feb to March 2009 .(Exploratory Study) £9385.00 Funded by Scottish Government Health Department (PI) - DTRF 2008 £3,000 An exploratory study of patients suffering from severe and enduring pain in surgical wards. (PI)
- NHS Education Scotland £30,000 Evaluating the Succession Planning Development Pathway for Consultant NMHAP's. 2007-2008 (Co-investigator)
- Chief Scientist Office, SEHD 1995-97 £98,000 for a study on ‘A study of the extent of, and factors influencing research utilisation by nurses in general medical and surgical wards in the Scottish Health Service’ (PI)
- National Board for Nursing Midwifery and Health Visiting for Scotland 1995 £1,000 travel and accommodation in support of a visiting fellowship to Stanford University, USA, and in support of a conference presentation at the 28th Annual Communicating
- Nursing Research Conference, Western Society for Nursing Research in San Diego. Edinburgh Enterprise Centre, University of Edinburgh 1993 £8,000 to develop a study of ‘Experiential teaching and the assessment of students in clinical practice’. (PI)
- Chief Scientist Office, SEHD 1993 £13,500 for a pilot study on ‘An exploratory study of research utilisation by nurses in general medical and surgical wards’ (PI)
- Health and Safety Executive 1985-86 £23,000 in support of a study ‘The evaluation of an experiential lifting programme for nurses’. (PI)
Publications
Publications list for Sheila Rodgers
Supervision
Projects supervised by Sheila Rodgers
Teaching
- MSc Research Methods in Healthcare and Nursing A
- MSc Research Methods in Healthcare and Nursing B
- MSc Research Work-Based
- BN (Hons) Dissertation
- BN (Hons) Research and Inquiry
- BN (Hons) Nursing 2
Keywords
Research Utilisation, Knowledge Transfer, Nurse Education, Nursing Workforce, Surgical and Intensive Care Nursing
This article was published on Dec 8, 2010