Rachael Spencer
Midwife Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Biography
Rachael Spencer is a Midwifery Lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Physiotherapy at the University of Nottingham. Rachael is a qualified nurse, midwife and health visitor, and has worked clinically in healthcare of the elderly, midwifery, and primary care as a family health visitor. Key areas of teaching include infant feeding, public health, research methods and pathophysiology applied to midwifery. Rachael also practices clinically as a midwife through a bank midwifery contract. Rachael's research lies primarily in qualitative work, centring on the context of breastfeeding, whilst drawing from a range of disciplines, including phenomenological perspectives.
Teaching Summary
Personal Teacher.
Link teacher to Bardney and Nocton wards (United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust) and Louth community.
Intake leader for pre-registration midwifery students.
I teach in the following areas: infant feeding and nutrition; public health; evidence-based practice and research skills.
Research Summary
My research interests include all aspects of midwifery practice and the views and experiences of childbearing women, their families and care-givers. Current research focuses on breastfeeding and… read more
Recent Publications
SPENCER, R.L., 2011. The changing role of the nurse. In: LINSLEY, P., KANE, R. AND OWEN, S, ed., Nursing for Public Health: Promotion, Principles, and Practice. Oxford University Press. 41-51
SPENCER, R.L.; GREATREX-WHITE, S. AND FRASER, D.M, 2010. 'Practice improvement, breastfeeding duration and health visitors Community Practitioner. 83(9), 19-22
HIGGINS, G., SPENCER, R.L. AND KANE, R, 2010. A Systematic Review of the Experiences and Perceptions of the Newly Qualified Nurse in the United Kingdom’ Nurse Education Today. 30(6), 499-508
SPENCER, R.L., 2008. Research methodologies to investigate the experience of breastfeeding: a discussion paper International Journal of Nursing Studies. 45(12), 1823-1830
Current Research
My research interests include all aspects of midwifery practice and the views and experiences of childbearing women, their families and care-givers. Current research focuses on breastfeeding and public health.