Louise Brereton

Contact

• workLincoln County Hospital
  Lincoln Education Centre
  Lincoln County Hospital
  Greetwell Road
  Lincoln
  LN2 5QY
  <UK
• work01522 848163
• fax01522511709
• louise.brereton@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Louise Brereton qualified as an Registered General Nurse and has worked in nurse education since 1988. Her PhD was a longitudinal study of the needs of family carers post stroke. She has completed studies examining leg ulcer management and hospital environments for older adults at the end of life. Louise is based at the Lincoln centre and is module leader for the Portfolio 2 module and the Care Delivery and Management module with a focus on teaching in semester 6. Louise is the educational link for a number of clinical areas within Lincolnshire.

Teaching Summary

Louise has a number of teaching interests and is currently working on the Portfolio 1& 2, Care Delivery and Management 2 and Evidence Based Practice modules.

Research Summary

Hospital environments for end of life care

Recent Publications

• GARDINER, C., BRERETON L., C., INGLETON, C., GOTT, M. & BARNES, S., 2011. Improving acute hospital environments for palliative and end of life care: a qualitative study 1, 162–166.
• BRERETON, L. & MANTHORPE J., 2010. Longer-term support for survivors and supporters. In: WILLIAMS, J., PERRY, L. & WATKINS, C., ed., Acute Stroke Nursing. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
• BRERETON, L. & NOLAN, M., 2003. Seeking partnerships between family and professional carers: stroke as a case in point. In: Partnerships in Family Care. London: Open University Press..
• 2001. Evidence in Practice. In: MCSHERRY, R. ET AL. (EDS.), ed., Evidence-Informed Nursing: A Guide for Clinical Nurses. London, Routledge..

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Louise of the Extended Programme Leader and the Module Leader for the Care Delivery and Management 2 modules. She has a number of personal students and supervises BSc and Masters dissertations. Louise is a member of the Lincoln Acute Inpatient Practice Learning Team (PLT).

Past Research

Family carers post stroke

Evaluation of leg Ulcer clinics

• GARDINER, C., BRERETON L., C., INGLETON, C., GOTT, M. & BARNES, S., 2011. Improving acute hospital environments for palliative and end of life care: a qualitative study 1, 162–166.
• BRERETON, L. & MANTHORPE J., 2010. Longer-term support for survivors and supporters. In: WILLIAMS, J., PERRY, L. & WATKINS, C., ed., Acute Stroke Nursing. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
• BRERETON, L. & NOLAN, M., 2003. Seeking partnerships between family and professional carers: stroke as a case in point. In: Partnerships in Family Care. London: Open University Press..
• 2001. Evidence in Practice. In: MCSHERRY, R. ET AL. (EDS.), ed., Evidence-Informed Nursing: A Guide for Clinical Nurses. London, Routledge..
• BRERETON L., GARDINER, C., GOTT, M., C., INGLETON, C., BARNES, S. & CARROLL, C., The Hospital environment for end of life care of older adults and their families: an integrative review. Journal of Advanced Nursing. (In Press.)