Stuart Nairn

Contact

• workDerby Education Centre
  London Road Community Hospital
  London Road
  Derby
  DE1 2QY
  UK
• work01332 724946
• fax01332 290321
• stuart.nairn@nottingham.ac.uk

Expertise Summary

Recent Research Supervisees

The Stigmatisation of health care workers with iatrogenic infections by Nichola von Fintel

The Social Construction of Hand Hygiene as a Simple Measure to prevent Health Care Associated Infection by Mark Cole

Teaching Summary

• Trauma and critical care
• Emergency care
• Evidence Based Practice

Research Summary

Cultural and organisational aspects of emergency care Emotional labour and narrative knowledge Media representations of health care workers Lay concepts of health and illness, critical realism,… read more

Selected Publications

• NAIRN, S. AND TIMMONS, S., 2010. Scientific uncertainty and the creation of resuscitation guidelines Social Theory and Health. 8(4), 289-308
• NAIRN, S, 2009. Addressing race and culture in nurse education. In: BOSHER, S,D. and PHARRIS, M.D., eds., Transforming Nursing Education: The Culturally Inclusive Environment Springer Publishing Company: New York. 61-78
• NAIRN, S., 2009. Social structure and nursing research Nursing Philosophy. 10, 191-202
• WILLIAMS, G.A, PARK, J.R, TRAYNOR, V, NAIRN, S, O’BRIEN, E, CHAPPLE, M and & JOHNSON, S, 2008. Development and validation of a questionnaire for comparing nursing lecturers' and student nurses' experiences of using portfolios Journal of Clinical Nursing. 18, 1113-1122

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• B73A11/B73A13 Care Delivery and Management (3): Contemporary Challenges Care of Patients in Acute Settings
• Evidence Based Practice Post Registration
• Block 5 Lead for Graduate entry nursing

Current Research

Cultural and organisational aspects of emergency care Emotional labour and narrative knowledge Media representations of health care workers Lay concepts of health and illness, critical realism, culture and ethnicity

• NAIRN S, 2012. A critical realist approach to knowledge: Implications for evidence-based practice in and beyond nursing Nursing Inquiry. 19(1), 6-17
• NAIRN, S., HARDY, C., HARLING, M., PARUMAL, L. and NARAYANASAMY, M., 2012. Diversity and ethnicity in nurse education: the perspective of nurse lecturers Nurse Education Today. 32, 203-207
• TAYLOR, R. and NAIRN, S., 2012. Audit of standards of practice in suspected hip fracture (in press) International Emergency Nursing. (In Press.)
• NAIRN S, CHAMBERS D, THOMPSON S, MCGARRY J and CHAMBERS K, 2012. Reflexivity and habitus: opportunities and constraints on transformative learning (in press) Nursing Philosophy. (In Press.)
• NAIRN, S. AND TIMMONS, S., 2010. Scientific uncertainty and the creation of resuscitation guidelines Social Theory and Health. 8(4), 289-308
• DAWSON, R., VON FINTEL, N. and NAIRN, S., 2010. Sedation assessment using the Ramsay scale Emergency Nurse. 18(3), 18-20 (In Press.)
• NAIRN, S., 2009. Social structure and nursing research Nursing Philosophy. 10, 191-202
• NAIRN, S, 2009. Addressing race and culture in nurse education. In: BOSHER, S,D. and PHARRIS, M.D., eds., Transforming Nursing Education: The Culturally Inclusive Environment Springer Publishing Company: New York. 61-78
• WILLIAMS, G.A, PARK, J.R, TRAYNOR, V, NAIRN, S, O’BRIEN, E, CHAPPLE, M and & JOHNSON, S, 2008. Development and validation of a questionnaire for comparing nursing lecturers' and student nurses' experiences of using portfolios Journal of Clinical Nursing. 18, 1113-1122
• NAIRN,S., O'BRIEN E., TRAYNOR,V., WILLIAMS,G., CHAPPLE,M. and JOHNSON,S., 2006. Student nurses' knowledge, skills and attitudes towards the use of portfolios in a school of nursing Journal of Clinical Nursing. 15(12), 1509-1520
• MCGARRY, J. and NAIRN, S., 2005. The interface between primary and secondary care: The role of telemedicine in home care Journal of Primary Health Care. 15(2), 21-23
• NAIRN, S., HARDY, C., PARUMAL, L. and WILLIAMS, G.A., 2004. Multicultural or anti-racist teaching in nurse education: a critical appraisal Nurse Education Today. 24(3), 188-195
• NAIRN, S., 2004. Emergency care and narrative knowledge Journal of Advanced Nursing. 48(1), 59-67
• NAIRN, S., WHOTTON, E., MARSHAL, C., ROBERTS, M. and SWANN, G., 2004. The patient experience in emergency departments: a review of the literature Accident and Emergency Nursing. 12(3), 159-165
• NAIRN, S., 2003. The politics of beds Accident and Emergency Nursing. VOL 11(NUMBER 2), 68-74