Mrs Fiona Paul¹

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  Mrs Fiona Paul
  
  Position
  Lecturer in Nursing
  Address
  11 Airlie Place, Dundee
  Telephone
  01382 388 534
  Ext: 88706
  Email
  f.paul@dundee.ac.uk
  Roles
  Lecturer in Nursing
  Qualifications
  Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
  Masters of Philosophy
  Bachelor of Nursing
  Professional Studies II Respiratory Critical Care
  Current Research
  Currently developing a research proposal in collaborations with colleagues in Dundee and Australia to explore the ICU discharge process (March 2010).
  Conferences
  Plenary Lecturer/Lead Speaker: PAUL, F., JONES, M.C. and HENDRY. C., (2007)
  Attendees: RCN International Research Conference, Dundee.
  Does improving the quality of patient information leaflets optimise their effectiveness? A systematic review.
  Date: May 2007
  Supporting Nursing & Midwifery Student Recruitment and Retention, Beardmore Hotel & Conference Centre, Clydebank
  Date: November 2008
  Enhancement Themes Annual Conference, edinburgh Conference Centre, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh
  Date: March 2009
  Funded Research
  Randomised Controlled Trial to evaluate the benfit of a new information leaflet for parents of children hospitalised with benign febrile convulsion (Post-graduate studies 2000 - present). TUH Research Fund, (2000). Grant holders Fiona Paul, Dr M.C. Jones and Dr P Goldrick.
  From 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2000
  Award £5000
  Completed a research project with patients and relatives transferring from ICU - 2003-2004. RCN Research Society Scotland and the Nursing and Midwifery Practice Development Unit Scholorship Award 2001. The development and evaluation of an information booklet for patients and relatives following intensive care.
  From 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2004
  Award £200
  Douglas Adamson Memorial Award, 2004 for contributing to health care in Tayside, Patient Information Project and the ALERT training.
  From 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004
  Award £200
  Fellowship awards, Scottish Executive, 2002. ALERT (Acute life threatening events, recognition and treatment) Training.
  From 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002
  Award £5500
  Evaluation of learning teams. NHS Education Scotland
  From 1 January 2008 to 1 January 2010.
  Award £8,000
  Exisiting Measures of Esteem
  Peer Reviewer
  Journal of Clinical Nursing
  Peer Reviewer
  Nursing in Critical Care Journal
  Existing/Previous Posts Held
  Lecturer
  University of Dundee
  School of Nursing and Midwifery
  Period from 2005 to present
  Associate Lecturer (Part time secondment)
  University of Dundee
  School of Nursing and Midwifery
  Period from 2004 to 2005
  ICU Specialist Liaison Nurse - G Grade
  Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
  Period from 2001 to 2005
  Specialist Nurse/Charge Nurse - F Grade
  Intensive Care Unit
  Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
  Period from 1999 to 2000
  Senior Staff Nurse - E Grade
  intensive Care Unit
  Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
  Period from 2000 to 2000
  Senior Staff Nurse - E Grade
  Intensive Care Unit
  Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
  Period from 1989 to 1999
  Acting Charge Nurse - F Grade
  Intensive Care Unit
  Ninewells Hospital, Dundee
  Period from 1995 to 1996
  Previous Research and Research Interests
  Written Healthcare information materials for patients and relatives
  MPhil thesis - focuses on the quality of written information materials provided for parents within the paediatric department. In addition, I have completed a research project undertaken within the Intensive Care Unit, which focused on information for patients and families transferring to a general ward.
  Care of ICU patients' relatives during and following the patients' critical illness
  Exisiting Teaching Interests
  Acute and critical care nursing
  Advanced Practice
  Clinical Skills
  Existing Wider Professional
  Activities
  Treasurer/Secretary: East of Scotland British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN)
  Member of the Scottish Intensive Care Society
  Publications
  PAUL, F, (2010). Tracheostomy care and management in general wards and community setting settings: literature review.. Nursing in Critical Care, 15 (2), pp.76-83.
  PAUL, F, (2010). An exploration of student nurses' thoughts and experiences of using a video-recording to assess their performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) during a mock objective structured clinical examination (OSCE). Nurse Education in Practice. (in press, available on line Feb 2010) http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2010.01.004
  PAUL, F. AND RATTRAY, J.E, (2008). Relatives and intensive care: the short and long term impact of critical illness on relatives: a literature review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 62 (3), pp.276 - 292.
  PAUL, F., JONES, M.C., HENDRY, C. AND ADAIR, P (2007). The quality of written information for parents regarding the management of a febrile convulsion: a randomized controlled trial.. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 16(12), pp.2308 -2322.
  RATTRAY JE., PAUL F., TULLY V. , (2006). Partnership working between a Higher Education Institution and NHS Trusts: developing an acute and critical care module.. Nursing in Critical Care., 11(3), pp.111-117.
  PAUL, F. ET AL., (2004). Meeting patient and relatives’ information needs upon transfer from an intensive care unit: The development and evaluation of an information booklet. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 13 (3), pp.396-496.
  PAUL, F. ET AL., (2001). Patient Information: involving the user group. Professional Nurse, 16 (10), pp. 1405-1408
  Research Interests
  Tracheostomy care and care of patients following ICU
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• Biography*: She Fiona Paul
  Lecturer
  
  Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences
  
  Email f.paul@dundee.ac.uk
  Phone +44 (0)1382 388706
  
  Locations
  
  11 Airlie Place
  
  Biography
  
  Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education
  Masters of Philosophy
  Bachelor of Nursing
  Professional Studies II Respiratory Critical Care
  
  Wider professional activities
  
  Member of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses Scotland (BACCN)
  
  Member of the Scottish Intensive Care Society
  
  Peer Reviewer - Journal of Clinical Nursing
  
  Peer Reviewer - Nursing in Critical Care Journal
  
  Occasional reviewer – American Journal of Critical Care; Australian Journal of Critical Care Nursing
  Research
  
  Care of patients and relatives following Intensive care/critical illness.
  
  Acute and critical care nursing skills; acute and critical care practice. in 2021.²

Notes

• (Awarded to) DGA Memorial Award*: Mrs Fiona Paul was awarded the The Douglas Adamson Memorial Award in 2004 at Dundee, Angus, Scotland, . Douglas Adamson Memorial Award, 2004 for contributing to health care in Tayside, Patient Information Project and the ALERT training. From 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2004 Award £200.^1,3