Mrs Emma Inness

BA (Hons) Children’s Nursing, MSc Nurse Education and Advanced Practice, RN (child), Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy, Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Professional Education

Programme Lead Children’s and Mental Health Nursing

Oxford School of Nursing and Midwifery

Role

As programme lead for Childrens and Mental health nursing Emma has responsibility for the quality of all of the pre-registration Children’s nursing and Mental Health nursing programmes. (BSc and MSc)

Emma qualified as a registered children’s nurse from Oxford Brookes University in 1997 and worked in practice until 2013, in children’s orthopeadics, general surgery, rheumatology research and as an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Children’s Rheumatology. Emma began working in Nurse Education at Oxford Brookes in 2007 as a lecturer in the Children’s nursing team. Since then she has had a variety of roles including Senior Lecturer, Placement Lead and Subject coordinator.

Teaching and supervision

Courses

Nursing (Children's) (BSc (Hons))

Modules taught

Emma has been a module leader and lecturer for many of the modules on the Children’s nursing course and some modules that cover teaching for Children’s, Mental Health and Adult nursing. She has been very involved in the development of simulation practice learning.

Supervision

I have responsibilities for supervising post graduate (MSc) dissertations.
She is a dissertation supervisor. She is also a Link Lecturer supporting students in practice.

Research

2014 Team Teaching Fellowship on Supportin the transition to a discipline-focused Education
2013 Service Evaluation of Support and Information Needs of Parents of Children Newly Diagnosed with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
2000 Clinical Audit into Incidence of Urinary Retention in Children with Epidurals.

Publications

Waite MA, Inness EJ, Nociceptor Stimulating Devices Can Help Reduce Pain, Anxiety, and Fear in Children Requiring Regular Injections
Evidence-Based Nursing 23 (2019) ISSN: 1367-6539 Nociceptor Stimulating Devices Can Help Reduce Pain, Anxiety, and Fear in Children Requiring Regular Injections Open Access version on RADAR

■ Waite MA, Inness EJ, Nociceptor Stimulating Devices Can Help Reduce Pain, Anxiety, and Fear in Children Requiring Regular Injections
Evidence-Based Nursing 23 (2019) ISSN: 1367-6539 Nociceptor Stimulating Devices Can Help Reduce Pain, Anxiety, and Fear in Children Requiring Regular Injections Open Access version on RADAR

■ Chapter on Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Glasper, A and Richardson, J (2014) Nursing Care of Children and Young People at a glance WileyBlackwell

■ Contributor to ARMA (2010). Standards of Care for Children and Young People with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. London: Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance

Professional information

Conferences

■ 2002 - Cool to Drool Children’s Nursing Conference: Care of the Child with Development Dysplasia of the Hip
■ 2003 Anaesthetics Regional Audit meeting - Incidence of post operative urinary retention with epidural infusions.
■ 2004 - Poster presentation Incidence of post operative urinary retention with epidural infusions.
■ 2009 Back to the future: a celebration of 25 yrs of children and young peoples nursing Poster presentation - Using Art Media to Promote Exercise Engagement for Young People with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA)
■ 2011 British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology poster presentation - Audit or methotrexate monitoring in a regional service.
■ 2012 British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology poster presentation - "Promoting parent Power"
■ 2012 Association for Simulated Practice in Healthcare - Co led paediatric master class on paediatric simulation and chair for seminars.
■ 2015 British Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology poster presentation and presentation for the nurses group on support for parents after a child is diagnosed with JIA.
■ 2016 HEA Conference Presentation on Supporting disciplinary focused academic and professional transition through peer supported learning.

Further details

Other experience

Staff Nursing Children's Orthopaedics
Senor Staff Nurse Children's Orthopeadics
Senior Staff Nursing Children's General Surgical Ward
Clinical Nurse Specialist Children's Rheumatology
Advanced Nurse Specialist Children's Rheumatology
Research Nurse Children's Rheumatology

I am proud to be a children's nurse and passionate about improving nursing care for children and families which led me to my career in higher education.