Helen Bell

I have been a Registered Nurse for 36 years working in General Surgery and Intensive Care in the UK, Canada and the USA. As a Flight Lieutenant in the Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service, I served in Sierra Leone, Western Africa, as an Aeromedical Evacuation Liaison Officer worldwide, and as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth and the RCDM, University of Central England. I worked as a nurse lecturer for over 30 years undertaking various roles including Director of Admissions and Lead for Equality and Diversity. Having recently retired from full-time lecturing, I am now an Honorary Associate Professor supporting UEA research students and work at the Norfolk & Norwich Hospital as a Critical Care Practitioner & Research Nurse.

Critical Care Nursing & Research

Critical care nursing and all aspects of research.
 

As a researcher, I have undertaken several small scale studies as part of academic awards including a quantitative approach to study the nutritional assessment of hospital patients receiving Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN). I have experience using qualitative methods to study the impact of lecturers’ clinical credibility in relation to student learning and phenomenological approaches to explore the lived experience of novice intensive care nurses. My PhD thesis focused on the factors that contribute to success in pre-registration nurse education using multiple qualitative case studies as presented at the 13th European Doctoral Conference in Nursing Science, Austria. My current role involves the delivery of 5 clinical research trials in critical care, ensuring nursing care is evidence-based, and supporting staff to develop thier research skills. I also supervise UEA MSc and doctoral research students.