Janet Scammell

Dr Janet Scammell

  • Associate Professor
  • Bournemouth House B235, 19 Christchurch Road, Bournemouth, BH1 3LH
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Biography

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Bournemouth University.

I am an experienced nurse academic, manager and practitioner. As a practitioner I worked in medical oncology nursing settings. My career in health care education spans 30 years in roles including Director of Studies, Faculty Head of Learning and Teaching, Professional Lead for adult and child nursing and currently Director of the new Nursing Long-term Heath Challenges Research Centre https://research.bournemouth.ac.uk/centre/nursing-for-long-term-health/ I am a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I am an experienced mentor. Currently I am President of the England Chapter of STTI, the prestigious international nursing scholarship society.

My research interests focus on nursing workforce, specifically two areas: values underpinning practice (particularly impact on care for older people) and leadership & workforce development. I have developed and led several undergraduate nursing curricula which embeds values-based education...

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Research

Principal Investigator for TRACS (Transition, Resilience, Authentic Leadership, Commitment, Support) project: The Making TRACS to Improve Nurse Retention project seeks to answer the question of whether the retention rate of registered nursing staff in one hospital can be improved through the development and use of an evidence-based nurse retention model, to be known as TRACS.

This is a collaborative project between Bournemouth University’s Faculty of Health and Social Sciences (FHSS) and the Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RBCH), and is funded by the Burdett Trust for Nursing. The Patients Association is acting as an external consultant to the project. https://research.bournemouth.ac.uk/project/making-tracs-to-improve-nurse-retention/ The project is over the half way stage and has developed an interactive web portal of resources to support registered nurses. We will shortly be approaching our final data collection and are planning a dissemination event at Bournemouth University on 1st July 2019.

Journal Articles

Books

  • Murphy, J., Scammell, J. and Holmes, J., 2016. Eating and Drinking well: Supporting people living with dementia. Bournemouth University: Bournemouth University.
  • Scammell, J., Hind, M. and Harding, A., 2012. End of Life Care Education Project: A Service Evaluation. Bournemouth University: Bournemouth University.
  • Scammell, J., Heaslip, V., Phillips, J. and Cooper, K., 2009. Assessment of Practice in Pre-Registration Undergraduate Nursing Programmes. Phase 2 Evaluation: Survey of students’ and mentors’ experiences of grading student competence in practice.. Fern Barrow: Bournemouth University.
  • Scammell, J., Halliwell, D. and Partlow, C., 2007. Assessment of Practice in Pre-Registration Undergraduate Nursing Programmes: An Evaluation of a Tool to Grade Student Performance in Practice. Poole, England: Bournemouth University.
  • Mulholland, J., Mallik, M., Moran, P., Scammell, J. and Turnock, C., 2005. Making Practice-Based Learning Work. An Overview of the Nature of the Preparation of Practice Educators in Five Health Care Disciplines. London: Higher Education Academy, Health Science and Practice Network.
  • Mulholland, J., Mallik, M., Moran, P., Scammell, J. and Turnock, C., 2005. Occasional Paper No 6: Making practice-based learning work. An overview of the nature of the preparation of practice educators in five health care disciplines.. London: HEA.

Chapters

  • Scammell, J., 2016. Compassionate Care. In: Barker, S., ed. Psychology for nursing and health care professionls. London: Sage, 67-93.
  • Scammell, J., 2014. Ageing in a multicultural society. Caring for Older People in Nursing. London: Sage Learning Matters.
  • Scammell, J. and Thomas, G., 2013. Chapter 5: Social construction of Vulnerability. Understanding Vulnerability. Wiley.
  • Cooper, K. and Scammell, J., 2013. Chapter 8: Professional Culture and Vulnerability. Understanding Vulnerability. Wiley.
  • Wilson, K. and Scammell, J., 2011. Chapter 6: Opportunities and Challenges of Grading Performance in Practice. In: Helme, M. and Reid, C., eds. Assessment in Health Care Programmes: Occasional Paper. Higher Education Academy, Health Science and Practice Network.
  • Hutchings, M., Quinney, A. and Scammell, J., 2010. The utility of disruptive technologies in interprofessional education: negotiating the substance and spaces of blended learning. In: Bromage, A., Clouder, L., Thistlethwaite, J. and Gordon, F., eds. Interprofessional E-Learning and Collaborative Work: Practices and Technologies. Hershey, PA, USA: IGI Global, 190-203.

Conferences

  • Scammell, J. and Purandare, L., 2019. Is Dementia the new Cancer? Stigma, social isolation and community support. In: STTI 4th European Regional Conference 3-6 June 2018 Cambridge UK.
  • Tee, S., Scammell, J., Docherty, S., Collard, S. and Higgins, S., 2019. Support4Nurses: NHS Acute Hospital Trust and local University partnership to improve the retention of registered nurses. In: Networking for Education in Healthcare NET2019 3-5 September 2019 Keele University.
  • Scammell, J., Tait, D. and White, S., 2019. Nurse students have the ‘right’ values but how do they retain them? Exploring the impact of a curriculum based on a humanising philosophy on student values from pre-registration programme commencement through to completion. In: STTI 4th European Region Conference 3-6 June 2018 Cambridge UK.
  • Scammell, J., Tait, D. and White, S., 2018. Nursing students’ values from selection to qualification: a longitudinal study of how students describe their values when exposed to a curriculum based on a humanising philosophy. In: NETNEP 2018 6-9 May 2018 Banff, Canada.
  • Tee, S. and Scammell, J., 2018. Why do nurses leave or stay? Nurse retention - a global issue. In: NETNEP 2018 | 7th International Nurse Education Conference 6-9 May 2018 Banff, Canada.
  • Scammell, J., Donaldson, I., White, S., Tait, D., Ryden, J., Brown, P. and Stainer, L., 2017. Role of class size on student learning and staff satisfaction: a mixed method study. In: NET2017: Networking for Education in Healthcare 5-6 September 2017 Churchill College, Cambridge.
  • Rosser, E., Scammell, J., Phillips, J., Cooper, K., White, S., Heaslip, V., Hemingway, A. and Donaldson, I., 2016. Learning about the complexity of humanised care: findings from a longitudinal study of nurse students’ perceptions. In: 27th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference 6-8 September 2016 Cambridge, England.
  • Hutchings, M., Scammell, J. and Fry, J., 2016. Agency connectivity and humanisation for fostering and sustaining caring practice. In: All Together Better Health VIII 7-9 September 2016 Oxford.
  • Board, M. and Scammell, J., 2016. Humanised Approach to Interprofessional Dementia Education. In: British Society of Gerontology 6-8 July 2016 University of Stirling.
  • Scammell, J., Tait, D. and White, S., 2016. Using a lifeworld approach to explore nurse student values: a longitudinal study. In: 3rd European Conference of STTI Nursing Scholarship Society 5-8 June 2016 Utrecht, Netherlands.
  • Heaslip, V., Spriggs, A, Mills, A., Scammell, J., Warren, A., Mercer, A., Addis, A., Bond, M., Latchford, C. and Borwell, J., 2016. "Humanising the Interview Process”; an Evaluation of Service User/Carers Contribution to Value Based Recruitment in a Pre-registration Adult Nursing Programme. In: NET/NEP 6th International Nurse Education Conference 3-6 April 2016 Brisbane, Australia.
  • Scammell, J., Rosser, E., Hemingway, A., Phillips, J., Cooper, K., Heaslip, V., White, S. and Donaldson, I., 2015. Nurturing caring values in pre-registration nurse education: a qualitative longitudinal study. In: STTI Honours Nursing Society Biennium Conference 8-12 November 2015 Las Vegas, USA.
  • Rosser, E., Scammell, J., Hemingway, A., Cooper, K., Phillips, J., Heaslip, V., White, S. and Donaldson, I., 2015. Caring Values of Nursing Students: the impact of education. In: Biennial Convention of Sigma Theta Tau International 7-11 November 2015 Las Vagas.
  • Rosser, E., Scammell, J., Hemingway, A., Cooper, K., Phillips, J., Heaslip, V., White, S. and Donaldson, I., 2015. The Effect of Education on the Caring Values of Nursing Students. In: 26th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference 8-10 September 2015 Cambridge.
  • Rosser, E., Scammell, J., Bevan, A. and Hundley, V., 2015. Global Scholarship: the challenges for nursing and the value of STTI. In: Biennial Convention of Sigma Theta Tau International 7-11 November 2015 Las Vagas.
  • Rosser, E., Scammell, J., Bevan, A. and Hundley, V., 2015. Global networking and nursing leadership: the potential for Sigma Theta Tau International. In: Rosser, E., ed. 2nd Biennial Conference of the Phi Mu Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International 19 June 2015 Weetwood Hall, Leeds.
  • Scammell, J., Spriggs, A. and Tait, D., 2015. The challenge of implementing integrated care: findings from a respiratory service evaluation. In: Nursing leadership in a politicised care arena. Sigma Theta Tau Phi Mu Chapter Biannual Conference 11-12 June 2015 Leeds.
  • White, S., White, S.J., Tait, D. and Scammell, J., 2014. Qualitative Analysis of the Value Base of Student Nurses. In: SRHE Annual Confernce 10 December-12 November 2014 Newport, Wales.
  • Joy, R., Allen, S. and Scammell, J., 2014. Using Simulation to Underpin a Humanising Care Philosophy. In: 25th International Networking for Education in Healthcare 2-4 September 2014 Churchill College, University of Cambridge. UK.
  • Scammell, J., 2014. Evolving perceptions of caring during the first year of a nurse education programme: interim findings from a longitudinal study. In: NET2014 - International Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference 2-4 September 2014 Cambridge.
  • Rosser, E., Scammell, J., Bevan, A. and Hundley, V., 2014. Global Scholarship: the challenges for nursing. In: Sigma Theta Tau International Honour Society 2nd European Regional Conference 15-18 June 2014 Gothenburg, Sweden.
  • Rosser, E., Hemingway, A., Harding, A., Cooper, K., Donaldson, I., Heaslip, V., Jack, E., Phillips, J., Scammell, J. and White, S., 2013. Do students enter nursing programmes with a caring disposition? An exploration of the qualities and values held by students entering pre-registration nursing in one English University. In: 24th International Networking for Healthcare Education 3-5 September 2013 Cambridge, UK.
  • Phillips, J., Cooper, K., Rosser, E., Scammell, J., Heaslip, V., White, S., Donaldson, I., Hemingway, A., Jack, E. and Harding, A., 2013. To explore the impact of a humanising curriculum on new nursing recruits' personal beliefs about the core values of nursing. In: 24th International Networking for Healthcare Education 3-5 September 2013 Cambridge, UK.
  • Rosser, E.A., Hemingway, A., Harding, A., Jack, E., Cooper, K., Phillips, J., Scammell, J., Heaslip, V., White, S. and Donaldson, I., 2013. An exploration of the perceptions of caring held by students entering nursing programmes. In: 24th International Networking for Healthcare Education Conference 2-5 September 2013 Cambridge.
  • Allen, S., Joy, R. and Scammell, J., 2013. Humanising Care Through Simulation. In: The First Phi Mu Conference 24 June 2013 Bournemouth.
  • Rosser, E., Hemingway, A., Harding, A., Cooper, K., Donaldson, I., Heaslip, V., Jack, E., Phillips, J., Scammell, J. and White, S., 2013. Putting patients at the heart of nursing care: an exploratory study of student values entering pre-registration nursing in one UK University. In: Inaugural Phi Mu Chapter conference 20-21 June 2013 Bournemouth UK.
  • Scammell, J., 2012. Improving end of life care in Care Homes: findings from an evaluative research project. In: Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference 3-6 September 2012 Cambridge, England.
  • Scammell, J., 2012. Reflexivity and researching racism. In: 1st European Conference of the Nursing Honours Society (STTI) July 2012 Cardiff.
  • Scammell, J., 2011. The implications of equality legislation for nurse education: the example of race. In: Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference September 2011 Cambridge.
  • Hutchings, M., Quinney, A. and Scammell, J., 2010. Praxis and reflexivity for interprofessional education: towards an inclusive theoretical framework for learning. In: All Together Better Health 5 International Interprofessional Conference 6-9 April 2010 Manly, Sydney, Australia.
  • Scammell, J. and Heaslip, V., 2009. Assessment of practice in pre-registration undergraduate nursing programmes: exploration of students and mentors experiences of grading student competence in practice. In: RCN Joint Education Forums’ 2nd International Conference and Exhibition. 11-13 June 2009 Glasgow, Scotland.
  • Scammell, J., 2008. The Social Construction of Difference: An Exploration of Intercultural Mentorship in Nursing. In: 7th International Qualitative Research Conference 8-10 September 2008 Bournemouth University, England.
  • Hutchings, M., Scammell, J., Quinney, A. and Hean, S., 2008. Developing Inter-Professional Collaboration Through a Virtual Practice Community: The Benefits and Challenges of Embedding e-Learning in Designing for Learning Together. In: All Together Better Health IV Conference 2-5 June 2008 Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Quinney, A., Hutchings, M. and Scammell, J., 2008. Technology Enhanced Learning; Staff and Social Work Student Experiences of a Virtual Community to Support Interprofessional Education. In: 34th Biannual Congress of the International Association of Schools of Social Work: Transcending Global-Local Divides: Challenges for Social Work Education and Practice 20-24 July 2008 Durban, S. Africa.
  • Scammell, J., Hutchings, M. and Quinney, A., 2007. The Virtual Practice Community for Interprofessional Education: Interim Study Findings. In: 5th Festival of Learning: Higher Education Academy Health Sciences and Practice 27-29 March 2007 The Royal College of Physicians, London.
  • Scammell, J., Hutchings, M. and Quinney, A., 2007. Changing Practice Through Collaboration and Simulation: Using a Virtual Practice Community to Support Student Learning and Act as a Catalyst for Organisational and Cultural Change. In: CAL’ 07: Development, Disruption and Debate – D3 26-28 March 2007 Trinity College, Dublin.
  • Scammell, J., 2007. The Experience of Mentorship Between Internationally Recruited Nurses and English Nursing Students. In: 33rd Annual Conference of the Transcultural Nursing Society 19-21 September 2007 Bournemouth University, England.
  • Scammell, J., Partlow, C. and Halliwell, D., 2007. Focus on Undergraduate Nursing Practice: Using Grading to Reward Good Practice. In: RCN Joint Education Forums’ 1st International Conference July 2007 Brighton, England.
  • Halliwell, D. and Scammell, J., 2007. Evaluation of Assessment of Practice in an Undergraduate Nursing Programme. In: Nurse Education Tomorrow Annual Participative Conference 5-7 September 2006 Durham, England.
  • Quinney, A., Scammell, J. and Hutchings, M., 2007. Exploring professional boundaries and developing partnership working using Wessex bay, and electronic resource representing a typical town. In: 1st European Interprofessional Education Network (EIPEN) Conference. Learning Together to Work Together. 12-14 September 2007 Krakow, Poland. Health Sciences and Practice/EIPEN.
  • Scammell, J. and Hutchings, M., 2006. The Virtual Practice Community as a Catalyst for Student Learning and Staff Development in Inter-Professional Education. In: NET/NEP 2006: 1st International Nurse Education Conference: Developing collaborative practice in health and social education (Elsevier) 14-16 May 2006 Sheraton Wall Centre Hotel, Vancouver, BC.
  • Scammell, J., 2006. Sharing Inter-Professional Resources to Make Practice Based Learning Work. In: 8th RCN Joint Education Forums' conference: Education: Partners in Practice 22-24 February 2006 Cardiff, Wales.
  • Scammell, J., 2005. Why Reinvent the Wheel? Sharing Effective Resources to Make Practice-Based Learning Work. In: Higher Education Academy Annual Conference: Enhancing the Student Experience June 2005 Herriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Scammell, J., 2005. Making Practice-Based Learning Work: Findings From an Interdisciplinary Case Study. In: 7th Royal College of Nursing Joint Education Forum and Conference: Education Partners in Practice February 2005 Harrogate, England.
  • Pulman, A. and Scammell, J., 2004. Tales from our e-learning journey. In: Bournemouth University Learning and Teaching Conference: flexible learning - how far have we come? 5-6 July 2004 Bournemouth.

Reports

Software

Others

PhD Students

  • Sue Melling. Relatives’ perspectives, experiences and perceived needs related to humanistic, family centred care in a hospital setting
  • Sue Mant. A Narrative Inquiry looking through the ‘lens’ of the learners experience in the first six months following completion of the current preparation programme for sign-off midwife mentors
  • Adam Spacey, 2020. The Development of an Intervention to Reduce Inappropriate Admissions from Care Homes to Acute Hospitals for End-Of-Life Care
  • Gladys Yinusa, 2020. A study investigating organizational culture to improve nutritional care in hospitalized patients
  • Ejike Ezeh, 2020. Shared Decision-Making: Investigating the Potential of an Interactive, Web-Based Information Tool for People with Advanced Pancreatic Cancer
  • Ashley Spriggs, 2025. During people living with dementia in care homes: a critical realist review

Profile of Teaching PG

  • Group supervisor for 2013 cohort - Doctorate in Professional Practice (D)
  • Unit Lead: Leading and developing older people's services (MA/BA Older People Programme)

Profile of Teaching UG

  • Researching literature to inform practice (L6)
  • Developing Knowledge for Practice

Invited Lectures

  • Why do nurses leave or stay? A global issue, Banff, Canada, 08 May 2018 more
  • Humanising Healthcare: potential of HVF for nursin, Sogn og Fjordane University College, Forde, Norway, 15 Oct 2014 more
  • The challenges of practice assessment, Bournemouth University University Centre Yeovil, 01 Jan 2013 more

Grants

  • Shared decision-making: investigating the potential of an interactive, web-based information tool to support treatment choice of people with advanced pancreatic cancer (Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, 01 Sep 2017). Awarded
  • Transition, Resilience, Authentic leadership, Commitment, Support: Making TRACS for retention – Testing a universal, evidence-based model for improving nurse retention (Burdett Trust for Nursing, 01 Jun 2017). Awarded
  • An evaluation of the progress made towards the implementation of treatment summaries for cancer patients across Wessex (Centre for Implementation Science, Wessex AHSN, 01 Jul 2015). Completed
  • Service Evaluation of a newly established DAIRS Service (Wessex AHSN, 01 Dec 2014). Completed
  • End of Life Care Education Project: A Service evaluation (Frances and Augustus Newman Trust, 01 Jan 2011). Completed

External Responsibilities

  • Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Nursing Scholarship Society, President: all-England Chapter (Phi Mu) (2017-)
  • Nurse Education in Practice Journal, Editorial Board (2017-), http://www.nurseeducationinpractice.com/; Burse Education in Practice
  • Nurse Education in Practice, Editoral Committee (2016-)
  • Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI), President all-England Chapter (2016-2019), http://phimu.nursingsociety.org/home
  • University of Worcester, External examiner BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing (2015-)
  • University of Plymouth, External reviewer: MSc Contemporary Practice (2015-)
  • Leadership Foundation, Facilitator Aurora leadership for women in HE prog (2015-2016)
  • Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Trustee Poole-Africa Link (2013-)
  • HEE England, Mary Seacole Award Steering Group Independ member (2010-2016)
  • Cardiff University, External examiner: MSc and BSc Nursing with RN (2010-2013)
  • Yeovil Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Appointed Governor (2010-2013)
  • Open University, External examiner: DipHE Nursing with RN (2007-2010)
  • Middlesex University, External assessor to review BSc/DipHE Nursing (RN) (2005-)
  • Nurse Education Today, Reviewer (2004-)
  • Napier University, External examiner: BSc/DipHE Nursing with RN (2004-2007)
  • University of Luton, External reviewer CPD framework (2004-)

Internal Responsibilities

  • Lead for International Nurses Day Conference, Bournemouth University
  • Member department leadership team, Department of Nursing and Clinical Sciences leadership team
  • Member QAEG, Quality Assurance and enhancement group
  • Member of Faculty Leadership Team, Faculty Leadership Team
  • Centre Director, Nursing Long-term health Challenges Research Centre (N4LTH). <a href="https://research.bournemouth.ac.uk/centre/nursing-for-long-term-health/" class="iconRight" target="blank">https://research.bournemouth.ac.uk/centre/nursing-for-long-term-health/<i class="fa fa-external-link"></i></a>

Public Engagement & Outreach Activities

  • Interactive day exploring what makes us feel ‘more human’ in the health and social care context
  • Local group engaging with Alzheimers Society Dementia Friends initiative to improve community perception of people living with dementia
  • Trustee Poole-Africa Link – Charity supporting medical link activities in South Sudan (2013- ongoing)

Consultancy Activities

  • PhD external examiner, External examiner. University of Essex
  • 2018, External examiner. University of Southampton
  • Professional Doctorate external examiner, External examiner. University West of England
  • Effectively managing the challenges and opportunities created by the development and implementation of a pan-London assessment tool for nurse students, External consultant to Professional Doctorate project. Kathy Wilson. Middlesex university

Qualifications

  • DNursSci in Nursing Science (University of Wales, 2010)
  • MSc in Nursing (Kings College, London, 1996)
  • BA (Hons) in Social Science (Open University, 1992)
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Nurse Education (South Bank Polytechnic, London, 1986)
  • State Certified Midwife in Midwifery (General Nursing Council (GNC), 1981)
  • State Registered Nurse in Nursing (General Nursing Council (GNC), 1979)

Honours

  • Principal Fellow of the HEA (Higher Education Academy, 2015)
  • Nurse Leader Award (Sigma Theta Tau International, 2013)

Memberships

  • Sigma Theta Tau International, Member (2019-), https://www.sigmanursing.org/
  • Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) Nursing Scholarship Society: Phi Mu Chapter, President (2017-),
  • International Academic Nursing Alliance (STTI), Member (2015-),
  • British Sociological Association, Member (2012-),
  • Higher Education Academy, Principal Fellow (2000-),
  • Nursing and Midwifery Council, Registered Nurse & nurse Lecturer (1979-),
  • Royal College of Nursing, Member (1979-),

External Media and Press

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