The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Sarah's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Sarah
Professor in Nursing
Sarah welcomes inquiries for doctoral study, particularly in child health and qualitative research.
Professor Sarah Neill is a Professor in Nursing in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Health at the University of Plymouth. Sarah is a children’s nursing academic with over 25 years’ experience in higher education, initially focussed on teaching and learning for the next generation of children’s nurses, then gradually more focussed on research. Sarah’s research is focussed on acute childhood illness in children under five years of age, predominantly in the home and in first contact health services, such as primary care and urgent and emergency care. She works collaboratively with parents and health care professionals to understand patient and professionals experiences, their decision making and to develop interventions to improve access to care for acutely ill children. Sarah leads the Acutely Sick Kid Safety Netting Interventions for Families (ASK SNIFF) research programme www.asksniff.org.uk and was the Chief Investigator on the Before Arrival at Hospital (BeArH) NIHR RfPB funded project https://www.northampton.ac.uk/research/before-arrival-at-hospital-bearh/. Sarah is a qualitative researcher with a specific interest in Glaserian grounded theory. Sarah chaired the Faculty of Health's Faculty Research Ethics and Integrity Committee from February 2020 until October 2021. Internationally Sarah co-chairs the International Network for Child and Family Centred Care.
Supervised Research Degrees
PhD students
Completed
David Agom Full time student Sept 2014 – 2019 ‘Perceptions of expert palliative nursing care in addressing the burden of terminal diseases in south Eastern Nigeria’
Jude Ominyi Full time student Sept 2014 - 2019 ‘Influence of organizational culture on the implementation of evidence based practice in Nigeria’
Nicola Smithers Part time student 2015-2019 ‘Parents' experiences of decisions to withhold or withdraw treatment from their critically ill baby’
Current
Corinne Lindsey Part time student Sept 2020 onwards.
'The importance of nursing culture for patient care: An ethnographic and narrative investigation into practice via nurses' professional identity.'
Doctorate of Professional Practice students
Completed
Deb Pugh Part time student project Dec 2012 – Feb 2016 ‘Listening to different voices in families using Alternative Communication systems within the home.’
Fiona Barchard Part time student project Dec 2013 – Jan 2019 ‘Exploring nurses use of courage in clinical practice.’
Current
Tracey Ali Part time student project Nov 2013 - Aug 2021 ' Psychosocial influences of mentorship on paramedic students’ development' University of Northampton
Teaching
The focus of Sarah's teaching is predominantly on research methods at postgraduate level and, with that, on qualitative research.
