Dr Mandy Brimble

(she/her)

SFHEA

Publication

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Research

Professional Doctorate Thesis: How do children's nurses working in hospices manage emotional labour and professional integrity in long-term relationships with parents  https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/144529/

I am a member of two research themes within the School of Healthcare Sciences:

Service delivery and organisation 

Complex long term conditions

I am a member of the Empower Network: A cross-disciplinary support network for current and aspiring female Principal Investigators to develop as successful research leaders in Cardiff, in line with the University’s EDI agenda. 

I am also a committee member for the Palliative Care Research Society.

Publications

Books

Brimble, M. and McNee, P.(eds) (2021) Nursing care of children and young people with long term conditions. London. Wiley. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781119653134

Book Chapters

Brimble MJ (2007) Chapter 5:Empowering Children, Young People and their Families, in Lowes, L & Valentine, F (2007). Nursing Care of Children and Young People with Chronic Illness. Oxford.  Blackwell.

Brimble, MJ and Reddington-Bowes, S (2017) Chapter 14: Universal screening and the role of the Health Visitor in Price, J and McAlinden, O (2017) Essentials of Nursing Children and Young People. London. Sage.

Daniel, D and Brimble, M. (2021) Impact upon the child and parents. In: Brimble, M and McNee, P. (eds) Nursing care of children and young people with long term conditions (2^nd Edition). London. Wiley. pp. 55-75.

Brimble, M. (2021) Empowering Children, Young People and their Families. In: Brimble, M and McNee, P. (eds) Nursing care of children and young people with long term conditions. London. Wiley. p.p. 121-140.

Articles

Brimble MJ (2008) Skills assessment using video analysis in a simulated environment : an evaluation.  Paediatric Nursing, Vol 20, No 7, p26-31.

Brimble MJ (2009) Diagnosis and management of ADHD: a new way forward?  Community Practitioner, Vol 82, No 10, p34-37.

Brimble, MJ (2012) Recruit, Retain and Employ Project Group (Case Study C2, Page 115) in Higher Education Academy (2012) Future Directions for Higher Education in Wales: Learning for Employment.  Cardiff. Higher Education Academy Wales.

Howell, R & Brimble, M (2013) Dental health management for children with special healthcare needs.  Nursing Children and Young People, Vol 25, No 5, p19-22.

Brimble, MJ & Benbow, JA (2013) The Recruit Retain Employ Group:

An intervention to improve recruitment, retention and employment of undergraduate student nurses and midwives (pages 181-184) in Higher Education Academy (2013) Compendium of Effective Practice in Higher Education: Volume 2.  York. Higher Education Academy.

Fisher, P & Brimble, MJ (2013) Tŷ Hafan Dads’ Group. RELAY:A practice magazine for Together for Short Lives members.  Issue 2, p5-7.

Brimble, MJ (2013) Does entry route really affect academic outcome? Academic achievement of traditional versus non traditional entrants to BN (Hons) pre-registration nursing programmes.  Journal of Further and Higher Education. DOI: 10.1080/030987XX.2013.858675.

Brimble, MJ (2014) Duchenne muscular dystrophy: should newborn screening be reintroduced? Insight:sharing best practice in paediatric palliative care. Volume 1, Issue 1, p4-5

Brimble, MJ and Williams, H (2016) ‘Out of the wilderness: The value and meaning of a group for fathers of children with life-limiting conditions.  BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care, November 2016, Volume 6, Supplement 1, p A8.

Brimble, M and Jones, A (2017) Using systems thinking in patient safety: a case study on medicines management.  Nursing Management, 24, No 4, pp. 28 – 33.

Moseley, M, Taylor, J, Haycock Stuart, E, Brimble, M, Powell, J, Toner, S, Dacey, S. (2019). Interview Survival Guide.  Community Practitioner, May 2019, pp. 32-33.

Brimble, MJ, Anstey, S, and Davies, J. (2019) Long-term nurse–parent relationships in paediatric palliative care: a narrative literature review. International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 25 (11), pp. 542-550.

Smith, A. and Brimble, M. (2020) Use of subcutaneous fluids in palliative care with children: a case study. Nursing Children and Young People,  doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2020.e1277

Johns, R. and Brimble M.J. (2022). Barriers to health promotion with overweight or obese children, young people and their families: a literature review. Nursing Children and Young People. doi: 10.7748/ncyp.2022.e1429. 

 Brimble, MJ, Anstey, S, Davies, J. et al. (2022).  Using WhatsApp, mobile phones and telephone interviews to explore how children’s hospice nurses manage long-term relationships with parents: A feasibility pilot. Nurse Researcher. doi:10.7748/nr.2022.e1849.  

Kelly, D. and Brimble, M.J. (2023) The scream: the emotional dimensions of nursing in children’s palliative care.  International Journal of Palliative Nursing 29(1), pp. 3-4. 

Conference Presentations

23rd February 2006 : ‘Using video to assess competency in the Paediatric Clinical Skills Laboratory – Student and Lecturers’ views at 8th RCN Joint Education Forums’ conference – Partners in Practice, Cardiff.

20th June 2007 : ‘The use of video analysis in simulated skills teaching’ at New Challenges, New Horizons:  The Emergence of Simulated Clinical Skills Teaching in Children and Young People’s Nursing, Caerleon, Gwent.

2nd September 2014 : The role of the Lead Practitioner for Education and Research in a children’s hospice: Using the Advanced Practitioner Framework to evaluate the impact of the role. At Networking for Healthcare Education Conference, Churchill College, Cambridge.

14th October 2014: ‘Out of the wilderness: An exploration and evaluation of Tŷ Hafan Dads group’ at Journeys and Destinations: Research and innovation in caring for children and young people with life limiting and life threatening illness. (Tŷ Hafan In partnership with Cardiff University) Vale Hotel and Resort, Hensol, Vale of Glamorgan. (Jointly with Hannah Williams, Community Care Services Team Leader Tŷ Hafan).

18th November 2016: Out of the wilderness: The value and meaning of a group for fathers of children with life-limiting conditions’ at Hospice UK Conference: People, Partnerships and Potential, 16th-18th November 2016, ACC, Liverpool. (Jointly with Hannah Williams, Community Care Services Team Leader, Tŷ Hafan)

10th April 2019: Using new technologies to collect data at Optimising Healthcare Research Quality: Post Graduate Research Symposium.  Cardiff University School of Healthcare Sciences, Ty Dewi Sant, Heath Park, Cardiff.

16th April 2021: How do children’s nurses working in hospices manage emotional labour and professional integrity in long-term relationships with parents? At Martin House Research Centre and University of York Virtual Research Conference.

6th September 2022: How do children’s nurses working in hospices manage emotional labour and professional integrity in long-term relationships with parents? At the Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research Conference, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cathays Park, Cardiff.  

8th September 2022: How do children’s nurses working in hospices manage emotional labour and professional integrity in long-term relationships with parents? At Together for Short Lives UK Conference ‘Unlocking Potential: The key to quality children’s palliative care.  Manchester, UK. 

23rd June 2023: How do children’s nurses working in hospices manage emotional labour and professional integrity in long-term relationships with parents? International Family Nursing Association Conference 'Global Innovations in Family Nursing: Advancing Family Health. 20th - 23rd June 2023, Dublin City University.

13th October 2023: Managing Emotional Labour in Challenging Environments. Wellbeing Matters – supporting the nursing and midwifery professions. Chief Nursing Officer for Wales Conference, All Nations Centre, Cardiff.   

Conference Poster Presentations

19^th June 2006: Brimble, MJ Using video equipment to assess competency in the Children’s Nursing Clinical Skills Laboratory – Student and Lecturers Views at Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust and Cardiff University School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies National Children and Young People’s Conference, "Fitting the pieces together: Meeting the holistic needs of children and young people with chronic, physical and mental illness and complex health care needs". Cardiff.

26^th March 2013: Brimble MJ & Benbow JA. Success in Undergraduate nurses and midwives in one School of Nursing in the UK: The Recruit, Retain and Employ Group at Higher Education Academy Conference 26 and 27 March 2013: What can higher education contribute to improving social mobility in the UK? Manchester.

23^rd April 2013: Malpiedi E, Brimble MJ & Thompson C.  Pharmacological Interventions for Chronic Muscle Pain in Children Receiving Palliative Care: A Literature Review. RCN Pain and Palliative Care Forum at RCN Congress 2013. Liverpool. (1^st prize in Chronic pain category)

23^rd April 2013: Tucker A & Brimble MJ. Using M technique to manage symptoms in a child with Sanfilippo syndrome: A case study. RCN Pain and Palliative Care Forum at RCN Congress 2013. Liverpool.

20^th May 2013:  Brimble MJ, Benbow JA & Bill S.  The Recruit, Retain and Employ Group- An intervention to improve recruitment, retention and employment of undergraduate student nurses and midwives. Chief Nursing Officer Wales Conference 2013: Together for Care- Pushing the Boundaries. Cardiff.

10^th – 11^th March 2015:  Brimble MJ.  The role of the lead practitioner for education and research: using the advanced practitioner framework to evaluate the impact of the role. RCN Education Forum national conference and exhibition: Partners in Practice. Nottingham.

19th May 2017: Brimble MJ. Does prolonged emotional labour lead to blurred boundaries between nurses and parents in the children’s hospice setting? Protocol for a systematic review.  Joanna Briggs Collaboration European Symposium, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.

21st September 2018: Brimble MJ. How do children’s nurses working in hospices manage emotional labour and professional integrity? The Martin House Research Centre 1st Biennial Research conference. York University, York.

10th April 2019: Brimble MJ. How do children’s nurses working in hospices manage emotional labour and professional integrity? Cardiff University, School of Healthcare Sciences, Post Graduate Research Symposium, Ty Dewi Sant, Heath Park Cardiff.

3rd May 2019: Brimble MJ. Does prolonged emotional labour lead to blurred boundaries between nurses and parents in the children’s hospice setting? Protocol for a systematic review.  Joanna Briggs Institute Symposium - Think Globally, Act Locally, Cardiff, U.K.

11th June 2019.  Brimble MJ. Long term nurse-parent relationships in the children’s hospice: A pilot study.  Aneurin Bevan University Health Board, Research and Development Conference: How Research Can Deliver Clinical Futures, Newport, South Wales.

13^th October 2023. Watts, T, Whybrow, D, Sydor, A, Pattinson, R, Hewitt, R, Temeng, E, Bundy, C, Brimble, M, Dale C, Kyle, R, Jones, B. ASSISTANCE (Addressing moral distress among nurses after the COVID-19 emergency): co-creation of evidence-based guidance to ameliorate moral distress. Chief Nursing Office Wales Conference, All Nations Centre, Cardiff.   

Other

19th October 2023. Invited webinar. Children's hospice nurses' management of emotional labour and professional integrity in long term relationships with parents.  International Children's Palliative Care Network (ICPCN)

Biography

I am a research active Senior Lecturer and Senior Fellow of Advance HE. I have worked in pre and post registration nurse education since 2003, initially in pre-registration child nursing and the Specialist Community Practitioner Health Nurse (Health Visiting) programme. Latterly in a range of pre and post registration teaching and learning activities and doctoral supervision.  I have also worked as the lead for education and research at the local children’s hospice ‘Ty Hafan’ and am currently a co-opted member of their Clinical Governance Committee.  I am interested in all matters relating to children's nursing, nurse education, nurse leadership. I am a member of the International Family Nursing Association and the International Children's Palliative Care Network.  I am an Associate Editor for the Journal of Child Health Care https://journals.sagepub.com/home/chc and a member of the Palliative Care Research Society committee.

My Professional Doctorate thesis was entitled: How do children's nurses working in hospices manage emotional labour and professional integrity in long-term relationships with parents? It is available on the university repository here https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/144529/

I am interested in researching all areas of nursing and broader healthcare issues.

Honours and awards

Senior Fellow Advance HE

Professional memberships

Nursing and Midwifery Council Registrant

Royal College of Nursing (RCN)

Palliative Care Research Society

International Family Nursing Association

International Children's Palliative Care Network

Committees and reviewing

Committee member for the Palliative Care Research Society

Associate Editor for the Journal of Child Health Care

Peer reviewer for International Journal of Palliative Nursing; Journal of Further and Higher Education and 

Ø  Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health.

Former Editor and founder of Insight: Sharing best practice in paediatric palliative care

Former Member of the Editoral Advisory Board for Community Practitioner Journal

Former National Executive Committee Member (Chair for Wales) Community Practitioner and Health Visitors Association CPHVA

Supervisions

Children and Young People's Nursing

Children's palliative care

Children's hospices

Nurse - parent/client relationships

Health Visiting (SCPHN)

Public Health

Health Promotion

Current supervision

Essa Alanazi

Sam Clements