Biography
Fiona trained as a nurse, health visitor and district nurse at Manchester University in the UK. She has held positions as staff nurse and Sister predominantly in surgical nursing before training as a clinical teacher in surgical nursing and obtaining further teaching qualifications.
Fiona has worked in England, Scotland, the United States and Wales in a variety of practice and educational settings. Latterly she has worked in higher education in Wales at Swansea University obtaining a Masters and PhD focusing on nursing and womens health with a special interest in early pregnancy loss.
She has had extensive experience educating nurses and other healthcare professionals and has a strong focus on research including PhD supervision and research leadership which included developing a strategy for nursing research for one of the Welsh health boards. She has a strong interest in supporting practising nurses to research their own practice and sees this role as an opportunity to work with nurses and midwives to identify questions that come from their practice, working with them to develop these into research projects and supporting them through the process.
Publications
Book
Developing reflective practice. A guide for Medical Students, Doctors and Teachers.
Andrew Grant, Judy McKimm, Fiona Murphy
Fundamentals of nursing theories, models and practice.
McKenna H; Pajnikahar M; Murphy F
Major Works: Nursing Theories and Models.
Murphy F, Smith C
Book Chapter
Loss during pregnancy
Jones K, Murphy F.
Essential Midwifery
Conference Publication
HSE West-Midwest Nursing and Midwifery Research and Innovation Conference 2017
Murphy F, O'Brien B, Barry M
Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research Conference
Murphy F, Noonan M
HSE West-MidWest Nursign and Midwifery Research and Innovation Conference 2017
Howard J, Killeen S, Saunders J, Murphy F
Angela Boskin Faculty of Nursing Slovenia10th International Scientific Conference
Murphy F, O'Brien B, Barry M
Royal College of Nursing International Nursing Research Conference 2017
Murphy F, O'Brien B, Barry M
Other Journal
A menu for learning: a World Café approach for user involvement and inter-professional learning on mental health.
Terry J, Raithby M, Cutter J, Murphy F
Social Work Education
DOI: . http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2015.1031651
The contribution of ethnography to understanding nursing work: a comparative review of three nursing ethnographies
Murphy F, Griffiths P, Merrell J
Slovenian Nursing Review
Other Publication
Not all nursing students make the grade but mentors need more support to fail them
Cassidy.S , Murphy F, Coffey M
The Conversation
Peer Reviewed Journal
Health benefits for health and social care clients attending an Integrated Health and Social Care day unit (IHSCDU): a before-and-after pilot study with a comparator group
Murphy, F, Hugman, L, Bowen, J, Parsell, F, Gabe-Walters, M, Newson, L, Jordan, S
Health & social care in the community
DOI: 10.1111/hsc.12329
'Seeking authorization': a grounded theory exploration of mentors' experiences of assessing nursing students on the borderline of achievement of competence in clinical practice
Cassidy, S,Coffey, M,Murphy, F
Journal of advanced nursing
DOI: 10.1111/jan.13292
Plugging the patient evidence gap: What patients with swallowing disorders post-stroke say about thickened liquids
Arlene McCurtin Chiara Healy , Linda Kelly MSc, Fiona Murphy Jean Ryan , Joanne Walsh
International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders
Reluctance to fail nursing students in practice-implications for nurse managers.
Fiona Timmins Simon Cassidy Orla Nugent Christina Lydon Siobhan Part Lisa Keane Catriona Dennehy Helen Fenn Geraldine Prizeman Fiona Murphy Michael Coffey
Journal of nursing management
DOI: DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12508
Health benefits for health and social care clients attending an Integrated Health and Social Care day unit (IHSCDU): a before and after pilot study with a comparator group
Murphy F, Hugman L, Bowen J, Parsell F, Gabe M, Newson L, Jordan S
Health and Social Care in the Community
High dose versus low dose opioid epidural regimens for pain relief in labour
Jordan, S,Murphy, FA,Boucher, C,Davies, S,Brown, A,Watkins, A,de Lloyd, LJ,Morgan, M,Morgan, G
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD012135
. High dose versus low dose opioid epidural regimens for pain relief in labour [Protocol].
Jordan S, Murphy FA, Boucher C, Davies S, Brown A, Watkins A, de Lloyd LJ, Morgan M, Collis RE, Morgan G
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
A menu for learning: a World Café approach for user involvement and inter-professional learning on mental health.
Terry J, Raithby M, Cutter J, Murphy F.
Social Work Education
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2015.1031651
Medication monitoring in a nurse-led respiratory outpatient clinic: pragmatic randomised trial of the West Wales Adverse Drug Reaction Profile.
Gabe M, Murphy F, Davies G, Russell I, Jordan S
Plos One
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096682
Cochrane Library . Follow-up for improving psychological well being for women after a miscarriage
Murphy F, Lipp A; Powles D
Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online)
Nursing students' experiences and preferences regarding hospital and community placements
Murphy F;Rosser M; Warner G; Jordan S
Nurse Education In Practice
) Adverse drug reactions: treatment burdens and nurse-led medication monitoring.
Gabe M, Davies G, Murphy F, Davies M, Johnstone L, Jordan S
Journal of nursing management
Follow-up for improving psychological well being for women after a miscarriage (Protocol).
Murphy FA, Lipp A, Powles DL
Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online)
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008679
Nursing models and their relevance to contemporary nursing practice 2: articulating the nursing contribution.
Pridmore J, Murphy F, Williams A
Nursing Times
Nursing models and their relevance to contemporary nursing practice 1: their development, uses and limitation
Murphy F, Williams A, Pridmore J.
Nursing Times
Diagnosing the problem: using a tool to identify pre-registration nursing students' mathematical ability.
Harvey S, Murphy F, Jenkins LD, Tait M, Cavanna AL
Nurse Education In Practice
Early miscarriage as matter out of place: An ethnographic study of nursing practice in a hospital gynaecological unit
Murphy F, Philpin, S.
International Journal Of Nursing Studies
Negotiating the transition: caring for women through the experience of early miscarriage.
Murphy F, Merrell J
Journal of clinical nursing
The impact of nurse education on the caring behaviours of nursing students.
Murphy F, Jones S, Edwards M, James J, Mayer A
Nurse education today
Miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy 1: an overview.
Murphy F, Jones E, Horsley S
Nursing Times
Using online questionnaires to conduct nursing research.
Jones S, Murphy F, Edwards M, James J
Nursing Times
Doing things differently: the advantages and disadvantages of web questionnaires.
Jones SP, Murphy F, Edwards M, James J.
Nurse researcher
Miscarriage and ectopic pregnancy 2: management.
Murphy F, Jones E, Horsley S
Nursing Times
Hand-held video for clinical skills teaching.
Edwards M, Jones SP, Murphy F.
Innovations In Education And Teaching International