Nursing Studies PhD

Our Nursing Studies postgraduate students have an outstanding record of contributing to the knowledge and evidence base in nursing. The programme also has a strong tradition of welcoming students from overseas, as well as the UK.<br/><br/>Our main areas of research activity and development currently relate to the themes of experience of health and illness, and organisation and policy for person-centred care.<br/><br/>The main areas of study we can supervise for doctoral research are: <br/><br/><br/>* critical care<br/><br/><br/>* emotions and care<br/><br/><br/>* mental health<br/><br/><br/>* addictions and substance misuse<br/><br/><br/>* public health<br/><br/><br/>* community care and leadership<br/><br/><br/>* pain management<br/><br/><br/>* cancer care<br/><br/><br/>* nursing education<br/><br/><br/>* patient safety and quality issues<br/><br/><br/>We have expertise in a range of qualitative and quantitative and mixed methods research approaches.<br/><br/>You can find out more about MScR and PhD programme options and read more about our research on the School of Health in Social Sciences website.