Marie Clancy

Senior Lecturer and Admissions Tutor for FdSc Health and Social Care

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Email:: Marie.clancy@bcu.ac.uk

Marie is a children’s nurse by background and studied in Birmingham with much of her initial nurse roles at Birmingham Children’s Hospital (BCH). Subsequently she has worked internationally in Australia, Trinidad, Malawi, Afghanistan and New Zealand.

Marie's work to date both clinically and academically has focused on children with high dependency needs, pain assessment and treatment with a focus on cultural aspects to care. She started her lecturing career at the University of Wolverhampton in 2010 teaching on undergraduate nursing programmes. Subsequently she has also lectured at the University of Birmingham before commencing her post at BCU in November 2019.

Alongside her teaching roles Marie has continued to work clinically in bank roles at BCH, Acorns Children’s Hospice and The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital. Marie's PhD is part time and commenced in 2016 and focuses on revealing the voices of marginalised asylum seeker and refugee families as they navigate children’s palliative care services.

Areas of Expertise

Qualifications

Memberships

Teaching

Research

Publications

Clancy, M. Taylor, J. Bradbury-Jones, C. and Phillimore, J. (2020) A systematic review exploring palliative care for families who are forced migrants. Journal of Advanced Nursing 2020;00:1–13. DOI: 10.1111/jan.14509

Clancy, M. and McDonald, K. (2017) Guest Editorial. Journal of Research in Nursing 22 (6-7), p429-431.

Clancy, M. (2017) Exploring an autoethnographic stance with poetry in children’s nursing. Journal of Research in Nursing 22 (6-7) p465-476. (Shortlisted for the JRN ‘Veronica Bishop’ paper of the year award)

Clancy, M. and Jack, K. (2016) Using poetry to explore difficult issues in children’s nursing. Nurse Education Today Big Ideas, pp. 127-129. Published online 10th June 2016 DOI: 10.1016/j.nedt.2016.05.028

Clancy, M. (2013) Difficulty, despair and hope - an insight into the world of health professional's treating paediatric pain in sub Saharan Africa. Journal of Research in Nursing. May 31st, 2013. DOI: 10.1177/1744987113486472

Clancy, M. (2013) Is reflexivity the key to minimising problems of interpretation in phenomenological research? Nurse Researcher, 20, 6, 12-16.

Clancy nee Walters, M. Furyk, J. (2012) Paediatric Intramuscular Injections for Developing World Settings: A Review of the Literature for Best Practices. Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Oct; 23(4):406 – 410. DOI: 10.1177/1043659612451600

Walters, M. Furyk, J. (2010) Nurse education in a resource limited environment: An evaluation of an educational teaching package on intramuscular injections, in Blantyre, Malawi. Nurse Education in Practice. Sep;10(5):256-61. DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2009.11.015.

Walters, M. (2009) Pain assessment in Sub-Saharan Africa, peer reviewed commentary. Paediatric pain letter. Dec; 11(3):22-26.

Walters, M. (2008) Vital signs education in Malawi. Malawi Medical Journal. Mar; 20(1):2-3. Pub med: 19260438. Also awarded a Tropical Health Education Trust Award.

Walters, M. Coad, J. (2006) Preparation of children for spinal surgery: an exploratory study Paediatric Nursing. Dec; 18(10):27-9. Pub med: 17193917

Research Projects and conference presentations

Currently conducting a systematic review exploring the experiences of migrant children and families and their health care providers in children’s palliative care

Presentation with J. Ridding and T. Davies - Can a creative arts-based approach empower student nurses to think about spirituality and the impact spirituality may have on patient care? Culture Health & Wellbeing

International Conference and Exchange, Bristol, June 2017

Presentation Doctoral Researchers Diversity Network - DRDN ‘Experiences of children’s palliative care for Asylum Seeker/Refugee families’, seminar February 2017, and external conference ‘Unpacking super diversity: New directions in diversity research’ May 2017

Co-editor for double special edition of Journal of Research in Nursing

Blog for Nursing Standard about the benefits of poetry to nurses

Concurrent presentation – ‘an autoethnographic approach to using poetry with nursing education, practice and research’ accepted for the RCN International Nursing Research Conference in Edinburgh April 2016

Concurrent presentation – detailing how poetry can be utilised in nurse education. ‘Poetry a trigger for empathetic understanding?’ accepted for the RCN Educational forum conference in Nottingham March 2015

Concurrent presentation – detailing further work from my dissertation. ‘Is reflexivity the key to minimizing bias in interpretative research?’ Accepted for the RCN International Nursing Research Conference in Belfast March 2013

Poster Abstract - detailing how an ex student’s experience of a role play educational exercise inspired other students and instigated changes to the curriculum. ‘Moved to compassion by a stroppy teenager’ accepted for the RCN European Nurse Educator Conference in Cardiff October 2012

Poster Abstract – detailing my dissertation for Masters in Public Health: Paediatric pain in Sub Saharan Africa, accepted for the International Association of the Study of Pain (IASP) world congress in Milan August 2012