Dr Emily Wood
PhD, RNMH
School of Medicine and Population Health
Senior Research Fellow
Full contact details
School of Medicine and Population Health
3031
Regent Court (ScHARR)
30 Regent Street
Sheffield
S1 4DA
- Profile
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I am a mental health nurse researcher working on healthcare workforce and policy research at the School of Medicine and Population Health. The focus of my research is on the factors affecting the retention of staff in NHS services and the implementation of changing roles and changing ways of working for staff.
I have worked in a variety of ward-based and community mental health services in the UK and Gibraltar. My PhD, in Health Services Research, focussed on the use of EMDR to treat long-term depression. I am also interested in a whole-person view of healthcare particularly in people who have multiple conditions, which include both mental and physical illnesses.
- Research interests
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- Health and social care workforce issues (safe staffing levels, recruitment and retention, burnout and stress, implementation of change)
- Treatment for long term depression
- Mental health and physical health
- Mental health and the environment
Current Projects
- Publications
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Journal articles
- What factors influence the retention of workers in NHS mental health crisis services in England? A reflexive thematic analysis. BMJ Open, 15(10). View this article in WRRO
- Realist evaluation of factors affecting the retention of the mental health workforce: building a realist programme theory. BMJ Open, 15(8). View this article in WRRO
- Exiting surveillance From abdominal aortic aneurysm screening: the views of clinicians, and men in surveillance and their family members. Health Expectations, 28(5). View this article in WRRO
- Exiting Surveillance From Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Screening: The Views of Clinicians, and Men in Surveillance and Their Family Members. Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy, 28(5).
- Clinical and cost‐effectiveness of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing for treatment and prevention of post‐traumatic stress disorder in adults: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. British Journal of Psychology. View this article in WRRO
- Psychosocial problems caused by abdominal aortic aneurysm surveillance: a cross-sectional survey. Journal of Medical Screening. View this article in WRRO
- Factors affecting the retention of healthcare assistants in English mental health services: a qualitative interview study. BMC Health Services Research, 25(1). View this article in WRRO
- Turnover and turnover intention among nurses working in Saudi Arabia: a qualitative evidence synthesis. Journal of Advanced Nursing. View this article in WRRO
- Variation in the diagnostic and treatment pathway in peritoneal mesothelioma: a mixed-methods study in the United Kingdom. European Journal of Cancer Care, 2024. View this article in WRRO
- Managing anxiety in men undergoing surveillance in the NHS abdominal aortic aneurysm screening programme: a survey of screening staff in England. Journal of Vascular Nursing, 43(1), 10-17. View this article in WRRO
- Factors affecting the retention of mental health occupational therapists in the UK: a qualitative study with framework analysis. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health. View this article in WRRO
- Factors affecting retention of occupational therapists in adult mental health service: a systematic review with narrative synthesis. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 88(2), 70-84. View this article in WRRO
- Advanced nurse practitioner well-being: A 4- year cohort mixed methods study. Nursing Open, 11(7). View this article in WRRO
- Understanding the value of a doctorate for allied health professionals in practice in the UK: a survey. BMC Health Services Research, 24(1). View this article in WRRO
- Engaging undergraduate nursing students in collaborative research. Journal of Nursing Education, 63(10), 713-715. View this article in WRRO
- The mental health and well-being implications of a mesothelioma diagnosis: a mixed methods study. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 70. View this article in WRRO
- Trainee nursing associates in England: A multisite qualitative study of higher education institution perspectives. International Nursing Review, 71(1), 130-139. View this article in WRRO
- Realist synthesis of factors affecting retention of staff in UK adult mental health services. BMJ Open, 13(5). View this article in WRRO
- Training and development experiences of nursing associate trainees based in primary care across England: a qualitative study.. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 24, 1-7. View this article in WRRO
- Primary care trainee nursing associates in England: a qualitative study of higher education institution perspectives. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 24. View this article in WRRO
- New Zealand hospice staff perspectives on ‘Xcellent Gowns’ for big bodied palliative care patients: a qualitative study. Journal of Primary Health Care.
- Should I stay or should I go? Why nurses are leaving community nursing in the UK. BMC Health Services Research, 23(1). View this article in WRRO
- Moral distress in advanced practice nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nursing Standard.
- A tale of two bridges: factors influencing career choices of trainee nursing associates in England: a longitudinal qualitative study. Nursing Open, 9(5), 2486-2494. View this article in WRRO
- Development of the nursing associate role in community and primary care settings across England. Primary Health Care, 32(6). View this article in WRRO
- Understanding the value of a PhD for post-doctoral registered UK nurses : a survey. Journal of Nursing Management, 30(4), 1011-1017. View this article in WRRO
- A local stakeholder perspective on nursing associate training. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 16(3), 126-133. View this article in WRRO
- Consequences of understaffing on type of missed community care - a cross-sectional study. International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances, 4. View this article in WRRO
- Addressing current challenges in adult nursing: Describing a virtual consensus development project methodology. Nursing Open, 9(2), 900-907. View this article in WRRO
- Integrating mental health care into home‐based nursing services : a qualitative study utilising normalisation process theory. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 31(9-10), 1184-1201. View this article in WRRO
- The impact of COVID-19 on work, training and well-being experiences of nursing associates in England: A cross-sectional survey. Nursing Open, 9(3), 1822-1831. View this article in WRRO
- Missed care in community and primary care. Primary Health Care, 32(2). View this article in WRRO
- Support and career aspirations among trainee nursing associates : a longitudinal cohort study. Nursing Times, 117(12), 18-22. View this article in WRRO
- Understanding the factors that affect retention within the mental health nursing workforce: a systematic review and thematic synthesis. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 30(6), 1476-1497. View this article in WRRO
- Identifying the evidence base of interventions supporting mental health nurses to cope with stressful working enviroments: a scoping review. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(6), 1639-1652. View this article in WRRO
- Social prescribing for people with complex needs : a realist evaluation. BMC Family Practice, 22(1). View this article in WRRO
- UK advanced practice nurses’ experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-methods cross-sectional study. BMJ Open, 11. View this article in WRRO
- Factors that optimise the impact of continuing professional development in nursing: A rapid evidence review. Nurse Education Today, 98. View this article in WRRO
- Service user views of mental health spiritual and pastoral care chaplaincy services. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 9(2), 216-230.
- Sources of satisfaction, dissatisfaction and well‐being for UK advanced practice nurses: A qualitative study. Journal of Nursing Management, 29(5), 1073-1080.
- Nursing care left undone in community settings: Results from a UK cross‐sectional survey. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(8), 1968-1974. View this article in WRRO
- Determinants of nurse job dissatisfaction - findings from a cross-sectional survey analysis in the UK. BMC Nursing, 19. View this article in WRRO
- Motivations, experiences and aspirations of trainee nursing associates in England: a qualitative study. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). View this article in WRRO
- The association between care left undone and temporary Nursing staff ratios in acute settings: a cross- sectional survey of registered nurses. BMC Health Services Research, 20(1). View this article in WRRO
- Advanced practice nurses' experiences and well-being: baseline demographics from a cohort study. Journal of Nursing Management, 28(4), 959-967. View this article in WRRO
- Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) for the treatment of psychosis: a systematic review. European Journal of Psychotraumatology, 11(1).
- The feasibility of brief dog assisted therapy on university students stress levels: the PAwS study.. Journal of Mental Health, 27(3), 263-268. View this article in WRRO
- EMDR as a treatment for long term depression: a feasibility study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 91(1), 63-78. View this article in WRRO
- The effect of comorbid depression on the use of unscheduled hospital care by people with a long term condition: A retrospective observational study. Journal of Affective Disorders, 227, 366-371. View this article in WRRO
- What are the barriers and facilitators to implementing Collaborative Care for depression? A systematic review.. Journal of Affective Disorders, 214, 26-43. View this article in WRRO
- Service user views of spiritual and pastoral care (chaplaincy) in NHS mental health services: A co-produced constructivist grounded theory investigation. BMC Psychiatry, 16. View this article in WRRO
- How Could Co-production Principles Improve Mental Health Spiritual and Pastoral Care (Chaplaincy) Services?. Health and Social Care Chaplaincy, 4(1), 51-56.
- Is EMDR an Evidenced-Based Treatment for Depression? A Review of the Literature. Journal of EMDR Practice and Research, 7(4), 225-235. View this article in WRRO
- To what extent are the Christian clergy acting as frontline mental health workers? a study from the North of England. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 14(8), 769-783. View this article in WRRO
- Development of the nursing associate professional identity: a longitudinal qualitative study. Nursing Open. View this article in WRRO
Conference proceedings
- 67 The mental health and well-being implications of a mesothelioma diagnosis: a mixed methods study. Lung Cancer, Vol. 190 (pp 107628-107628)
- An Exploratory Study of the Motivations, Experiences, and Career Aspirations of Trainee Nursing Associates in the North of England. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, Vol. 19
- "It's Very Stressful But I love It": Advanced Nurse Practitioners' views of Advanced Nursing Practice. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUALITATIVE METHODS, Vol. 19
- Understanding social prescribing for people with comorbid mental and physical health conditions. A realist evaluation. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, Vol. 19 (pp 56-56). Vancouver, Canada, 25 October 2019 - 25 October 2019. View this article in WRRO
Posters
Preprints
- Motivations, experiences and aspirations of Trainee Nursing Associates in England. A qualitative study, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- Motivations, experiences and aspirations of Trainee Nursing Associates in England. A qualitative study, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- Motivations, experiences and aspirations of Trainee Nursing Associates in England. A qualitative study, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- The Association between Care Left Undone and Temporary Nursing Staff ratios in Acute Settings: A cross- sectional survey of registered nurses, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- The Association between Care Left Undone and Temporary Nursing Staff ratios in Acute Settings: A cross- sectional survey of registered nurses, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- Motivations, experiences and aspirations of Trainee Nursing Associates in England. A qualitative study, Springer Science and Business Media LLC.
- What factors influence the retention of workers in NHS mental health crisis services in England? A reflexive thematic analysis. BMJ Open, 15(10). View this article in WRRO
- Teaching interests
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PhD supervision
I would be pleased to hear from potential PhD students who would like to work on qualitative or mixed methods projects, which are related to my research areas.
Taught courses
I teach mental health to Adult branch nursing students (undergraduate and postgraduate) and research methods to Masters in clinical research students.
- Professional activities and memberships
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I am the University’s Humanist and non-faith advisor to the Humanist Chaplaincy