Welcoming PhD Students and (inter)national Research Collaborations
I am accepting home (UK) and international PhD students from all healthcare professionals. My research areas are in Neonatal, Paediatric and Adult Intensive Care; Emergency Medicine; Family-Centred Care; End of Life; Patient and Family Reported Outcomes; Quality of Care; Aging and Dementia. My expertise in research designs are: 1) quantitative research methods such as Randomised Controlled Trials and survey studies; 2) qualitative research methods such as Grounded Theory, Phenomenology and Ethnography; 3) mixed methods research.
Contact me if you are interested in PhD studies to support you in finding funding for a PhD scholarship. If you have funding, contact me to proceed and start your PhD journey. About myself; I am a Professor of Clinical Nursing. I am not a machine, I am human! My other (international) roles are:  Professor and Lead of the Clinical School at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust: https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/clinical-schools Adjunct Professor of Nursing | The Curtin School of Nursing | Curtin University | Perth| Australia: https://staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/jos-latour-26e7778a/ Advisory Professor of Nursing | Zhongshan Hospital | Fudan University | Shanghai | China: https://nursing.fudan.edu.cn/cd/b1/c38770a511409/page.htm  Professor of Paediatric Nursing | Hunan Children’s Hospital | Changsha | China: http://en.hnetyy.net/ Chair | Ethics Section | European Society Intensive Care Medicine: https://www.esicm.org/resources/thematics/ethics/  
I have published widely; see my papers under the heading ‘publications’. In November 2022 I was appointed Associate Editor of the new journal Intensive Care Medicine - Paediatric and Neonatal. Other Associate Editor positions are with Frontiers in Pediatrics, Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing, and Frontiers in Psychology. I am also an International Editorial Board member of several other international peer-reviewed journals.
In October 2022 I was elected the Chair of the Ethics Section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine, the first nurse holding an office in the Society's history.

Society of Critical Care Medicine; SCCM European Society of Intensive Care Medicine; ESICM European Society of Paediatric and NeonatalIntensive Care Nursing; ESPNIC European Society of Pediatric Research (ESPR) Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society of Nursing; Rho Chi Chapter

Committees (Current membership in 2024/2025)  Chair of the Ethics Section of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (first nurse holding an office in this Society's history) Member of Chair Committee of Global Alliance for Newborn Care (GLANCE) Member Scientific Board European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI)  Member Board of Professors and PhD Programme, University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, Italy External Auditor of the Master of Advanced Nursing Practice course, HAN University of Applied Science, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Rater in the McMaster Online Rating of Evidence System, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Editorial Board (Current membership in 2024/2025) Intensive Care Medicine - Pediatric and Neonatal; Associated Editor Florence Nightingale Journal of Nursing; Associate Editor Frontiers in Psychology – Pediatric Psychology; Associate Editor Frontiers in Pediatrics; Associate Editor Pediatric Critical Care Medicine; Associate Editor Hellenic Journal of Nursing; International Editorial Board member Nursing in Critical Care; International Editorial Board member Pediatric Intensive Care Nursing; International Editorial Board member
Visiting Professorships (Current professorships 2023-2026)
Advisory Professor of Nursing; Zhongshan Hospital; Fudan University; Shanghai; China Professor in Paediatric Nursing; Hunan Children's Hospital; Changsha; China  Adjunct Professor in Nursing, Curtin School of Nursing; Curting University; Perth; Australia  Others (Current membership in 2024/2025)
Governor of Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, Taunton, UK

PhD students Current PhD and MD students: 2024 – 2026: Majd Abusharar; A qualitative study on provider and user views on the management of Concurrent suspected/confirmed bile duct stones (PROBiS Study). MD program, Medical School, University of Plymouth, UK 2023 – 2025: Oliver Brown; A feasibility study on Identification of predictive factors of incidentally detected gallbladder cancer. MD program, Medical School, University of Plymouth, UK. 2022 – 2026: Mark-Steven Howe; Developing a Practical Dental Risk Score. PhD Dental School, University of Plymouth, UK. 2022 – 2026: Mrs Cansel Kocakabak; Developing a core outcome set and outcome measures of family-centred care in neonatal care. University of Plymouth, UK.  2022 – 2026: Mrs Orachorn Lumprom; Effect of self-care program via mobile-based technology on quality of life of family caregivers of elderly stroke survivors. University of Plymouth, UK. 2022 – 2026: Mr Halil Kaya; The Experiences of Patients Undergoing Open Heart Surgery. University of Plymouth, UK. 2022 – 2026: Mr Mohamed Eid; Comparing three modalities of Chlorhexidine integration on mechanically ventilated patient’s’ outcomes. University of Plymouth, UK. 2022 – 2024: Mrs Rahi Karmarkar; A feasibility RCT testing the use of Indocyanine green Fluorescence Image-Guidance in liver Surgery: The I-FIGS study. MD program, Medical School, University of Plymouth, UK. 2022 – 2026: Mrs Cristina Mendoza-Sanchez; Influence of nursing history on current contemporary nursing practice. University of Murcia, Spain. 2021 – 2026: Mr Wisam Muhsen; Right sidE cardiac function and PulmOnary aRTerial pressure rise as predictors of early bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants; REPORT—BPD study, University of Plymouth, UK. 2020 – 2025: Mrs Pei Fen Poh; Risk factors and outcomes of post-intensive care syndrome in children and parents: A single-centre mixed-methods study, University of Plymouth, UK. 2017 – 2024: Mr Blair Graham; Developing Patient Reported Outcomes in Emergency (PREMED-65+ study), University of Plymouth, UK. 2016 – 2024: Mrs Julia Harris; NAVA ventilation in paediatric critical care (NAVA study), University of Plymouth, UK. 2016 – 2024: Mr Simon Goldsworthy; Comfort management in radiotherapy (COMFORT study), University of the West of England, Bristol, UK. 2014 – 2024: Mrs Seugnette Rossouw; Outcomes of a practice development programme in the management of child drowning victims in Gauteng Province, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa.
Completions:
Dr Fiona Lynch: Exploring patient diaries in paediatric intensive care, University of Plymouth, UK. PhD Awarded January 2024 Dr Rachel Rapson: Ability and quality of life for Children with CErebral Palsy Trial (ACCEPT study), University of Plymouth, UK. PhD Awarded October 2023  Dr Vasileios Lepesis: Efficacy and Acceptability of Mobilisation and Stretches of the Foot and Ankle in People with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy, University of Plymouth, UK. PhD Awarded August 2023  Dr Helen Lyndon: Improve healthy living in older people with frailty (HAPPI Study), University of Plymouth, UK. PhD Awarded July 2021 Dr Richard Collings: Reducing foot plantar pressure in people with diabetes (INSTEP study), University of Plymouth, UK. PhD Awarded July 2021 Dr Maria Bernardes Delgado: Oral care in palliative care –experiences of patients, relatives and health professionals, University of Plymouth, UK. ResM Awarded July 2020 Dr Martina Fiori: Patient witnessing other patients’ resuscitation (WATCH study), University of Plymouth, UK. PhD Awarded July 2020 Dr Frazer Underwood: Confidence in frail older people, University of Plymouth, UK. PhD Awarded July 2020 Dr Lisa Burrows: Memory cafés for dementia patients and their carers, University of Plymouth, UK. PhD Awarded May 2020 Dr Matthew Carey: Peer assisted learning among paediatric nurse students, University of Plymouth, UK. PhD Awarded July 2019 Dr Julie Benbenishty: Life and death in the ICU: Nursing care to smooth transitions for patients and family, University of Plymouth, UK. PhDAwarded December 2019 Dr Orsola Gawronski: Paediatric Early Warning System and factors associated with escalation of care, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. PhD Awarded October 2018 Dr Immacolata Dall’Oglio: Evaluating family-centered care in Neonatology using the quality performance indicator of parent satisfaction, a validation study, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy. PhD Awarded October 2018 Dr Fenella Gill, Australia: The development of practice standards for graduates of Australian critical care nurse education: The AuSDACE Study. PhD Awarded September 2014

Teaching & Mentorship (to date, 2024) 2023 – to date   Mentor of Dr Olena Mazu, neonatologist in Ukrain, in the Mentorship Programme of the European Society of Pediatric Research. 2021 – to date   Mentor of Dr Christopher Schwartz, neonatologist in Germany, in the Mentorship Programme of the European Society of Pediatric Research. 2017 – to date   Lecturer at Master Advanced Nursing Practice (Module International Nursing Leadership) at Hogeschool Arnhem Nijmegen, HAN University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands. 2015 – to date   Module Lead and lecturer of the Qualitative Research Methods module (Master level module), University of Plymouth, UK.

Honours & Awards 2022: Paper of the Year for Nurses & Allied Healthcare Professionals, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine: Development of competencies for advanced nursing practice in intensive care units across Europe: A modified e-Delphi study. Intensive Crit Care Nurs. 2022;71:103239. doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2022.103239 2016: The Higher Education Academy: In recognition of attainment against the UK Professional Standards Framework for teaching and learning support in higher education. Recognition reference: PR098870; Date of recognition 05/01/2016 2014: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Presidential Citation for outstanding contributions to the SCCM. 2011: Nurses Society of Intensive Care, Anesthesia and Reanimation of Serbia (UINARS): Brevet of Gratitude Award for the help and support in developing of UINARS. 2010: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Presidential Citation for outstanding contributions to the SCCM. 2009: European Society Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care: Life-Time Achievement Award. 2008: Fellow of the European Federation Critical Care Nursing associations (EfCCNa) 2006: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM): Presidential Citation for outstanding contributions to the SCCM.