Mrs Sara Morris

Lecturer in Adult Nursing, Nursing

+44 (0) 1792 513813

sara.morris@swansea.ac.uk

Office - F07
First Floor
St Davids Block 3 School of Health Science
Leased Accommodation

Available For Postgraduate Supervision

About

Sara Morris is a lecturer in adult nursing at the St David’s Park campus in Carmarthen. Sara’s current roles include: Programme lead for the PG Certificate in blood components transfusion and Nursing disability co-ordinator

Sara is an NMC registered adult nurse, child nurse and teacher. She is an acute care nurse and has worked in a variety of settings including emergency care, trauma and as a practitioner. Her specialist clinical areas of interest include acute assessment, health assessment, and clinical reasoning.

Sara joined Swansea University after a varied career in both the NHS and Higher Education in England. She has worked at the University of Sheffield where she developed a faculty wide approach to advanced practice, redesigned and developing four new MSc pathways (Child, Neonatal, General practice & Apprenticeship routes).

Sara has also worked at Keele University where she was instrumental in developing a clinical reasoning strategy for pre-registration students and developing Keele’s first graduate entry MSc Nursing programme.

Areas Of Expertise

• Acute care
• Clinical reasoning and decision making
• Adult and Child Nursing
• Health Assessment
• Advanced practice
• Curriculum development
• Reflective practice

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Sara has expertise in teaching across undergraduate and post graduate taught programmes. She is an experienced dissertation supervisor.

Sara’s educational practice is rooted in pedagogy with particular interests in active approaches to learning. Sara has expertise in designing curricula, enquiry based learning, and flipped learning.

Sara is available as mentor and assessor for SFHEA for both the written and oral routes.

Sara has successfully worked with NHS partners to design and deliver bespoke programmes to address workforce needs.

Research

Taught Modules

SHGM25 Management and Leadership in Health Care Practice (WBL)

This module will enable practitioners to develop a critical understanding of the knowledge and skills required when leading and managing teams and individuals, developing capacity and capability, and working in partnership with other practitioners and agencies. This module aims to develop theoretical knowledge and work-based skills required for effective teamwork, leadership and management.
SHGM44 Clinical supervision

This module will enable students to develop their knowledge around clinical supervision and enhance their ability to engage in and facilitate this process whilst in practice.
SHGM90 Starting Your Professional Development

The aim of this module is to equip students with the necessary skills for work based learning, including self assessment, construction of a learning contract and compilation of a portfolio of evidence. This is the first module for students wishing to pursue the Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma and MSc Enhanced Professional Practice . It will introduce students to the principles of work-based learning and the skills required to facilitate personal and professional development for themselves and for their colleagues.
SHGM91 Personal Practice Development Portfolio

The aim of this module is for the student to demonstrate the personal and professional development that has occurred for them since commencing the programme. This is the equivalent of the dissertation module, requiring submission of a portfolio dissertation demonstrating personal and professional learning and development that has occurred since commencing the programme. The portfolio dissertation will amalgamate and consolidate all previous modules to demonstrate how learning from those modules has influenced practice and facilitated personal and professional development.
SHGM92 Policy Influences on Your Practice

The aim of this module is to enable students to critically evaluate their practice in relation to current policy drivers at global, national and local levels.
SHGM93 Assessing Your Current Practice

The aim of this module is to enable the student to assess and evaluate a chosen area of their practice. Students will gain skills in evidence based practice and service evaluation.
SHGM94 How the Evidence Base Can Help You Change Your Practice

The aim of this module is to enable students to review the evidence base for their practice and to examine the applicability of the evidence. There is an emphasis on the importance of understanding research for developing practice.
SHGM95 How to Make Change in Practice

The aim of this module is to enable students to review the approaches to management and leadership in order to consider how they could utilise different approaches to make changes in practice.
SHGM96 Advancing Your Own Practice

The aim of this module is to encourage students to think about extending the scope of their own practice. It would be most suitable for those working as specialist or advanced practitioners in their field, or those wishing to move into such a role.
SHGM97 Teaching and Learning in Practice

The aim of this module is to enable practitioners to develop their teaching and facilitation skills in practice using a work based approach to learning.
SHHM32 Principles of Safe Practice in Clinical Transfusion Management

This module aims to equip health care professionals working closely with patients requiring blood transfusion to deliver the most appropriate care for those patients. Students will: ¿ develop the skills and knowledge to support patients receiving blood transfusions ¿ undertake written authorisation of blood components as part of a pre-determined clinical care plan ¿ apply theory to practice and enable students to make advanced clinical decisions in line with local and national policies
SHHM42 Advancing your own practice in Blood Component Transfusion

This module develops knowledge and critical thinking to support experienced non-medical Health Care Practitioners (HCP) to make the clinical decisions and provide the written instruction for blood component transfusion to patients within their own clinical specialty and scope of practice.
SHN3087M Care of the Adult with Complex Needs (Adult)

This module aims to prepare students to care and systematically manage complex care situations, demonstrating creativity, adaptability and the prioritisation of clinical decision making whilst working within their scope of practice and across all four fields of nursing practice, across community, hospital or any healthcare setting.
SHN3087MW Gofal yr Oedolyn ag Anghenion Cymhleth (Oedolyn)

Nod y modiwl hwn yw paratoi myfyrwyr i ofalu a rheoli sefyllfaoedd gofal cymhleth yn systematig, gan ddangos creadigrwydd, gallu i addasu a blaenoriaethu gwneud penderfyniadau clinigol wrth weithio o fewn eu cwmpas ymarfer ac ar draws pob un o'r pedwar maes ymarfer nyrsio, ar draws y gymuned, yr ysbyty neu unrhyw leoliad gofal iechyd.
SHN3087S Care of the Adult with Complex Needs (Adult)

This module aims to prepare students to care and systematically manage complex care situations, demonstrating creativity, adaptability and the prioritisation of clinical decision making whilst working within their scope of practice and across all four fields of nursing practice, across community, hospital or any healthcare setting.
SHN3087SW Gofal yr Oedolyn ag Anghenion Cymhleth (Oedolyn)

Nod y modiwl hwn yw paratoi myfyrwyr i ofalu a rheoli sefyllfaoedd gofal cymhleth yn systematig, gan ddangos creadigrwydd, gallu i addasu a blaenoriaethu gwneud penderfyniadau clinigol wrth weithio o fewn eu cwmpas ymarfer ac ar draws pob un o'r pedwar maes ymarfer nyrsio, ar draws y gymuned, yr ysbyty neu unrhyw leoliad gofal iechyd.
SHTM37 Dissertation - Professional Education in Practice and/or Academic Settings

This is essentially a module of independent study for students doing the MA Education for the Health Professions. The module will enable participants to show that they can design, conduct and present a sustained conceptual exploration of a chosen study topic

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About

Areas Of Expertise

Career Highlights

Taught Modules

SHGM25 Management and Leadership in Health Care Practice (WBL)

SHGM44 Clinical supervision

SHGM90 Starting Your Professional Development

SHGM91 Personal Practice Development Portfolio

SHGM92 Policy Influences on Your Practice

SHGM93 Assessing Your Current Practice

SHGM94 How the Evidence Base Can Help You Change Your Practice

SHGM95 How to Make Change in Practice

SHGM96 Advancing Your Own Practice

SHGM97 Teaching and Learning in Practice

SHHM32 Principles of Safe Practice in Clinical Transfusion Management

SHHM42 Advancing your own practice in Blood Component Transfusion

SHN3087M Care of the Adult with Complex Needs (Adult)

SHN3087MW Gofal yr Oedolyn ag Anghenion Cymhleth (Oedolyn)

SHN3087S Care of the Adult with Complex Needs (Adult)

SHN3087SW Gofal yr Oedolyn ag Anghenion Cymhleth (Oedolyn)

SHTM37 Dissertation - Professional Education in Practice and/or Academic Settings