Mr Stephen Mckenna-Lawson

Lecturer, Nursing

+44 (0) 1792

s.j.mckenna-lawson@swansea.ac.uk

Basic Welsh Speaker

Research Links

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4530-3318

Office - 215
First Floor
Glyndwr Building
Singleton Campus

About

As a clinician, I have clinical experience of both male and female psychiatric intensive care, specialist neuropsychiatry and two national CAMHs units, including adolescent intensive care. As a researcher, I have presented original papers on the identity, philosophy and language of mental health nursing at three international research conferences and am published in the Mental Health Nursing Journal and (upcoming) Asylum Magazine.

Before becoming a nurse I was a support worker and research/nursing assistant in specialist neurology and homeless services in London.

I am also an alumnus of the NHS Staff College Leadership Programme.

Areas Of Expertise

Inpatient Mental Health Nursing
Mental Health Nursing Identity
Mental Health Nursing Theory
Language-use within Mental Health care
Philosophy of Caring

Career Highlights

Teaching Interests

Inpatient nursing skills

Understanding violence and aggression

The Therapeutic Relationship, Alliance and Use of Self

Simulation-based education (SBE) within mental health nursing and IPE contexts, including AR, VR and low-tech high-fidelity scenarios

Research

Publications

Research Highlights

Mckenna-Lawson, S. (2022). How we say what we do and why it is important: An idiosyncratic analysis of mental health nursing identity on social media. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 31(3), 708-721.
https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12991, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59671

All Research

Journal Articles

Mckenna-Lawson, S. (2022). How we say what we do and why it is important: An idiosyncratic analysis of mental health nursing identity on social media. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 31(3), 708-721.
https://doi.org/10.1111/inm.12991, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa59671

Taught Modules

SHN170M Introduction to nursing and health care (Mental Health)

This module will introduce students to the profession of nursing, its core concepts and its underpinning values as enshrined in the NMC¿s Code. The module aims to develop the student¿s knowledge of the empirical, ethical, personal, socio-political and aesthetic dimensions of nursing. It aims to enable the student to understand the nurse¿s role in providing safe and effective nursing care across the lifespan and all four fields of nursing which is underpinned by professional attitudes and evidence, promoting partnership working with service users and their carers. This module will also introduce the student to learning in higher education.
SHN170MW Cyflwyniad i nyrsio a gofal iechyd (Iechyd Meddwl)

Bydd y modiwl hwn yn cyflwyno myfyrwyr i'r proffesiwn nyrsio, ei gysyniadau craidd a'i werthoedd sylfaenol fel y'u hymgorfforir yng Nghod yr NMC. Nod y modiwl yw datblygu gwybodaeth y myfyriwr o ddimensiynau empirig, moesegol, personol, cymdeithasol-wleidyddol ac esthetig nyrsio. Ei nod yw galluogi'r myfyriwr i ddeall rôl y nyrs wrth ddarparu gofal nyrsio diogel ac effeithiol ar draws hyd oes a phob un o'r pedwar maes nyrsio sy'n cael ei danategu gan agweddau a thystiolaeth broffesiynol, gan hyrwyddo gweithio mewn partneriaeth â defnyddwyr gwasanaeth a'u gofalwyr. Bydd y modiwl hwn hefyd yn cyflwyno'r myfyriwr i ddysgu mewn addysg uwch.

Public Engagements

September 2020

Presenter and Panelist •

Mental Health Nursing Research 2020, Digital Conference

September 2019

Presenter •

25^th RCN International Mental Health Research Conference, London

September 2017

Co-Presenter •

23^rd RCN International Mental Health Research Conference, Cardiff

Presenter and Co-author

International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI), Digital Conference

2021

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