Alexandra Hare
Biography
Alex began working as a Nurse Lecturer for the University of
Bradford in July 2019. This followed a career at Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust
where she worked as a Staff Nurse, Sister and Senior Project Nurse throughout adult
and children’s critical care.
Following commencement of her Nursing MSc, Alex was keen to
disseminate her new knowledge so became heavily involved in education on the general
intensive care unit where she was working. Alex's involvement in nurse education was
recognised in 2017 when she was asked to contribute to the development of the
Critical Care National Network for Nurse Leads (CC3N) national competencies for
staff working in critical care units. This afforded Alex opportunity to gain
insight into the direction of nurse education on a national basis and develop
strong working relationships with local and national policy and guideline developers.
In her role as Senior Project Nurse, Alex led The Jamaica
Project in collaboration with Health Education England and the Jamaican
Ministry of Health. Alex developed a programme of clinical experience and
simulation-based teaching for a group of 15 Jamaican nurses wishing to advance
their clinical skills in order to operate more effectively back in Jamaica. Alex then implemented and oversaw the programme, including pastoral support and
facilitation of non-clinical experiences for the 5 months the nurses were working
in the UK.
Alex now leads the post-graduate critical care course at the
University of Bradford, and is the joint Programme Leader for the MSc in International
Nursing Studies. Alex also very much enjoys teaching on the undergraduate nursing programme
and still works clinically within adult critical care to ensure her skills and
knowledge are kept as current as possible.
Research
Alex's main research interest at present is how the UK can support developing countries to improve their provision of healthcare through education and training projects. Alex is currently in the process of collecting and analysing data from The Jamaica Project which looks at the experience of the Jamaican nurses training in the UK for 5 months, if the programme has had an impact on their clinical practice back in Jamaica and also the experiences of the UK-based staff who acted as mentors throughout the project.
Alex's other area of interest is the nursing care of patients with liver conditions, specifically how nurses manage patients with acute liver failure and if the strategies adopted can affect clinical outcomes.