Dr Chris McLean PhD, PCAP, RN

Lecturer

Dr Chris McLean is Lecturer within Health Sciences at the University of Southampton.

After undertaking a first degree in Philosophy Chris commenced his nurse training in 1992. After a working primarily within the field of critical care he joined Health Sciences in 2002.

Chris has held responsibility for the design and delivery of education relating to the development of acute care skills and the recognition and response to the deteriorating patient. He has worked in various module and programme leadership roles within the school, and has particular expertise in the use of simulated practice to develop acute care skills.

Chris completed his PhD “Thinking about patients and talking about persons in critical care” in 2012.

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Research interests

Chris’s current research is associated with the ”Fundamental Hospital Care” strand of the Wessex CLAHRC

Current research interests centre on the relationship between ward culture and staff patient interactions as they impact upon the patient experience of compassionate care.

Specific current and recent projects include:

Leading the development of a ‘Key Nurse’ model as a means of promoting relational care within NHS organisations (During a clinical lecturer internship funded by NHS South Central (2013-14. )
A feasibility study to develop the Quality of Interactions Schedule (QuIS) for use as an outcome measure in acute hospital care (2014-15).

PhD supervision

Currently supervising PhD projects as follows (1) evaluating interventions to strengthen organisational capacity to deliver compassionate care in the NHS; (2) impact of intentional rounding

Research group

Health Work and Systems

School lead for peer review

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Articles

Clark, R., & McLean, C. (2018). The professional and personal debriefing needs of ward based nurses after involvement in a cardiac arrest: An explorative qualitative pilot study. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing. DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2018.03.009
Mclean, C., Griffiths, P., Mesa Eguiagaray, I., Pickering, R., & Bridges, J. (2017). Reliability, feasibility, and validity of the quality of interactions schedule (QuIS) in acute hospital care: an observational study. BMC Health Services Research, 17(380). DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2312-2
Mesa Eguiagaray, I., Bohning, D., Mclean, C., Griffiths, P., Bridges, J., & Pickering, R. M. (2016). Inter-rater reliability of the QuIS as an assessment of the quality of staff-inpatient interactions. BMC Medical Research Methodology, 16(171), 1-12. DOI: 10.1186/s12874-016-0266-4
McLean, C., Coombs, M. A., & Gobbi, M. (2015). Talking about persons - thinking about patients: an ethnographic study in critical care. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 1-24. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.02.011
McLean, C. (2011). The yellow brick road: a values based curriculum model. Nurse Education in Practice, 12(3), 159-163. DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2011.11.002
McLean, C., Monger, E., & Lally, I. (2005). Assessment of practice using the National Health Service Knowledge and Skills Framework. Nursing in Critical Care, 10(3), 136-142. DOI: 10.1111/j.1362-1017.2005.00112.x

Book Chapter

McLean, C., & Barr, O. (2013). Professional values: what are they? In Achieving Competencies for Nursing Practice. A Handbook for Student Nurses (pp. 21-36). Maidenhead, GB: Open University.

Conferences

McLean, C. (2014). Different ways of thinking about patients in critical care: an ethnographic study. Paper presented at British Association of Critical Care Nurses Annual Conference, United Kingdom.DOI: 10.13140/2.1.3181.6963
McLean, C. (2013). A linguistic perspective on “whole person” care: challenges for healthcare ideals and nursing identity. Paper presented at The Many Meanings of Quality in Healthcare: Interdisciplinary perspectives (The Cumberland Colloquium), United Kingdom.DOI: 10.13140/2.1.1608.8329
McLean, C., & Sullivan, C. (2011). I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore: developing good character through a values based curriculum. Paper presented at NET2011 International Networking for Education in Healthcare Conference, United Kingdom.
McLean, C. (2010). Reflexivity, the ‘ethnographic vignette’ and the (rehabilitation of the?) research interview. Paper presented at Third Annual Conference - Explorations in Ethnography, Language and Communication: Perspectives on Data, United Kingdom.DOI: 10.13140/2.1.2811.7765
Bennett, J., Venn, C., & McLean, C. (2006). Education, skills rehearsal and clinical facilitation: a comprehensive approach to the development of ward nurses acute care skills. 21st Annual British Association of Critical Care Nurses Conference, .
McLean, C. (2006). Perceptions of personhood, phronesis and Benners Clinical Wisdom. 10th International Philosophy of Nursing Society Conference (IPONS), .

Deputy programme lead for Postgraduate Diploma in Nursing.

Module co-ordinator for NPCG3020 ‘Foundations of Nursing Practice’.

Chris has a particular interest in the role of values in healthcare education. He made a significant contribution to developing the Values Based model underpinning 2011 nursing curriculum.

Critical care nursing

Recognising and responding to deterioration

Values based education

Culture within acute healthcare

Organisation of ward nursing care

Dr Chris McLean
Health Sciences Student Office University of Southampton Highfield Southampton SO17 1BJ

Room Number: 67/3005

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