I qualified as a Mental Health Nurse in 1996 after training at the prestigious Dingleton Hospital in the Scottish Borders. I worked initially on Eden ward at Dingleton specialising in complex acute mental health inpatient work within the therapeutic community millieu.
I moved to South to develop my skills by working at the Wallingford Clinic a Regional Secure Unit attached to Fairmile Hospital in Oxfordshire. During this time I acted as liaison between the Wallingford Clinic and Broadmoor Special Hospital to facilitate client transfer between the two institutions. I also took the lead in group and individual work for those convicted of sexual offences.
During my time working at FairMile I also worked on the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and was part of the team that developed the unit from a male only to a mixed sex unit. This experience was valuable when I eventually managed the new PICU and secure services on a Berkshire wide basis. I was instrumental in designing the PICU which is still in use at Prospect Park Hospital in Reading. I became a Lecturer Practitioner at this time allowing me my first taste of professional academia.
I moved to Cumbria in 2002 to manage the local PICU and rose to Modern Matron (one of the first in Cumbria) before moving to St Martin's College in 2005. I have remained in academia ever since, although I still undertake clinical work to ensure my teaching and writing retain a strong client focussed practice element.
Publications
Inglis, S. and Nelson, L. (2020) Exploring the effects of clinical simulation on nursing students’ learning and practice. RCN Publishing (RCNi).
Nelson, L. Inglis, S Howell, F. Gibbs, M. Thorely, J. (2012) Vulnerable Adults. Initial Management of Acute Medical Patients, Wood I and Garner M Eds.
Inglis, S. (2000). Nursing Ethics. Mental Health Nursing. Vol. 20 No. 9. PP 18 - 20.
Conferences and Presentations
UoC Learning and Teaching conference 2024: Gamification in simulation: how to engage your studentsGamification in simulation: how to engage your students (12th June 2024)
Maudsley Mental Health Simulation conference 2024: Breaking Taboos: facilitating open dialogue about suicide with curious conversations (9th May 2024)
Global Festival of Active Learning 2024: NurseQuest, a Gamified Odyssey in Nursing Education (14th March 2024)
MNHA 2022: Remind me who I am, again… Exploring immersive simulation experiences through virtual reality with student mental health nurses
External examiner Abertay University - BSc Hons Mental Health Nursing
External scrutiniser Accrington & Rossendale College FD Alcohol & substance misuse
External scrutiniser Accrington & Rossendale FD Mental health work
