Biography

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.

Qualifications and memberships

PGCLTHE

FHEA

RN(M)

Academic and research interests

Psychiatric Intensive Care Nursing Prevention and management of violence and aggression The role of the Nurse in 21st Century health care provision Dual diagnosis in mental health. Clinical Simulation in pre registration nurse education.

Simulation Champion

Publications

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 

Mental Health Simulation Conference 2024: Curious Conversations: Facilitating taboo discussions through simulated conversations

Active Learning Network 2024: NurseQuest: A Gamified Odyssey in Nursing Education

MNHA 2022: Remind me who I am, again… Exploring immersive simulation experiences through virtual reality with student mental health nurses

 

Recent external roles

Founder of the DigiSim Mental Health Network

xternal 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