University of Exeter Medical School

Susannah Tooze

Susannah Tooze

Senior Lecturer in Nursing

 S.J.Tooze@exeter.ac.uk

 01392 72 2970

 South Cloisters 3.01B

 

South Cloisters, University of Exeter, St Luke's Campus, Heavitree Road, Exeter, EX1 2LU, UK

Overview

Susannah is a Registered Nurse, working part time as a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at the University of Exeter. She is also a PhD student, based at the University of Cambridge MRC Epidemiology unit, exploring the framing of obesity and its impact on UK health policy. She has been awarded Master in Public Health (MPH) with merit by the University of Birmingham and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education.

Susannah's interest in nurse education was initially stimulated by her aspiration to empower future nurses to enhance quality of care. She was an integral member of the team that set up the MSci Nursing programme at Exeter university and was the Clinical Practice Lead for four years. She continues to work collaboratively to develop the profile of the Academy of Nursing through teaching and research activity.

Susannah is an active member of the International Learning Collaborative, an international network bringing people together to improve the delivery of fundamental care in health systems. She aspires to improve standards of fundamental care by providing high quality educational opportunities to current and future nurses.

Postgraduate study and her work as a nurse academic have strengthened Susannah's ambition to engage in public health research. She successfully obtained an NIHR School of Public Health Research PhD studentship, which has enabled her to pursue her research interests in the field of obesity, food environments and food policy.

Links

Academy of Nursing- http://medicine.exeter.ac.uk/nursing/

International Learning Collaborative - https://intlearningcollab.org/

MRC Epidemiology Unit - MRC Epidemiology Unit (cam.ac.uk)

Qualifications

  • Registered Nurse (RN)
  • Master in Public Health (MPH)
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Education for Health, Social Care and Allied Professionals (NMC Recordable Qualification) (PGCE, RNT)
  • Bachelor of Nursing (BNurs (Hons))

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Research

Research interests

Susannah is currently an NIHR SPHR funded PhD student, based at the University of Cambridge MRC Epidemiology Unit, exploring the framing of obesity and its impact on UK health policy.

Susannah was a co-investigator for the NIHR funded COVID-NURSE trial, led by Professor Dave Richards. She contributed towards the development of the initial survey of nursing staff and the subsequent development of the care protocol (intervention). She was responsible for developing and facilitating the staff training programme to enable nursing staff to learn about the protocol and trial it in accordance with the study design, using the FutureLearn platform. She was a contributing author for a series of related publications.

Susannah’s main research interests include:

  • Obesity
  • Food Environments
  • Food Policy
  • Fundamental Nursing Care

Links:

COVID-NURSE Blog - Welcome to Covid-Nurse.The first national clinical trial of nursing care for patients infected with Covid-19… - COVID-NURSE (exeter.ac.uk)

FutureLearn Course - A Guide for Nurses on Meeting the Fundamental Care Needs of Hospitalised Patient (futurelearn.com)

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Publications

Journal articles

Richards DA, Bollen J, Jones B, Melendez-Torres GJ, Hulme C, Cockcroft E, Cook H, Cooper J, Creanor S, Cruickshank S, et al (2024). Evaluation of a COVID-19 fundamental nursing care guideline versus usual care: the COVID-NURSE cluster randomized controlled trial. J Adv Nurs, 80(5), 2137-2152. Abstract.  Author URL.
Whear R, Abbott RA, Bethel A, Richards DA, Garside R, Cockcroft E, Iles-Smith H, Logan PA, Rafferty AM, Shepherd M, et al (2022). Impact of COVID-19 and other infectious conditions requiring isolation on the provision of and adaptations to fundamental nursing care in hospital in terms of overall patient experience, care quality, functional ability, and treatment outcomes: systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 78(1), 78-108. Abstract.
Sugg HVR, Richards DA, Russell A, Burnett S, Cockcroft EJ, Thompson Coon J, Cruickshank S, Doris FE, Hunt HA, Iles‐Smith H, et al (2022). Nurses’ strategies for overcoming barriers to fundamental nursing care in patients with <scp>COVID</scp>‐19 caused by infection with the <scp>SARS‐COV</scp>‐2 virus: Results from the ‘<scp>COVID‐NURSE</scp>’ survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 79(3), 1003-1017. Abstract.
Richards DA, Sugg HVR, Cockcroft E, Cooper J, Cruickshank S, Doris F, Hulme C, Logan P, Iles-Smith H, Melendez-Torres GJ, et al (2021). COVID-NURSE: evaluation of a fundamental nursing care protocol compared with care as usual on experience of care for noninvasively ventilated patients in hospital with the SARS-CoV-2 virus—protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 11(5), e046436-e046436. Abstract.
Sugg HVR, Russell A-M, Morgan L, Iles-Smith H, Richards DA, Morley N, Burnett S, Cockcroft E, Thompson Coon J, Cruickshank S, et al (2021). Fundamental nursing care in patients with the SARS-CoV-2 virus: results from the ‘COVID-NURSE’ mixed methods survey into nurses’ experiences of missed care and barriers to care. BMC Nursing, 20

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Teaching

Teaching responsibilities: (Undergraduate, Postgraduate)

Susannah holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Education for Health, Social Care and Allied Professionals and is registered by the Nursing and Midwifery Council as a Nurse Tutor. She believes that education has the potential to positively impact every aspect of an individual’s life and feels privileged to have the opportunity to support future nurses in their personal and professional development.

Susannah’s primary teaching interests include fundamental nursing care, health promotion and health improvement. She is pillar guardian for Fundamentals Essentials of Nursing Care.

Modules

2023/24

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