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Last updated 24th March 2023

I commenced my role as School Director of Quality for NMC Programmes and Academic Lead for Professional Body Engagement in July 2020. I am the named NMC Official Correspondent and Principal Lecturer in Child Nursing. 

Research and Scholarship

My qualifications include- Doctor of Nursing, FHEA, RGN, ONC, RSCN, BSc (Hons), PG Dip Health Professional Education, Recorded teaching qualification with the NMC.

I was awarded the Professional Doctorate on the 23^rd September 2015. My research focused on the involvement of parents in their child’s pain management in acute hospital areas. This was a qualitative, ethnographic study, looking at pain management within the culture of family-centred care in acute care areas.

University research and group memberships

I am a member of the Institute for Research in Citizenship and Applied Human Sciences and the Centre for Applied Childhood, Youth and Family Research.

I am currently Principal Investigator leading a national study looking at Mental Toughness in pre-registration Nursing Students. I am working with Professor Felicity Astin, Professor Peter Clough and Dr Peter Moxon. This is a mixed methods study involving six HEI’s.

Esteem

• I am a fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

• I am registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council as an adult nurse, child nurse and lecturer/practice teacher.

Publications and other research outputs

2019

Vasey, J., Smith, J., Kirshbaum, M. and Chirema, K. (2019) Tokenism or True partnership: Parental Involvement in a child’s acute pain care. Journal of Clinical Nursing, DOI. 10.1111/jocn.14747.

2018

Vasey, J, Smith, J, Mitchell, N (2018) Involving children, young people and families in care and care decisions. In Price, J & McAlinden, O, Essentials of Nursing Children and Young people. Sage: London.

2016

Vasey, J., Smith, J., Kirshbaum, M. and Chirema, K. (2016) Tokenism or true partnership: Parental involvement in the child’s acute pain care facilitated by nurses within a culture of family centred care in general children’s wards. In: 3^rd PNAE Congress on Paediatric Nursing. 26-27thy May 2016, Porto, Portugal.

Vasey, J., &  Smith, J. (2016). Tokenism or true partnership: Parental involvement in a child’s acute pain care- Poster. In: Royal College of Paediatrics and Child health. Annual Conference. Liverpool

2015

Vasey, J (2015) Tokenism or true partnership: Parental involvement in a child’s acute pain care Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield.

Vasey, J., Smith, J., Kirshbaum, M. and Chirema, K. (2015) ‘Tokenism or true partnership: Parental involvement in the child’s acute pain care facilitated by nurses within a culture of family centred care in general children’s wards’. In: 12th International Family Nursing Conference, 18^th-21^st August 2015, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Vasey, J. (2015). Effective Pain Management should preclude concerning use of restraint (review). Nursing Children and Young people, 27 (8), p. 13.

2014

Vasey, J (2014) ‘Realistic goals can help manage children’s post-operative pain effectively’ Nursing Children and Young People , 26 (2), p. 13. ISSN 2046-2336

2013

Vasey, J., Kirshbaum, M. and Chirema, K. (2013) ‘Tokenism or true partnership: Parental involvement in the child’s acute pain care facilitated by nurses within a culture of family centred care in general children’s wards; Preliminary findings’. In: 11th International Family Nursing Conference, 19th - 22nd June 2013, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

2012

Vasey, J (2012) ‘Skin Traction in Children’. In: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Skills for Children's and Young People's Nursing. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 514-515. ISBN 9780199593460

2011

Vasey, J (2011) ‘Abdominal Trauma’. In: Emergencies in Children's and Young People's Nursing. : Oxford University Press. pp. 238-240. ISBN 9780199547197

Vasey, J (2011) ‘Applying Splints’. In: Emergencies in Children's and Young People's Nursing. : Oxford University Press. pp. 276-277. ISBN 9780199547197

2010

Vasey, J (2010) ‘Tokenism or true partnership: a child’s acute pain care and a family centred culture’. In: Personal and Public Lives: Exploring Relationships, Roles, and Responsibilities: An international and interdisciplinary conference, 7th - 9th September 2010, University of Huddersfield, UK

Vasey, J. and Sharp, A. (2010) ‘From the cot in the corner’. In: 2010 UK Simulation in Nursing Education Conference, Jun 9, 2010 - Jun 10, 2010, University of Huddersfield, UK

2009

Vasey, J (2009) ‘Consent and refusal: selective respect for a young person’s autonomy’ Journal of community nursing , 23 (4), pp. 32-34. ISSN 0140-0908

2008

Vasey, J (2008) ‘Consent and refusal: selective respect for a young person's autonomy?’. In: RCN Conference and Exhibition for Nurses Working with Children and Young People, Friday 19th - Saturday 20th September 2008, Gloucestershire, UK

Vasey, J. and Currell, K. (2008) ‘From The “Cot in the corner”’. In: 2nd Children & Young People’s Nursing