Nicki Credland

Nicki Credland

Head of Department

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • School of Paramedical PeriOperative and Advanced Practice

Qualifications

  • BSc
  • MMed
  • PCAP
  • PGCert

Summary

Nicola initially completed her nurse training at the University of Hull, followed by a BSc (Hons) in Critical Care. She then took a MMedSci Advanced Nursing Practice at the University of Sheffield.

Her clinical background is in intensive care and latterly critical care outreach.

Nicola is Chair of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN) and sits on the UK Critical Care Leadership Forum and UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance. She was the nurse representative to the Department of Health Adult Critical Care Clinical Reference Group 2017-19.

BSc Critical Care:

- Care and Management of the Critically Ill Patient

- Recognition and Response

- Resuscitation

- Musculoskeletal Trauma Care

BSc Paramedic Science:

- Anatomy and Physiology for Paramedics

- Clinical Assessment and Examination for Paramedics

- Care of the Critically Ill Patient

- Acute Pre-Hospital Care

- Clinical Practice Education

MSc Advanced Practice:

- Clinical Assessment and Examination Theory

- Advanced Decision Making

- Clinical Assessment and Examination Practice

- Advanced Practice Informed Learning

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

'Doing the best we can': Registered Nurses' experiences and perceptions of patient safety in intensive care during COVID-19

Stayt, L. C., Merriman, C., Bench, S., Price, A., Vollam, S., Walthall, H., …Calovski, V. (in press). ‘Doing the best we can’: Registered Nurses' experiences and perceptions of patient safety in intensive care during COVID-19. Journal of advanced nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15419

A practical approach to establishing a critical care outreach service: An expert panel research design

Williams, G., Pirret, A., Credland, N., Odell, M., Raftery, C., Smith, D., …Massey, D. (2022). A practical approach to establishing a critical care outreach service: An expert panel research design. Australian Critical Care, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2022.01.008

Incidence and impact of incivility in paramedicine: a qualitative study

Credland, N. J., & Whitfield, C. (in press). Incidence and impact of incivility in paramedicine: a qualitative study. Emergency Medicine Journal, https://doi.org/10.1136/emermed-2020-209961

Do early warning track and trigger tools improve patient outcomes? A systematic synthesis without meta-analysis

Credland, N., Dyson, J., & Johnson, M. J. (in press). Do early warning track and trigger tools improve patient outcomes? A systematic synthesis without meta-analysis. Journal of advanced nursing, https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.14619

Student paramedic perceptions of a non-ambulance practice learning experience

Credland, N., Rodgers, A., Hurwood, M., & McKenzie, J. (2020). Student paramedic perceptions of a non-ambulance practice learning experience. Nurse education today, 88, Article 104374. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2020.104374

Research interests

Critical care

Pre-hospital medicine

Recognition and response

Lead investigator

Project

Funder

Grant

Started

Status

Project

The incidence and impact of incivility in pre-hospital care

Funder

NHS East Riding of Yorkshire Clinical Commissioning Group

Grant

£2,274.00

Started

1 February 2019

Status

Complete

Postgraduate supervision

Currently undertaking a PhD investigating why we fail to recognise and rescue deteriorating patients.

Committee/Steering group role

UK Critical Care Nursing Alliance

2016

UK Critical Care Leadership Forum

2016

External examiner role

University of Galway, Ireland

2019 - 2023

Queens University, Belfast

2015 - 2019

Government advisory role

NHSE/I

2020

Department of Health Critical Care Reference Group

2016 - 2019

Journal peer reviewer

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

2019

Nursing in Critical Care

2018

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

PFHEA

2020

Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy

2018

National/International learned society/body role

Chair British Association of Critical Care Nurses

2014

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