Senior Lecturer in Nursing
Health Sciences Stirling Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport University of Stirling E17 Pathfoot Building Stirling FK9 4LA
I am a Senior Lecturer of Nursing at The University of Stirling. I have a nursing degree with Honours from the University of Liverpool, which allowed me to qualify as a registered Adult Nurse in 2004. Post qualifying, I have practiced as a registered nurse within emergency medicine. I returned to academia in 2007 and undertook two MSc’s – one in applied social research and one in criminology before going on to complete a PhD at The University of Stirling in 2011. I have completed a postgraduate certificate in teaching & learning in higher education and I am a recognised teacher with the Nursing and Midwifery Council and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. My research interests include: workplace violence & aggression, the working conditions of nurses, the health and wellbeing of nursing workforce, and health reporting in the media. I have methodological expertise in qualitative methods, using a range of research designs including: thematic qualitative analysis secondary analysis of both qualitative data and media analysis.
Scottish Crucible Leadership and Development Programme
Scottish Crucible
One of 30 future research leaders competitively selected three intensive two-day workshops
STEM at the Helix
A locally-led partnership project between Falkirk Community Trust, Falkirk Council, DYW Forth Valley and Forth Valley College that celebrated and encouraged Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning amongst pupils in S1. Running of nursing workshops delivered outside of the classroom at Helix park to over S1 pupils in Falkirk.
Nuffield Foundation Project Provider and Supervisor for Intern students
The Nuffield Foundation
STEM at the Helix in Falkirk
A locally-led partnership project between Falkirk Community Trust, Falkirk Council, DYW Forth Valley and Forth Valley College that celebrated and encouraged Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) learning amongst pupils in S1. This involved 2 days of workshops delivered outside of the classroom at Helix park to over 300 S1 pupils in Falkirk, as well as a public day for the wider community which attracted around 5000 people.
I provided nursing workshops for school children and visitors across two days.
Academic Assessor
University of Stirling
Academic assessor for students who are training to be qualified nurses.
Athena Swan Member
Member of the Faculty Athena Swan Group
Immediate Life Support Instructor
Resuscitation Council (UK)
I have completed the ILS instructor Course
Personal Tutor
Personal Tutor for student nurses on the BSc Nursing/BSc Nursing (Hons) Adult programmes (across the 4years)
Thread Lead - Research
Thread lead to ensure research is embedded into the modules effectively across the BSc Nursing undergraduate curriculum
Year 4 Lead for BSc Nursing Programme
Leadership role in the Faculty. I am the Year Lead for the 4th year nursing students on the BSc nursing programmes.
Supporting health and wellbeing in health care employees: a documentary review of policies, strategies & frameworks
Conference Presentation at HEPA conference
Discover Digital Event , The Alliance
Presenter: Discover Digital Event , The Alliance (Glasgow) October 2019 ‘ Talking Health and Housing’, in collaboration with Talking Mats
Talking Health and Housing, Stakeholder Presentation
Presenter: Talking Health and Housing, Stakeholder Presentation (Glasgow) January 2018 ‘talking technology enabled care - A personalised, visual, digital platform to transform health, social care and housing services’ Innovate UK funded
External Examiner University of Huddersfield
University of Huddersfield
Acted at external examiner for a range of undergraduate nursing modules at The University of Huddersfield.
Registered Nurse (adult) with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy
SEDA accreditation: Learning Teaching and Assessing
SEDA accreditation: Supervising Postgraduate Research
Teacher (qualification) with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Recordable qualification of Teacher with the NMC
SELTE mentor
SELTE Mentor: for staff applying for fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (now AdvanceHE) (Fellow and Senior Fellow)
My research interest include: working conditions of the nursing workforce; health and wellbeing of the nursing workforce; health reporting in the media; street-level bureaucracy; integrated health and social care and health policy.'
I have a keen interest in research methods and have methodological expertise in qualitative methods, using a range of research designs including: thematic qualitative analysis, secondary analysis of qualitative data and media analysis.
Perspectives of older couples with a learning disability when one partner has dementia: identifying support needs of carer dyads.
PI: Professor Karen Watchman
Funded by: The Dunhill Medical Trust
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Article
Wearable activity trackers for nurses’ health: a qualitative acceptability study
Mahoney C, Hoyle L, Can Splunter C & Kyle R (2023) Wearable activity trackers for nurses’ health: a qualitative acceptability study. Nursing Open. https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.1884
Article
Jacobs P, Watchman K, Wilkinson H & Hoyle L (2023) Couples with intellectual disability where one partner has dementia – a scoping review exploring relationships in the context of dementia and intellectual disability. Ageing and Society. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0144686x22001416
Article
Experiences of people with intellectual disability and dementia: A systematic review
Jacobs P, Watchman K, Wilkinson H, Hoyle L & McGenily L (2022) Experiences of people with intellectual disability and dementia: A systematic review. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.13063
Article
A new era of social policy integration? Looking at the case of health, social care and housing
McCall V, Hoyle L, Gunasinghe S & O’Connor S (2021) A new era of social policy integration? Looking at the case of health, social care and housing. Journal of Social Policy, 50 (4), pp. 809-827. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0047279420000525
Article
Paterson RE, Taggart L, Hoyle L & Brown M (2020) Characteristics of diabetes medication-taking in people with mild to moderate intellectual disability compared to those without: a mixed-methods study. Diabetic Medicine, 37 (12), pp. 2035-2043. https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.14365
Research Report
Hoyle L (2020) Revisiting Data: Secondary Analysis of Qualitative Data Exploring New Public Management and Nursing Relationships in the NHS. SAGE Research Methods Cases. London: SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781529724363
Article
Strategies to promote nurses' health: A qualitative study with student nurses
Bak MAR, Hoyle LP, Mahoney C & Kyle RG (2020) Strategies to promote nurses' health: A qualitative study with student nurses. Nurse Education in Practice, 48, p. 102860. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2020.102860
Project Report
Murphy J, Ewing N, McCall V, Hoyle L, Gunasinghe N, O’Connor S & Eadie J (2019) Talking Technology Enabled Care - A personalised, visual digital platform to transform health, social care and housing services. Innovate UK. United Kingdom.
Project Report
Murphy J, Ewing N, McCall V, Hoyle L, Gunasinghe NS, O’Connor S & Eadie J (2019) Talking technology enabled care - A personalised, visual, digital platform to transform health, social care and housing services. Innovate UK. https://www.talkingmats.com/projects/research/
Article
Schneider A, Bak M, Mahoney C, Hoyle L, Kelly M, Atherton I & Kyle R (2019) Health-related behaviours of nurses and other healthcare professionals: a cross-sectional study using the Scottish health survey. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 75 (6), pp. 1239-1251. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13926
Article
Media depictions of "unacceptable" workplace violence towards nurses
Hoyle LP, Smith E, Mahoney C & Kyle RG (2018) Media depictions of "unacceptable" workplace violence towards nurses. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 19 (3-4), pp. 57-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/1527154418802488
Research Report
McCall V, Hoyle L & Gunasinghe NS (2018) Bringing together health, social care and housing services for older people : An evaluation of the 415 Hub and Cluster Innovation project. Wheatley Group.
Article
Kyle RG, Wills J, Mahoney C, Hoyle L, Kelly M & Atherton IM (2017) Obesity prevalence among healthcare professionals in England: a cross-sectional study using the Health Survey for England. BMJ Open, 7 (12), Art. No.: e018498. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-018498
Article
Print media representations of UK Accident and Emergency treatment targets: Winter 2014-2015
Grant A & Hoyle L (2017) Print media representations of UK Accident and Emergency treatment targets: Winter 2014-2015. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26 (23-24), pp. 4425-4435. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13772
Article
Hoyle LP, Kyle RG & Mahoney C (2017) Nurses' views on the impact of mass media on the public perception of nursing and nurse–service user interactions. Journal of Research in Nursing, 22 (8), pp. 586-596. https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987117736363
Article
Hoyle L, Brown M, Donaldson J & Karatzias T (2017) Invasive Clinical Intervention Education for Social Care Support Workers of Adults: A Review of the Current Literature. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 14 (3), pp. 240-250. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jppi.12211/full; https://doi.org/10.1111/jppi.12211
Article
Brown M, Hoyle L & Karatzias T (2016) The experiences of family carers in the delivery of invasive clinical interventions for young people with complex intellectual disabilities: policy disconnect or policy opportunity?. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 25 (3-4), pp. 534-542. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13090
Article
Treatment targets in emergency departments: nurses' views of how they affect clinical practice
Hoyle L & Grant A (2015) Treatment targets in emergency departments: nurses' views of how they affect clinical practice. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 24 (15-16), pp. 2211-2218. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.12835
Article
Nurses' perception of senior managers at the front line: people working with clipboards
Hoyle L (2014) Nurses' perception of senior managers at the front line: people working with clipboards. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 70 (11), pp. 2528-2538. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.12399
Article
'I mean, obviously you're using your discretion': Nurses Use of Discretion in Policy Implementation
Hoyle L (2014) 'I mean, obviously you're using your discretion': Nurses Use of Discretion in Policy Implementation. Social Policy and Society, 13 (2), pp. 189-202. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1474746413000316
I have expertise in research-led teaching delivered across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at home and internationally, specifically around research methods/evidence-based practice, clinical skills (including CPR training), academic argument/writing, and health & social care integration.
Dissertation Supervisor - BSc Nursing Honours Programme
Dissertation Supervisor - BSc Nursing Honours Course (Module SHSU017)
Module Co-ordinator NURP001
Skills of Knowledge enquiry module on the MRes programme.
Module Co-ordinator SHSU024
University of Stirling
Module co-ordinator for a module on LTCs and self management on the BSc nursing programme (adult & Mental health)
NURP027 - Project Supervisor
Project Supervisor on NURP027 Research project module on the MSc Public Health
Staff member NURPD04
University of Stirling
Involved in the module NURPD04 in relation to expert practice Viva's
Staff member on SHSU035/SHSU036
University of Stirling
Involved in teaching for the research and dissertation modules for Year 4 honours programme (BSc Nursing)
