Lecturer in Early Years Practice
My professional background spans over 30 years and I have experience practicing as a nurse, midwife, health visitor and child protection advisor and lecturer in nursing. In particular, I have substantial professional experience working with and safeguarding the health and wellbeing of children and families underpinned with an MSc in Nursing and Applied Education. I am a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a registered Nurse Teacher with the NMC. I have experience as an NMC Registrant Visitor for the approval and monitoring of NMC approved programmes and have recently been appointed as an External Examiner for SCPHN Programmes at Leeds Beckett University.
I joined the University of Stirling as a fulltime permanent Lecturer with a focus on the Early Years at the beginning of December 2014.
I am Programme Director for the MSc Early Years Practice (Health Visiting) and lead on curriculum design and development and the support and co-ordination of the programme team. I am module co-ordinator for several undergraduate and postgraduate modules: Principles and Practice of Child and Family Health and Wellbeing (SCQF Level 11); Health Visiting in Practice (SCQF Level 10); Health Visiting in Practice Conversion (SCQF Level 10). I also contribute to curriculum development and enhancement, teaching and assessment on the BSc Nursing programme.
My research interests are in the field of vulnerable children, child protection, children's mental health and public health nursing (health visiting and school nursing). I am particularly interested in interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people, and the role of the school nurse. For my Masters dissertation I conducted a small scale research study to explore the role of the school nurse in child protection.
I commenced my part time PhD within the School of Health Sciences in October 2015. The title of my study is "Exploring the work of the school nurse in supporting primary school age children's mental health". It is a mixed methods study comprising of two sequential phases. Data collection for both phases is complete and data analysis is in the final stages. Submission is planned for Summer 2023.
External Examiner
Leeds Beckett University
Commenced role as External Examiner for SCPHN HV and SN programmes at Leeds Beckett University on 1st November 2022
NMC QA Registrant Visitor
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Senior Fellowship Higher Education Academy
Registered Community Prescriber
Registered Nurse (Adult)
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Registered Teacher
Specialist Community Public Health Nurse-Health Visitor
My research interests are in the field of vulnerable children, child protection and public health nursing. I am particularly interested in interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people, and the role of the school nurse.
Book Chapter
Building Effective Safeguarding Skills: A shift from the ‘what’ to the ‘how’ in practice
Hatt J & Hackett A (2022) Building Effective Safeguarding Skills: A shift from the ‘what’ to the ‘how’ in practice. In: Burrows P & Cowie J (eds.) Health Visiting: Specialist Community Public Health Nursing. 3rd ed. London: Elsevier, pp. 231-250. https://www.elsevier.com/books/health-visiting/burrows/978-0-7020-8007-4
Book Chapter
Social Policy, Context of Public Health and Organisation of Health Visiting Provision
Hackett A, Clarke K & Wilkinson J (2022) Social Policy, Context of Public Health and Organisation of Health Visiting Provision. In: Burrows P & Cowie J (eds.) Health Visiting: Specialist Community Public Health Nursing. 3 ed. London: Elsevier, pp. 71-86. https://www.elsevier.com/books/health-visiting/burrows/978-0-7020-8007-4
Article
Brown A, O’Donnell R, Eadie D, Ford A, Mitchell D, Hackett A, Sweeting H, Bauld L & Hunt K (2021) E-cigarette use in prisons with recently established smokefree policies: a qualitative interview study with people in custody in Scotland. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 23 (6), pp. 939-946. https://doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntaa271
Article
Using the framework approach to analyse qualitative data: a worked example
Hackett A & Strickland K (2018) Using the framework approach to analyse qualitative data: a worked example. Nurse Researcher, 26 (3). https://doi.org/10.7748/nr.2018.e1580
Article
Bringing School Nurses into the safeguarding fold
Hackett A (2014) Bringing School Nurses into the safeguarding fold. Every Child Journal, 4 (3), pp. 18-24. http://library.teachingtimes.com/articles/bringing-school-nurses-into-the-safeguarding-fold.htm
Article
The role of the school nurse in child protection
Hackett A (2013) The role of the school nurse in child protection. Community Practitioner, 86 (12), pp. 26-29. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cp/cp/2013/00000086/00000012/art00009
Book Review
Good Practice in Safeguarding Children: Working Effectively in Child Protection
Hackett A (2010) Good Practice in Safeguarding Children: Working Effectively in Child Protection. Review of: Good Practice in Safeguarding Children: Working Effectively in Child Protection edited by Liz Hughes and Hilary Owen, London, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009. 288pp. ISBN 978143109457. Child Abuse Review, 19 (1), pp. 71-73. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.1104
Article
Risk, its perception and the media: the MMR controversy
Hackett A (2008) Risk, its perception and the media: the MMR controversy. Community Practitioner, 81 (7), pp. 22-25. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cp/cp/2008/00000081/00000007/art00007
Programme Director MSc Early Years Practice (Health Visiting) Programme Project Lead Unicef BFI University Standards
Module Co-ordinator for: EYPP02 (Principles and Practice of Child and Family Health and Wellbeing) NURU236 (Health Visiting in Practice) NURU237 (Health Visiting in Practice) NURU238 (Health Visiting in Practice Conversion) SHSU025 (Assessing and Promoting Health and Wellbeing