Mrs Elizabeth Crighton

As the Associate Professor  and course leader for Children's Nursing, I am actively involved in curriculum planning and leading and coordinating quality learning and teaching across the children's nursing programme and in contributing to other programmes of study. I am the module lead for a year 3 module about caring for children and young people with complex and palliative care needs and their families, ensuring that learning is based on the best evidence and in collaborating with clinical experts in the field to provide innovative and engaging learning experiences for students

I am a key collaborator in the Year 3 leadership module preparing nursing students for the transition from student to newly qualified nurse. Following extensive research in this area, I have developed innovations which include an employability game and a blend of synchronous and asynchronous learning activities to enhance employability skills in nursing students. This has been disseminated at the KU Festival of Learning as well as at national nursing conferences

Undergraduate courses taught

• Children's Nursing BSc (Hons)
• Nursing Associate FdSc

 Publications and presentations

• Brady,M., Price, JE., Ooms, A. and Crighton, EJ. (2021) Evaluating a service user led workshop to generate knowledge regarding care for children and young people with mental health issues. Nursing Children and Young People
•  Ashbrooke, L., Brady, M., Chandran, U., Clark, Z., Cox, C., Moore, L., Podsiadly,E., Price, JE., Richardson, J., and Smith, P. (2019) Nursing care of children and young people. Oxford, UK: Clinical Pocket Reference. 109pISBN 9781908725097
• Crighton, EJ., Anderson, D., Martin., and Taylor, RM. (2018) A Multi-site evaluation of readiness to transition to newly qualified nurse in a single cohort of children's nursing students, Nursing Children and Young People
• Newton,J. Taylor, RM and Crighton, L (2017) A mixed-methods study exploring sign-off mentorship practices in relation to the Nursing and Midwifery Council standards, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol 26; 3056-3066
• Crighton, EJ., Wason, H and Price, JE. (2024) Reflections of designing and delivering a Critical Thinking module for an International nursing cohort in Myanmar, Oral presentation, Festival of Learning, KU
• Crighton, E J. (2024) Implementing an innovative employability bingo game initiative as an interactive approach to enhancing employability support with final year children's nursing students, Festival of Learning, 
• Crighton, EJ., Ooms, A., Milner, M., and Heaton- Shresthna, C. (2024) A four-field evaluation of students' final placement experiences and their preparation to transition from student to newly qualified nurse Quality Improvement and innovation, Oral presentation, RCN Education Conference, York
• Crighton, EJ., McCarthy, G., Price, JE.(2024) ‘I wake up happy to be going in' – An evaluative longitudinal study examining experiences of children's nursing students' hosted in a single NHS Trust, Oral presentation, RCN Education Conference, York
• Price, JE., Crighton, EJ., Sheedy, G., and Baldock, D. (2024) Hospice E Learning Placement for children's and learning disability students, Oral Presentation, RCN Education Conference, York, 

Areas of specialism

• Role transition in nursing students
• Children's palliative and complex care

Publications

I have been involved in a range of collaborative educational projects with local, national and International partners.

1. An international project collaborating with the RCN and RCPCH, developing an undergraduate curriculum for nurses in Myanmar. In collaboration with Hilary Wason, we have designed, delivered and evaluated a blended Critical Thinking module; supporting nurse educators on the ground in facilitating a range of interactive learning activities. This was presented at the Kingston University Festival of Learning in 2024

• Crighton, EJ., and Wason, H. (2024) Reflections of designing and delivering a Critical Thinking module for an International nursing cohort in Myanmar, Oral presentation, Festival of Learning, Kingston University

2. An evaluative research study exploring the experiences of children's nursing students hosted in a single NHS Trust. This was presented at the RCN Education conference in 2024

• Crighton, EJ., McCarthy, G., Price, JE.(2024) ‘I wake up happy to be going in' – An evaluative longitudinal study examining experiences of children's nursing students' hosted in a single NHS Trust, Oral presentation, RCN Education Conference, York, UK

3. Collaboration with HEI academics and Shooting Star Children's Hospice to design, deliver and evaluate an E-learning placement to enahnce placement capacity and enrich the student experience. Hospice E-Learning Placement for Children and young people (HELP CYP). This project was nominated for a Student Nursing Times Award  (SNTA) for collaboration and partnership working in 2024 and was also presented at the RCN Education conference in York

• Price, JE., Crighton, EJ., Sheedy, G., and Baldock, D. (2024) Hospice E Learning Placement for children's and learning disability students, Oral Presentation, RCN Education Conference, York, UK.