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Dr Julie Teatheredge

Associate Professor

Faculty:
Faculty of Health, Medicine and Social Care
School:
School of Nursing and Midwifery
Location:
Chelmsford
Areas of Expertise:
Nursing and midwifery
Research Supervision:
Yes

Julie Teatheredge has a background in mental health nursing, mastered in psychoanalysis. She teaches research levels 6-8 and also teaches mentorship, child and adolescent mental health and pre-registration nursing.

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Background

Julie worked as a mental health nurse in acute care for 15 years, working as a charge nurse for the last five years in the community. Initially employed part-time by Anglia Polytechnic University seconded from the Trust, she has worked as a full-time senior lecturer with the University since 2003.

Research interests

  • Mental health (pre-birth to older adult): all conditions, interventions, etc
  • Dementia
  • Education
  • Human development theory (including neuroscience)
  • Mentoring 
  • Nursing and relevant topics (health visiting, counselling, physiotherapists, etc)

Areas of research supervision

Julie would be pleased to consider supervising doctoral students with the following research interests/topics:

  • Mindfulness
  • Compassion
  • Aging 
  • Quality of life
  • Learning disabilities
Recent and current doctoral supervision as first supervisor:
  • How do teachers recognise mental health needs of children? (current)
  • What are the stressors facing mental health nurses and HCA’s on dementia hospital wards? (current)
  • How do hospice nurses prepare to care? (current)

Teaching

Julie is the current module leader (faculty) for the undergraduate major project. She teaches research, mentorship, many aspects of mental health, child and adolescent mental health including developmental issues, long term conditions, study skills, collaborative working, play therapy, the craft of caring and interpersonal skills.

Qualifications

  • PhD (Anglia Ruskin University)
  • MA Psychoanalytic Studies (Essex)
  • Post Grad Dip Teaching and Learning (Anglia Ruskin University)
  • BSc (Hons 1st) Community Specialist Practice (Anglia Polytechnic University)
  • RMN (registered mental health nurse)
  • Dip He counselling (Colchester institute (APU)

Memberships, editorial boards

  • Member of Essex Partnership Trust
  • Senior Fellow Higher Education Academy
  • NMC registered

Recent presentations and conferences

Teatheredge, J. (2011). A study to explore the shifting perceptions of mentorship in mental health nursing: How do nurses and student nurses view the concept of mentorship?  European 11th Doctoral Conference in Nursing Science in Berlin Germany.

Teatheredge, J. (2012). A study to explore the shifting perceptions of mentoring in mental health nursing. 4th International Nurse Education Conference, Baltimore, America, 17-20 June 2012.

Teatheredge, J. (2013) A study to explore the shifting perceptions of mentorship in mental health nursing: How do nurses and student nurses view the concept of mentorship? Psychiatric nurse international congress, Winnipeg, Canada. May 2013

Teatheredge, J., Miller, M. (2014). Haven’t a clue. Anglia Teaching and learning Conference. Cambridge. July 2014.