David Banks

Lecturer
Division: Nursing
Queen Margaret University
United Kingdom

Academician Nursing
Biography

Quality Assurance: I have considerable experience of postgraduate and undergraduate programme and subject review, including validation and professional accreditation, at four UK universities other than QMU. In 2014/15 I served as an expert panel member for Sheffield Hallam University for NMC Review of their BSc Nursing Undergraduate Programme. I have previously served as an external examiner for at Manchester University and Ulster University. I currently serve as external examiner for the MSc Programme Mental Health, Recovery and Social Inclusion at Hertfordshire University.

Research Intrest

My research and publication broadly relate to identity, participative citizenship, exclusion and professional issues around health practice. I have specific interests in mental health and ethnicity. Current projects include revisiting Heron and the concept of patient centeredness.

List of Publications
An exploration of the value of the role of the mentor and mentoring in midwifery.
The Delphi Method: methodological issues arising from a study examining factors influencing the publication or non-Publication of mental health nursing research.
Preventing dehydration in the community setting: Clinical Review.