RMN, MSc Criminology, DHSc

Position

Senior Lecturer

Teaching areas

Mental health and addictions

Biography

Bernadette graduated as a registered and psychiatric nurse in the 1980’s in the United Kingdom. Bernadette is currently a senior lecturer in mental health and addictions, and also is an academic research lead in the school of nursing at MIT. Bernadette has extensive experience as a mental health nurse academic and educator. Her specialty practice is criminology and forensic mental health nursing.

Bernadette’s doctoral (DHSc) research focused on mental health recovery. The research explored the experience and meaning of recovery-oriented practice for nurses working in an acute inpatient mental health service. She is particularly passionate about the empowering potential of embedding recovery-oriented practice into mental health services and in particular within nurse education. Her other research interests are in nursing education, mental health, and forensic mental health. Bernadette is currently involved in various research projects both within MIT and in collaboration with other educational nursing schools in New Zealand.

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