Stephen Prescott

I qualified as a Registered General Nurse (RGN) in 1987 having completed my training at Staincliffe General Hospital (now Dewsbury & District Hospital).  Shortly after qualifying I got a post as a Staff Nurse on the newly opened Intensive Care Unit at Dewsbury & District Hospital.  By 1993, I was working as a Charge Nurse on the ICU/CCU and began working Part Time as a Resuscitation Officer, sharing the responsibilities with a colleague.  I continued in these two roles until 1999 when I took on the Resuscitation Officer role full time.  I remained in this post until August 2005 when I left to take up my current role with the University.

I am married with a son and a daughter, both 'grown up' now.  I play the guitar and lead the worship team at my local church.  I enjoy watching most sports, especially football and have been a supporter of Huddersfield Town since my dad first took me to a game in 1974 – commitment!

• Registered Teacher with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Resuscitation Council (UK) Advanced Life Support Instructor
• ENB 100: General Intensive Care Course (1992)
• Member of the British Association of Critical Care Nurses (BACCN)

Qualifications

• RGN DPSN BSc (Hons) Biosciences and Health
• PGCert (Managing in Health and Social Care)
• MSc (Health Professional Education
• FHEA

Teaching & Academic Responsibilities

I teach across pre- and post-registration, under-graduate and post-graduate nursing courses, with particular relation to nursing skills, and acute and critical care. 

I am the Route Leader for:

• MSc Health Studies (Acute and Critical Care) Course Information

As part of the MSc Health Studies (Acute and Critical Care) I am the module Leader for

• Assessment of the Acutely/Critically Ill Person
• Assessment, care and management of the acutely ill adult

Contributions to:

• Essential Nursing Skills
• Care of the Acutely Ill Adult
• Nursing Practice
• Care and Assessment of the Highly Dependent Patient within the Hospital and Community Settings
• Other Post Graduate Courses/Modules – Acute and Critical Care

Other responsibilities

• Link Tutor to various wards at Wakefield (Pinderfields) Hospital
• Admissions Tutor BSC (Hons) Nursing (Adult)
• Admissions Tutor for MSc Health Studies (Acute and Critical Care)
• Basic Life Support Instructor
• Member of the Nursing Simulation Team
• Member of the School of Human and Health Sciences Technology Committee
• Led on the production of a series of Essential Nursing Skills DVDs

Currently undertaking EdD at the University of Huddersfield. 

• Completed a Concept Analysis on ‘E-Learning’ for a MSc in Health Professional Education (2005)
• Member of a team within the School promoting the use of simulation as a teaching and learning strategy.  Involved in a number of research and evaluation studies related to this

2011

Hope, A., Garside, J. and Prescott, S. (2011) ‘Rethinking theory and practice: Pre-registration student nurses experiences of simulation teaching and learning in the acquisition of clinical skills in preparation for practice’ Nurse Education Today , 31 (7), pp. 711-715. ISSN 0260-6917

Garside, J. and Prescott, S. (2011) ‘Critical Care provision outside the ICU’. In: 5th National Conference on Critical Care 2011, 13th - 15th July 2011, London, UK

2010

Prescott, S., Hope, A. and Garside, J. (2010) ‘Rethinking theory and practice : the acquisition of skills and competence for clinical practice. Part 2 : Assessment strategies used’. In: Registered nurses of Ontario Conference (RNAO), 18th - 20th October 2010, Totonto, Canada

Prescott, S. and Williams, J. (2010) ‘Developing essential nursing DVD’s: A collaborative project ’. In: Registered nurses of Ontario Conference (RNAO), 18th - 20th October 2010, Totonto, Canada

Prescott, S., Hope, A. and Garside, J. (2010) ‘Rethinking theory and practice : the acquisition of skills and competence for clinical practice. Part 1 : Student nurses' experience of simulation in preparation for practice’. In: Registered nurses of Ontario Conference (RNAO), 18th - 20th October 2010, Totonto, Canada

Garside, J., Hope, A. and Prescott, S. (2010) ‘Rethinking theory and practice – The acquisition of skills and competence for clinical practice: Assessment strategies used. Part 2’. In: Human and Health Sciences Research Open Day, 17 March 2010, University of Huddersfield

Prescott, S., Hope, A. and Fish, M. (2010) ‘Developing essential nursing DVD’s: A collaborative project ’. In: Human and Health Sciences Research Open Day, 17 March 2010, University of Huddersfield

Hope, A., Prescott, S. and Garside, J. (2010) ‘Rethinking theory and practice – The acquisition of skills and competence for clinical practice: Student nurses’ experiences. Part 1’. In: Human and Health Sciences Research Open Day, 17 March 2010, University of Huddersfield

Prescott, S., Hope, A. and Garside, J. (2010) ‘Student nurses' experience of simulation in preparation for practice’. In: Human Patient Simulation Network (HPSN) Annual 2010, 02-04 March 2010, Tampa, Florida, USA

2009

Prescott, S. and Garside, J. (2009) ‘An evaluation of simulated clinical practice for adult branch students’ Nursing Standard , 23 (22), pp. 35-40. ISSN 0029-6570

Prescott, S (2009) Consultancy work regarding the integration of simulation into a pre-registration curriculum. Author (Unpublished).

2008

Garside, J. and Prescott, S. (2008) ‘Improving the care of acutely ill patients outside ICU settings’ Nursing Times , 104 (22), pp. 25-26. ISSN 0954-7762

Hope, A. and Prescott, S. (2008) ‘Evaluation of Simulated Practice in Pre-Registration Nursing Curriculum.’. In: School of Human and Health Sciences Research Open Day, 10th March 2008, Huddersfield University, UK

Bland, A., Hope, A., Prescott, S., Sutton, A. and Williams, J. (2008) ‘Real simulation’. In: HPSN 08 Conference, 19-20 February 2008, Florida, USA

2007

Garside, J. and Prescott, S. (2007) ‘The acute illness course’. In: British Association of Critical Care Nurses National Conference, 17 September 2007, Brighton, UK

Garside, J. and Prescott, S. (2007) ‘The acute illness course’. In: Spring Meeting of the Society for Acute Medicine, 26-27 April 2007, Halifax, UK

• The use of simulation as a teaching and learning strategy in pre and post-registration nurse education
• Resuscitation
• Acute and critical care nursing
• Pre-registration Nurse Education