Dr Kay Aranda
Principal Lecturer
contact:
Nursing and Midwifery
Falmer
Brighton
BN1 9PH
Telephone: +44 (0)1273 644028
+44 (0)1273 644035
Email: K.F.Aranda@brighton.ac.uk
Teaching
- Qualitative Research Methods – on University Research Training Framework (URTF)
Research interests
- New roles, advanced practice and community nursing
- Involving service users, carers and students in community nursing research
- Competing expectations of community nursing – a case study of a district nursing service
- Culture and diversity – issues of class and gender
Current projects
- Educational preparation for new roles in advanced practice and community nursing
- Exploring the values underpinning community mental health nursing practice
- Exploring the district nursing mandate
Profile
Kay's professional background is nursing and community nursing having worked and researched in the NHS in primary care and in the voluntary sector in women's health. She has led courses in community specialist practice and advanced practice and currently teaches sociology, policy and qualitative research. Her academic background is in the social sciences, including the sociology of health and illness. Her theoretical interests are in feminism, discourse, subjectivity and identity and equality and difference.
Additional roles
- Peer review for Journal of Advanced Nursing and Nursing Inquiry
- Peer review for the RCN International research conference
Recent publications
Aranda K (2007), From practice to theory: Using Bourdieu to theorise advanced practice roles, Journal of Advanced Nursing (submitted Nov. 2007)
Aranda K and Jones A (2007), Exploring new advance practice roles in community nursing: a critique, Nursing Inquiry (in press October 2007)
Aranda K and Law K (2007), Tales of sociology and the nursing curriculum: revisiting the debates, Nurse Education Today, 27, pp561-567
Aranda K (2006), Postmodern Feminist Perspectives and Nursing Research: A Passionately Interested Form of Inquiry, Nursing Inquiry, 13, pp135–143
Aranda K (2005), Community nurses' talk of equality and the discursive constitution of selves, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 51 (2), pp131-139
Publications from the institutional repository
SCHOLES, JULIE, ZEEMAN, LAETITIA and ARANDA, KAY (2012) The resilient subject: exploring subjectivity, identity and the body in narratives of resilience Health . ISSN 1363-4593 (In Press)
ARANDA, KAY, EDMOND, NADIA and LAW, KATE (2012) The 'assistant practitioner' as 'associate professional'?: professional development of intermediate roles in health and social care and education Studies In Continuing Education, 34 (1). pp. 45-56. ISSN 0158-037X
Aranda, Kay and Jones, A. (2010) Dignity in health-care: a critical exploration using feminism and theories of recognition Nursing Inquiry, 17 (3). pp. 248-256. ISSN 1320-7881
Aranda, Kay (2010) Overview of organisational support in examples of training and support for public involvement in research In: Sharing innovative practice workshop, INVOLVE, May , London. (Unpublished)
Bates, A and Aranda, Kay (2010) Peer review panel for the research design service south east in Examples of training and support for public involvement in research: sharing innovative practice workshop INVOLVE, London. (Unpublished)
Law, K. and Aranda, Kay (2010) The shifting foundations of nursing Nurse Education Today, 30 (6). pp. 544-547. ISSN 0260-6917
Jones, A. and Aranda, Kay (2009) Putting dignity first Community Practitioner, 8 (2). pp. 30-32. ISSN 1462-2815
Aranda, Kay (2008) Exploring new advanced practice roles in community nursing: a critique Nursing Inquiry, 15 (1). pp. 3-10. ISSN 1320-7881
Aranda, Kay and Law, K. (2007) Tales of sociology and the nursing curriculum: revisiting the debates Nurse Education Today, 27 . pp. 561-567.
Aranda, Kay (2006) Postmodern feminist perspectives and nursing research: a passionately interested form of inquiry Nursing Inquiry, 13 (2). pp. 135-143. ISSN 1320-7881
Aranda, Kay (2005) Community nurses' talk of equality and the discursive constitution of selves Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 52 (2). pp. 131-139.
Aranda, Kay, Ahmad, J., Hoad, S., Finch, P. and Jones, A. (2005) Developing Specialist Practice Learning 2004-2005 Final report University of Brighton and Canterbury Christ Church University College, Brighton.
Aranda, Kay, Illingworth, A, Scholl, J, Christoforou, A, De Goeas, S and Lindley, Penny Exploring recovery and values based practice in British mental health nursing Journal of Advanced Nursing . ISSN 0309-2402 (Submitted)
