Dr Claire Kydonaki

Biography	I am a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Edinburgh Napier University. My role involves lecturing at undergraduate and supervising research degrees (Master’s & PhD). Within my role, I am a link lecturer at various acute clinical areas and personal tutor to a cohort of undergraduate students. I have a significant research work and focus on clinical decision-making, and critical care research at postdoctoral level. Some of my recent achievement was to lead and coordinate the qualitative component of a mixed methods complex intervention study on quality improvement of sedation management in critical care with impact on improving current sedation care for the critically ill patients. I have also led and co-led on a number of research grants. Prior to my current appointment, I was employed as a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, School of Health in Social Science, Nursing studies. I have over 10 years of experience within the field of critical care nursing including bedside, and mentoring roles. My critical care experience includes working in a number of units in Greece and Scotland incorporating cardiothoracic, trauma and head injury specialty units, as well as medical and surgical intensive care units. Professional membership includes the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and the British Association of Critical Care Nurses.
Research Interests	Current work focuses on maximising patient recovery post critical illness. There is an appreciated need to explore current practice and interventions in the early stages of critical illness that will improve the transition to post ICU care and community for both the patient and the family. My research agenda involves three areas of interest that are currently under researched. The first area is linked to my doctoral research and relates to strategies to optimize practices of discontinuation from mechanical ventilation and decision-making. The second area is a follow-up of my current post-doctorate work on sedation quality improvement and its impact on patient outcome. The third area builds on current post-doctorate research and relates to the development of a Patient and Family Centred Care (PFCC) model in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Other research interests are nurses' decision-making, and psychological outcomes for patients and families after critical illness.

Biography

I am a Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Edinburgh Napier University. My role involves lecturing at undergraduate and supervising research degrees (Master’s & PhD). Within my role, I am a link lecturer at various acute clinical areas and personal tutor to a cohort of undergraduate students.
I have a significant research work and focus on clinical decision-making, and critical care research at postdoctoral level. Some of my recent achievement was to lead and coordinate the qualitative component of a mixed methods complex intervention study on quality improvement of sedation management in critical care with impact on improving current sedation care for the critically ill patients. I have also led and co-led on a number of research grants.
Prior to my current appointment, I was employed as a Research Fellow at the University of Edinburgh, School of Health in Social Science, Nursing studies.
I have over 10 years of experience within the field of critical care nursing including bedside, and mentoring roles. My critical care experience includes working in a number of units in Greece and Scotland incorporating cardiothoracic, trauma and head injury specialty units, as well as medical and surgical intensive care units. Professional membership includes the Nursing and Midwifery Council, and the British Association of Critical Care Nurses.

Research Interests

Current work focuses on maximising patient recovery post critical illness. There is an appreciated need to explore current practice and interventions in the early stages of critical illness that will improve the transition to post ICU care and community for both the patient and the family. My research agenda involves three areas of interest that are currently under researched. The first area is linked to my doctoral research and relates to strategies to optimize practices of discontinuation from mechanical ventilation and decision-making. The second area is a follow-up of my current post-doctorate work on sedation quality improvement and its impact on patient outcome. The third area builds on current post-doctorate research and relates to the development of a Patient and Family Centred Care (PFCC) model in Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Other research interests are nurses' decision-making, and psychological outcomes for patients and families after critical illness.