Faith Gibson

Faith Gibson
Alma materLondon South Bank University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsChildhood cancer
Cancer survivorship
Cancer communication
Patient and family experience[1]
InstitutionsGreat Ormond Street Hospital
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
ThesisDefining specialist practice through competencies : the notion of the general and specialist children's nurse (2001)
Websitewww.gosh.nhs.uk/our-people/staff-z/professor-faith-gibson Edit this at Wikidata

Faith Gibson FRCN is a British nurse who is Deputy Chief Nurse for Research, Nursing and Allied Health and Professor of Child Health and Cancer Care at Great Ormond Street Hospital.[2][3] Her research investigates cancer care for children and young people.[1][4][5] She was awarded the International Society of Paediatric Oncology Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.

Early life and education

Gibson trained as a nurse at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust. She specialised in paediatric nursing and oncology at the Royal Marsden Hospital, and joined Great Ormond Street Hospital in 1986.[6][7] She worked toward a graduate degree at the University of Surrey and a doctorate on general and specialist children's nursing at London South Bank University.[7][8]

Research and career

Gibson is dedicated to training clinical academics in child health.[citation needed] She has also worked on strategies to improve the skills of the nursing workforce in cancer care. In 2009, Gibson was made Clinical Professor of Children's Cancer Care, and Director of the Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Research and Evidenced Based Practice.[8] She has created guidance for conducting focus groups with children and young people, emphasising the need for early planning, attention to be paid to group composition, location and identifying the appropriate moderator.[9]

In 2018, Gibson was awarded the International Society for Paediatric Oncology Lifetime Achievement Award.[10] She was the first nurse to receive the award.[11]

Awards and honours

Selected publications

  • Transition of care for adolescents from paediatric services to adult health service[3]
  • Conducting focus groups with children and young people: strategies for success[9]
  • Guideline for the management of fever and neutropenia in children with cancer and/or undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Faith Gibson publications indexed by Google Scholar Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ www.gosh.nhs.uk/our-people/staff-z/professor-faith-gibson Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ a b Fiona Campbell; Katie Biggs; Susie K Aldiss; Philip M O'Neill; Mark Clowes; Janet McDonagh; Alison While; Faith Gibson (29 April 2016). "Transition of care for adolescents from paediatric services to adult health services". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 4: CD009794. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD009794.PUB2. ISSN 1469-493X. PMID 27128768. Wikidata Q24185848.
  4. ^ Faith Gibson publications from Europe PubMed Central
  5. ^ a b Thomas Lehrnbecher; Robert Phillips; Sarah Alexander; et al. (17 September 2012). "Guideline for the management of fever and neutropenia in children with cancer and/or undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation". Journal of Clinical Oncology. 30 (35): 4427–4438. doi:10.1200/JCO.2012.42.7161. ISSN 0732-183X. PMID 22987086. Wikidata Q40274081.
  6. ^ "Nursing Network Webinar: The History of Nursing at SIOP". siop-online.org. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  7. ^ a b "Research: Faith Gibson". leedsth.nhs.uk. Burdett National Transition Nursing Network.
  8. ^ a b Gibson, Faith (2001). Defining specialist practice through competencies : the notion of the general and specialist children's nurse (PhD thesis). London South Bank University. OCLC 500269459. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.434457.
  9. ^ a b Faith Gibson (September 2007). "Conducting focus groups with children and young people: strategies for success". Journal of Research in Nursing. 12 (5): 473–483. doi:10.1177/1744987107079791. ISSN 1744-9871. Wikidata Q62614931.
  10. ^ a b Ford, Steve (2018-12-17). "Nurse becomes first to receive children's cancer care accolade". nursingtimes.net. Nursing Times. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  11. ^ Kendall-Raynor, Petra (2018-12-18). "Lifetime achievement award for child health professor". rcni.com. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  12. ^ "Gibson; Faith (fl 1981- fl 2017); nurse". rcn.epexio.com. Retrieved 2023-06-10.
  13. ^ "Professor Faith Gibson becomes fellow of American Academy of Nursing". gosh.nhs.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-10.