Kate Rudd
Senior Lecturer in Nursing

Profile

Biography

Kate is an experienced nurse educator who teaches on a range of pre-registration and continuing professional development programmes in nursing at York.

Kate has many years experience as a nurse specialist. As well as clinic based work, Kate set up and ran an innovative nurse-led community service for children and young people with epilepsy in London and then became a Lecturer Practitioner teaching on specialist programmes in epilepsy in Leeds. This experience has led to academic interests in psychosocial issues in nursing.

Kate leads Stage 2 on the BSc Nursing Programme and is actively involved in supporting student nurses with their professional development through her teaching, supervision and academic citizenship contributions. In collaboration with the Point of Care Foundation, Kate is currently leading on developing Schwartz Rounds for students on professional programmes here at the University.  

Qualifications

• Registered General Nurse - Nottingham School of Nursing
• BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology - First Class - Liverpool John Moores University
• BSc (Hons) Children’s Nursing - First Class - St Bartholomew School of Nursing & Midwifery, City University - Registered Nurse (Child)
• MSc Epileptology - with Distinction - King's College, University of London - Lynda Bateman Prize Winner
• NMC Registered Teacher
• PGCert in Academic Practice - University of York
• Senior Fellow - Higher Education Academy

Departmental roles

• Policy Officer - Fitness to Practise Committee
• Member of the Exceptional Circumstances Affecting Assessment Committee
• Member of Board of Studies & Board of Examiners

Teaching

Undergraduate

• Professional Development in Nursing: Introduction to Nursing Inquiry (Stage 1) - Seminar Lead
• Psychological & Sociological Aspects of Ill-health Across the Lifespan (Stage 2)  - Seminar Lead (Adult field of practice)
• Applying Psychological & Sociological Aspects to Complex Care (Stage 3) - Module and Seminar Lead (Adult field of practice)
• Professional Development in Nursing: Leading & Managing Change - Seminar Lead (Child field of practice)
• Personal Supervisor (Sept 21 Cohort)
• Academic Assessor (Stage 2)

Postgraduate

• Advanced Clinical Practice - Developing Professional Practice 

External activities

Memberships

• Epilepsy Specialist Nurses Association (EsNA)
• Royal College of Nursing
• Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Higher Education Academy

External Examiner

• External Examiner: BSc (Hons) Enhanced Professional Practice - Swansea University (from Sept 2021)

Invited talks and conferences

• Rudd, K. A. & Lavelle, C. L. ‘An innovative approach to meeting the psychosocial needs of children & young people with epilepsy’ . Poster presentation. 2nd International Conference on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology - Roehampton University. 5-6th July 2007, London.
• ‘Parenting & Caring’. Interactive Workshop Session. Epilepsy Action – Annual National Conference. 14th June 2008, London.
• ‘Moving on from childhood with epilepsy’. Conference Presentation. National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy – Professionals & Families Conference, 11th October 2008, Surrey.

Publications

Selected publications

Publications

• Rudd, K. (2022). Nurturing the ‘person’ in the professional’ - a reflection on experience of running Schwartz Rounds with health and social care students, Forum, Issue 49 (Spring): pp. 10 - 11.

Poster presentations

• Rudd, K. A., Havelock, R., Sykes, P. & Walsh, O. ‘Stories from Schwartz - Experience of embedding Schwartz Rounds in a University setting’ Poster presentation: Compassion at the heart of health and social care education: running student Schwartz Rounds in HEIs, Liverpool Medical Institution, 22-23rd March 2022.
• Gelder, C., MacArthur, C., Phillips, A., Rudd ,K., Evans, P., Smalley, A., Redfern, S., Morgan, S., Campbell, F. 'A collaborative educative approach to improve transition services: closing the gap between child and adult care delivery'. Poster Presentation: RCPCH Transition: developmentally appropriate care for young people with long term conditions 12th October 2015. 
• Gelder, C., MacArthur, C., Phillips, A., Rudd ,K., Evans, P., Smalley, A., Redfern, S., Morgan, S., Campbell, F. "A collaborative educative approach to improve transition services: closing the gap between child and adult care delivery" Poster Presentation: A New Look at Young People's Health, Manchester, 25 February 2016.
• Rudd, K. A. & Lavelle, C. L. ‘An innovative approach to meeting the psychosocial needs of children & young people with epilepsy’ . Poster presentation. 2nd International Conference on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology - Roehampton University. 5-6th July 2007, London.

Conference presentations

• Creating Compassionate Communities’ How to start running Rounds for students: a workshop for HEIs new to Schwartz Rounds’, Workshop Facilitator. Compassion at the heart of health and social care education: running student Schwartz Rounds in HEIs, Liverpool Medical Institution, 22-23rd March 2022.
• ‘Moving on from childhood with epilepsy’. Conference Presentation. National Centre for Young People with Epilepsy – Professionals & Families Conference, 11th October 2008, Surrey.
• ‘Parenting & Caring’. Interactive Workshop Session. Epilepsy Action – Annual National Conference. 14th June 2008, London.