Beth Hardy
Senior Lecturer in Nursing

Profile

Biography

Beth is a nurse and a senior lecturer in the department. Her clinical background is in Community Nursing and she is a Queen's Nurse, a title awarded to nurses who have demonstrated a high level of commitment to patient care and nursing practice.

Her PhD, awarded in 2013, explored people’s experiences of care provision at the end of life and she previously worked at the University of Huddersfield and University of Nottingham in teaching and research roles before joining the University of York in 2015.

Beth is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an experienced academic and educator, having worked in the sector for over 14 years. She currently teaches on a range of pre-and post-registration nursing programmes and is an active researcher. Beth acted as lead for the Undergraduate Integrated Masters in Nursing programme (MNurs), and was the Academic Lead for Service User and Carer Involvement from 2019-22.

Her academic interests relate to dying, death and palliative care. She is particularly interested in education about palliative care for pre-registration nurses and how nurses are prepared to work alongside people who face the end of life.

Qualifications

PhD
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice
Registered Nurse Teacher (NMC)
BA (Hons) Community Specialist Practice
BA (Hons) Nursing Studies
RGN (Adult)

Publications

Selected publications

Hardy, B. and Flemming, K. (2023) Palliative and end of Life Nursing Care. Sage Learning Matters: London.
Flemming, K., Hardy, B. & McHugh, E. (2021) Caregiving Experiences of Informal Carers of People Living with MND; A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis. (Conference Abstract) Palliative Medicine, 35, Issue 1, Suppl, pg 1-243.
Lythgoe C, Galdas P, Hardy B (2022) Pre-registrant nurses’ perceptions of general practice as a first-post destination. Primary Health Care. doi: 10.7748/phc.2022.e1758
Flemming, K., McHugh, E. & Hardy, B. (2019) The caregiving experiences of informal carers of people living with motor neurone disease (MND): a synthesis of qualitative research.
Prospero registration. Available from: http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/display_record.php?ID=CRD42019126903
Johnston, B., Matthews, G., Patterson, A., Bravington, A., Hardy, B., Seymour, J. (2018) Qualitative component of a longitudinal mixed methods programme evaluation using in-depth interviews. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. 8 (suppl 1_ A1-79).
Hardy, B. (2018) Meeting the needs of carers of people at the end of life. Nursing Standard. 33 (1) 59-66.
Flemming, K., Hardy, B. Taylor, V. (2018) Clinical Assessment and outcome measurement. IN Walshe, C., Preston, N., Johnston, B. (Eds) Palliative Care Nursing Principles and Evidence for Practice. McGraw Hill Education, Open University Press. London.
King, N., Brooks, J., Bravington, A., Hardy, B., Melvin, J. & Wilde, D. (2017) The Pictor Technique: Exploring Experience of Collaborative Working from the Perspectives of Generalist and Specilaist Nurses. IN Brookes, J. & King, N. (2017) Applied Qualitative Research in Psychology. Palgrave. London. 221-234.
Caswell, G., Hardy, B., Ewing, G., Kennedy, S. & Seymour, J. (2017) Supporting Family carers in home-based end –of-life care: using participatory action research to develop a training programme for support workers and volunteers. BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care. Online First: 2017;0:1–7. doi:10.1136/bmjspcare-2017-001317.
Johnston, B., Narayansamy, M., Flemming, K., Hardy, B., Coole, C. (2017) Patient Reported Outcome Measures for measuring dignity in palliative and end of life care: A scoping review. BMC Health Services Research. In Press.
Johnston, B., Coole, C., Narayansamy, M., Feakes, R., Whitworth, G., Tyrrell, T. & Hardy.,B (2016) Exploring the barriers to and facilitators of implementing research into practice. British Journal of Community Nursing. 21 (8) 392- 398.
Moghaddam, N., Coxon, H., Nabarro, S., Hardy, B. & Cox, K. (2016) Unmet care needs in people living with advanced cancer: a systematic review. Supportive Care in Cancer. Advance online publication. Doi: 10.1007/s00520-016-3221-3.
Hardy, B., King, N. & Rodriguez, A. (2014) The experiences of patients and carers in the daily management of care at the end of life: findings from a phenomenological study. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 20 (12) 494-501.
Howell, D., Hardy, B., Boyd, C., Ward, C., Roman, E. & Johnson, M. (2014) Community palliative care clinical nurse specialists: a descriptive study of nurse-patient interactions. International Journal of Palliative Nursing. 20 (5) 246-253.
Hardy, B., Caswell, G., Ewing, G., Grande, G., Kennedy, S., Tabreham, J. & Seymour, J. (2014) Developing training for supporters of lay-carers involved with home based end of life care: a participatory approach. BMJ supportive & palliative care. 4 (1) 107.
Hardy, B., King, N. & Rodriguez, A. (2014) ‘My Doctor’: patient and carer experiences of the GP role for people in the last year of life. BMJ supportive and palliative care. 4 (1) A22.
Hardy, B., King, N. & Rodriguez, A. (2014) Self and Dyadic managing in the last year of life. Palliative Medicine. 28(6) 750.
King, N., Bravington, A., Brooks, J., Hardy, B., Melvin, J. & Wilde, D. (2013) The Pictor Technique: A method for exploring the Experiences of Collaborative Working. Qualitative Health Research. 23 (8) 1138-1152.
Hardy, B. (2012) Challenging self-theory: The unforeseen outcomes of conducting research within one’s own area of clinical practice. Palliative Medicine, 26, (4) p. 544.
Hardy, B., King, N. & Firth, J. (2012) Applying the Pictor technique to research interviews with people affected by advanced disease. Nurse Researcher, 21, (1) pp. 6-10.
Hardy, B. (2011) Palliative care in the community: The complexity of service provision. British Journal of Community Nursing, 16, (11) p. 522.

External activities

Memberships

Editorial duties

A peer reviewer for the following journals:

BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care
BMC Palliative care
Palliative Medicine
International Journal of Nursing Studies

Invited talks and conferences

Hardy, B (2022) Frailty and Community Nursing. Masterclass Series Community Nursing, IDEAL Insights for diabetes excellence, Access and Learning. 19th October 2022. Invited speaker.
Hardy, B. (2019) The nurses role in supporting family carers in community palliative care. The 4th Palliative Health Care Conference, Palliative and Hospice Care on the way to reconciliation. PAHOP Medical Institute of Palliative and Hospice Care. Czech Republic. 8th October 2019. Invited speaker.
Hardy, B. (2019) Supporting family carers in home based care. Current Issues in Palliative Care. America Square Conference Centre, 8th May London. Invited speaker.
Hardy, B. (2019) Supporting family carers in home based care. Current Issues in Palliative Care. America Square Conference Centre, 8^th May London.
Johnston, B., Matthews, G., Patterson, A., Bravington, A., Hardy, B., Seymour, J. (2018) Qualitative component of a longitudinal mixed methods programme evaluation using in-depth interviews. The APMs Annual Supportive and Palliative Care Conference in association with Palliative Care Congress, “Towards evidence based compassionate care”, Bournemouth International Centre. 15-16 March 2018.
Hardy, B., Caswell, G., Ewing, G., Grande, G., Kennedy, S., Morris, J., Redshaw, H., Robertson, D., Tabreham, J., Tanner, D., Wood, G. & Seymour, J. (2015) Using participatory research to develop a palliative care intervention: reflections on the method. RCN International Nursing Research Conference, Nottingham, UK.
Brooks, J., Bravington, A., Hardy, B., Melvin, J., & Kind, N. (2015) “It’s not just about the patient, it’s the families too”: End of life care in the home environment. The Future of Palliative Care: Marie Curie Annual Research Conference, London, UK.
Hardy, B., Caswell, G., Ewing, G., Grande, G., Kennedy, S., Tabreham, J. & Seymour, J. (2014) Supporting carers at the end of life: findings from a training programme pilot. 10th NCRI Cancer Conference, Liverpool, UK.
Hardy, B., King, N. & Rodriguez, A. (2014) ‘Self’ and ‘Dyadic’ managing in the last year of life. 8th World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care. Lleida, Spain.
Hardy, B., Caswell, G., Ewing, G., Grande, G., Kennedy, S., Tabreham, J. & Seymour, J. (2014) Developing training for supporters of lay-carers involved with home based end of life care: a participatory approach. Marie Curie Annual Research Conference. London, UK.
Hardy, B., King, N. & Rodriguez, A.(2014) ‘My Doctor’: patient and carer experiences of the GP role for people in the last year of life. The 10th Palliative Care Congress, Harrogate, UK.
Brooks, J., Bravington, A., Hardy, B., Melvin, J., Wilde, D. & King, N. (2013) The Pictor Technique: A method for exploring collaborative working in healthcare. British Psychological Society Division of Health Psychology Conference, Bournemouth, UK.
Hardy, B. (2012) Challenging self-theory: The unforeseen outcomes of conducting research within one’s own area of clinical practice. World Research Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Trondheim, Norway.
Hardy, B., King, N., Rodriguez, A. & Firth. (2011) ‘Like flies around a jam pot’: The lived experience of people affected by advanced disease who are receiving multiple primary care services. Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Lisbon, Portugal.
Hardy, B., King, N., Rodriguez, A. & Firth, J. (2010) Using the 'Pictor' tool in research with patients and informal caregivers affected by advanced disease: benefits for researchers and participants. The BPS Qualitative Methods in Psychology Section Annual Conference, Nottingham, UK.
Hardy, B. (2010) Researching complex patient experience: Using ‘Pictor’ to help cancer patients tell their story. RCN Research Conference, Gateshead, UK. Poster of the day winner.
King, N., Melvin, J. & Hardy, B. (2010) Using the Pictor technique to explore people's construing of their working roles and relationships. European Personal Construct Association biennial conference, Belgrade, Serbia.
Hardy, B. (2010) Research into the experiences of people affected by advanced disease: using Pictor as a tool to encourage reflection and assist communication in research interviews. The University of Huddersfield Research Day, Huddersfield.

Research

Overview

Beth’s research interests revolve around dying, death, palliative care and people's experiences of these. She is particularly interested in the educational and development needs of student nurses that prepare them to work with people who face the end of life.

Projects

Completed projects

Further development of the Dignity Care Intervention for use by Community Nurses with older patients nearing the end of life. Co-applicant (Co-Applicant completed 2016).
ACTION: investigating the impact and experience of participating in an advance care planning programme - funded by the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme. (Senior Research Fellow 2013-2015)
Cascading knowledge about end of life care at home: the development and piloting of a training programme for those who help carers – funded by Marie Curie and Dimbleby Cancer Care. (Senior Research Fellow. Completed 2015).
Palliative Care Needs of Cancer Survivors – From identification to targeted intervention (Co-Applicant completed 2015).
‘Everyone was like flies around a jam pot’: a phenomenological study exploring the experiences of people affected by advanced disease in relation to the involvement of multiple services in primary care (Funded PhD completed 2013).

Research group(s)

Nursing and Midwifery Research Group

Supervision

Beth welcomes enquiries for Doctoral student supervision in the field of palliative and end of life care, care and the older person, and qualitative research.

Teaching

Undergraduate

Palliative and end of life care for nursing and midwifery programmes
Death Cafe
Evidence based practice
Frailty
Psychosocial modules
Dissertation supervision MNurs programme

Postgraduate

Palliative and end of life care
Masters and PhD supervision

Beth Hardy Senior Lecturer in Nursing