Alison J. Tierney

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Alison J. Tierney
The University of Edinburgh
University of Adelaide

Alison Joan Tierney

The University of Edinburgh. In 2018 she was named as one of 70 of the most influential nurses in the 70 years of the NHS (National Health Service).[1]

Education

Tierney is a

The University of Edinburgh.[2]

Career

Tierney became one of the earliest British nurses in 1976 to complete a doctoral degree undertaken in a university nursing department, sponsored by a government research training fellowship. She went on to lead a research-based career

University of Heidelberg
which had implemented nursing theories from the US as early as 1953. Roper, Logan and Tierney's model has underpinned much nursing practice in the UK and beyond. Its use and evaluation was reviewed by the authors in a final monograph published in 2000.

Tierney first joined the staff of the Department of Nursing Studies at The University of Edinburgh as a Lecturer and was conferred with a Personal Chair in Nursing Research in October 1997. For a 10-year period she was Director of their government-funded Nursing Research Unit. After a final period as Head of Nursing Studies, Tierney left in 2002 to join the University of Adelaide in South Australia as Professor and Head of the Department of Clinical Nursing,[5] and as Director of the South Australian Center of The Joanna Briggs Institute at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. She remained affiliated to the University of Adelaide as an adjunct professor until 2020.

Tierney has held various other appointments and has served on many national and international committees. She represented the

UK 2001 Research Exercise Assessment Exercise.[8] She chaired an international panel in 2002-3 for a national evaluation of nursing research in Finland conducted by the Academy of Finland.[9] In 2003, she became Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Advanced Nursing and held that post until the end of 2011.[10] She has held visiting professor appointments at various universities, including King's College London and the Fudan University in Shanghai, China. For five years (2006-2011) she held a Scottish Government public appointment as a Non-Executive Director of NHS Lothian
.

Recognition

Tierney is a Fellow (1995) of the

Doctor honoris causa.[15]

Publications

References

  1. ^ "70 most influential nurses". Nursing Standard. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Alison J. Tierney's research works | The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (UoE) and other places". ResearchGate. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  3. ISBN 0-443-01577-5
    .
  4. ^ "Personal Nursing Research Chair". The University of Edinburgh. Retrieved 8 March 2019.
  5. ^ "New Nursing Head Has Distinguished Career". University of Adelaide. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Workgroup of European Nurse Researchers". WorldCAT Identities. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  7. ^ Holzemer, W.W. & Tierney, A.J. 1996. Better Health Through Nursing Research. International Nurses’ Day publication, International Council of Nurses, Geneva.
  8. HEFCE. Archived from the original
    on 1 December 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  9. ^ Academy of Finland (2003) Nursing and Caring Sciences: Evaluation Report. Publications of the Academy of Finland 12/03 ISBN 951-715-470-4
  10. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05882.x
    .
  11. ^ "RCN Fellowship and Honorary Fellowship Roll of Honour" (PDF). Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  12. ^ "The London Gazette". 15 June 2002. p. Supplement:56595Page:9. Retrieved 11 March 2019.
  13. ^ "Honorary Graduates". Edinburgh Napier University NB: Tierney's name not listed nbut a search of webpage using her name takes you to this page. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  14. ^ "Honorary Graduates". Queen Margaret University NB: Tierney's name not listed nbut a search of webpage using her name takes you to this page. Retrieved 24 April 2019.
  15. The University of Edinburgh
    . 9 July 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2019.

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