Ian Norman
| Ian J. Norman | |
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| Born | Exeter |
| Nationality | British |
| Awards | Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, International Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing, Fellow of King's College, London |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Exeter School, UK |
| Alma mater | University of Edinburgh, University of Keele |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Nursing and Health Care |
| Institutions | King's College, London |
Ian J Norman, RN, Ph.D., is a British professor of nursing, researcher, and author, based in London, UK. His research and writing is focused primarily in the fields of psychiatric and mental health nursing, and psychological treatments for people with mental health difficulties. Norman is currently an Assistant Principal (Academic Performance),[1] of King’s College London and Executive Dean of the Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery at King’s.[2] He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Nursing Studies.[3]
Biography
Norman was awarded a bachelor's degree in Sociology and Social Studies (and a professional social work qualification) by the University of Keele, UK in 1980, an M.Sc. Nursing Education by the University of Edinburgh, UK in 1986, and a Ph.D. degree in Nursing from the University of London, UK in 1994. He was appointed as a Lecturer in Psychiatric Nursing in the Department of Nursing Studies, King’s College London, in 1988, was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 1994 and to Professor of Mental Health in 1997.
Norman is a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist (CBT) and combines teaching and research with clinical work. He holds an honorary appointment as a cognitive behavioural psychotherapist with the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust.
He teaches systematic review of healthcare research literature to postgraduate students, and aspects of mental health nursing to undergraduates at King’s College London. He also draws on his experience of editing the International Journal of Nursing Studies,[4] to teach aspects of nursing scholarship.
Norman was a Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo in 2011 and had periods of secondment to South Africa in 2014 and Ireland in 2015 to work on an EU-funded study [5][6] to reduce the risk of codeine misuse and dependence.
Norman is the author of over 150 journal articles, conference papers (national and international), books, book chapters and reports. The Art and Science of Mental Health Nursing (due to be published in its 4th edition in 2018) is a standard textbook for mental health nurse education in the UK and is well known internationally.
Awards and honours
Publications
- Norman IJ, Ryrie I (eds) (2004 - 1st edition; 2009 - 2nd edition; 2013 - 3rd edition) The art and science of mental health nursing: a textbook of principles and practice. Open University Press, London.
- Norman IJ, Cowley S (eds) (1999) The changing nature of nursing in a managerial age. Blackwells, London.
- Norman IJ, Redfern SJ (eds) (1997) Mental health care for elderly people. Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
- Kogan M, Redfern SJ, Kober A, Norman IJ, Packwood T, Robinson S (1995) Making use of clinical audit: a guide to practice in the health professions. Open University Press, London.
Norman has also authored over 125 articles in peer-reviewed journals, over 30 book chapters and more than 15 papers in professional journals. In addition he has written 25 editorials, mainly for the International Journal of Nursing Studies, on a range of issues concerned with the development of nurse education and the promotion of nursing research and scholarship: many of these papers have been collected into two ‘virtual special issues’ of the International Journal of Nursing Studies, entitled ‘Publishing Nursing Research’ and ‘Research Methods’.[9]