Dr Enrico De Luca Phd, MSc, BSc (Hons), RGN, SFHEA

Dr Enrico De Luca

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Assistant Professor in Nursing (E&R)

Contact details

Telephone
+44 (0)7570258633
Email
e.deluca@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@EnricoDeLuca19
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Address
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Enrico is an Assistant Professor in Nursing.
He also holds an honorary appointment as Senior Lecturer at the Academy of Nursing, Exeter University (UK).

Qualifications

  • Senior Fellowship in Higher Education (SFHEA), 2024
  • PhD is Social Psychology and Education Research, University of Rome ‘Sapienza’, 2018
  • MSc in Adult Education, University Roma TRE, Rome (Italy) 2015
  • BSc (Hons) Nursing, South Bank University, London 2005
  • Registered Nurse 1993

Biography

Enrico has extensive professional experience in nursing practice and education within both pre-registration and post-graduate academic settings. He has worked in various NHS environments in Italy and the UK, specializing in critical care nursing.

After earning his doctorate in social psychology and educational research, he advanced his career in research and education, contributing to the universities of Parma and Novara in Italy, and more recently, Exeter University.

Enrico has researched and published findings on several topics, including the impact of touch interactions in caregiving, interprofessional education and care, palliative and end-of-life care, and the role of spirituality in care. He strongly believes in the value of interdisciplinary, international, and multi-method research, which has led him to participate in international projects in the USA, Thailand, and Ghana.

Teaching

Postgraduate supervision

Enrico’s expertise in qualitative research methods has led him to working with research students on various subjects (ICU and End-of-Life Care, Spirituality in Nursing, Art Based methods in Nursing Education).

He is interested in supervising research students in the following areas:

  • Interprofessional Education and Care
  • Spiritual Care
  • Care of the Older Person (care home and social care research)
  • Palliative and End-of-Life care 

Research

Currently, his research interests focus on the care of older adults and LGBTQ+ aging, specifically on improving social care settings for the workforce and enhancing the quality of life for older individuals living with dementia.

He is the PI of the following projects:

  • a Qualitative research project on “Ghanian Nurses perception of ethical challenges in caring for older citizens”. Funded by THET organization and in collaboration with the University of Ghana.
  • “Learning the narratives and expectations of health and care needs for LGBTQ+ older people”. Organisation and design of Community engagement events for PPIE.  GW4 Funded Project

Other activities

  •  Editorial Board member of the International Journal of Qualitative Methods and Nurse Education in Practice.
  • Member of the National Institute for Health and Research (NIHR) Nursing and Midwifery Inclusion Group.  
  • Co-editor of the special issue “Palliative and End of Life Care in the Post-Pandemic Era: Old Problems and New Perspectives” in Frontiers of Medical Sociology. 
  • Co-editor of the book “Nursing Practice and Education Aspiring to Excellence through Seven Pillars of Learning” 2023. Routledge ISBN 9781032487458.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the 23rd International Nursing Ethics Conference “Thirty Years of Nursing Ethics: Looking Back, Looking Forward”. Centro Congressi Biotecnologie Avanzate, Università di Genova, Italy 14th & 15th July 2023.

Recent Contribution to International Conference

De Luca E. (2024) “Towards and Ethics of Touch in Nursing Care”. The 24th International Nursing Ethics Conference hosted by Brunel University London and the Sage journal Nursing Ethics on 30th and 31st August.

Publications

Recent Publications:

  • De Luca, E. , Sena B., Butcher K., van Dijk L. (2024). Models of Spirituality in Palliative Care. Frontiers of Sociology, Special issue. (under final review)
  • De Luca, E., & Sena, B. (2024). La dimensione spirituale nelle pratiche di cura del fine vita: limiti da superare e modelli da implementare. [The spiritual dimension in end-of-life care: limits to overcome and models to implement] Salute e società: XXIII, 1, 2024, 83-100. 
  • Gallagher A., Deering K and De Luca E. (2023) Nursing Practice and Education Aspiring to Excellence through Seven Pillars of Learning. Routledge ISBN 9781032487458 Co-author of Chapter 1. Introducing ‘Nursing Practice and Education: Aspiring to Excellence through the Seven Pillars of Learning’ and Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Nursing Care Pillar.
  • Moretti C., De Luca E., D’Apice C., Sarli L., Artioli G. Bonacaro A., (2023) Gender and sex bias in prevention and clinical treatment of women’s chronic pain: Hypotheses of a curriculum development. Frontiers on Front. Med., Sec. Family Medicine and Primary Care  
  • De Luca, E., Sena, B., & Cataldi, S. (2023). Supporting ethical end-of-life care during pandemic: Palliative care team perspectives. Nursing Ethics, 09697330231153684. 
  • Cosentino, C., De Luca, E., Sulla, F., Uccelli, S., Sarli, L., & Artioli, G. (2023). Leadership styles' influence on ICU nurses' quality of professional life: A cross‐sectional study. Nursing in critical care, 28(2), 193-201.
  • Barisone, M., Bassi, E., De Luca, E., Profenna, E., Suardi, B., & Dal Molin, A. (2023). The Family and Community Nurses Cultural Model in the Times of the COVID Outbreak: A Focused Ethnographic Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 1948. 
  • Davis A., Repar P., Wilson M., De Luca E., Doutrich D. and Thanasilp S. (2023) "Transforming Self-Care through Integration of Spirituality: Lessons from an International Collaboration in Palliative Care”. Journal of Transcultural Nursing 
  • De Luca E., Davis A., Repar P., Wilson M., Doutrich D. and Thanasilp S (2022) The transformational power of an intercultural research team In Fatigante, M., Zucchermaglio, C. and Alby, F. (Eds) “Interculturality in Institutions”. Springer Publishing  
  • Sena, B., & De Luca, E. (2022). Managing the end of life in COVID patients. The role of palliative care in emergency departments during the pandemic. Front Sociol, 7. 
  • De Luca E., Cosentino C, Cedretto S, et al. (2022) Multidisciplinary team perceptions of the Case/Care Managers' role implementation: a qualitative study. Acta Bio-medica : Atenei Parmensis. Jul;93(3):e2022259. DOI: 10.23750/abm.v93i3.13371. PMID: 35775748. 
  • Cataldi, S., Sena, B., De Luca, E., & Fusillo, F. (2022). La tecnica Delphi: limiti e potenzialità da un'esperienza di ricerca sociologica. La tecnica Delphi: limiti e potenzialità da un'esperienza di ricerca sociologica, 5-25. [Italian Journal of Sociology and Social Research] 
  • Gallagher, A., Whittaker, M., Cox, G., Coxon, G., Frankland, C., Coniam, P., & De Luca, E. (2022). Care leaders safeguarding the rights of care home residents during COVID-19: Moral failures offering moral lessons. Nursing Ethics, 29(5), 1093-1095. 
  • Sarli, L., Artioli, G., Bogotto, S., Labelli, E., Pittella, F., Guasconi, M., De Luca E., ... & Clelia, S. R. (2022). From classroom training to e-learning: a journey through the quality of learning life of nurse students in post-graduate education-A longitudinal qualitative study. Acta Biomed, 93(2), 2. 
  • Wilson, M., & De Luca, E. (2021). Equitable Integrative Pain Care: Are We There Yet?. Pain Management Nursing, 22(6), 681-683. 
  • De Luca, E., Fatigante, M., Zucchermaglio, C., & Alby, F. (2021). “Awareness to touch”: a qualitative study of nurses’ perceptions of interpersonal professional contact after an experiential training. Nurse Education in Practice, 103187. 

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