Dr Nutmeg Hallett PhD, PGCHE, BNurs (Hons), RMN

Nutmeg Hallett

School of Nursing and Midwifery
Associate Professor of Mental Health Nursing

Contact details

Address
Institute of Clinical Sciences
The Medical School
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Nutmeg Hallett is a Registered Mental Health Nurse and Associate Professor in Nursing. Nutmeg teaches on a variety of undergraduate and postgraduate mental health nursing and research modules. Her specialist areas of teaching are de-escalation, coercion and trauma in mental health. Nutmeg’s PhD investigated violence prevention in secure mental health settings and her current research is continuing the theme, but with the focus shifting from violence prevention to coercion and restrictive practices.

Qualifications

  • Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education (PGCHE) 2019
  • PhD in Nursing, University of Northampton, 2017
  • BNurs (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing, University of Birmingham, 2009
  • RMN

Biography

Nutmeg Hallett is a registered mental health nurse and lecturer in the School of Nursing. She started her nursing career working in a medium secure forensic unit. Her PhD research on violence prevention in secure mental health settings was undertaken at St Andrew's Healthcare and was completed in 2017.

Since completing her PhD Dr Hallett has continued to be involved in research around violence prevention. Her current research interests focus on using restorative practices within mental healthcare, with the aim of reducing people's experiences of coercion.

Teaching

Postgraduate supervision

○ Coercion in mental healthcare
○ Restorative justice in mental health
○ Reducing restrictive interventions

Research

  • Coercion in mental health services
  • Causes of aggression
  • Restrictive intervention reduction
  • Restorative justice in mental healthcare
  • De-escalation and debriefing

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Sammut, D, Lees-Deutsch, L, Ali, L, Imasogie, J, Nkundo, L & Hallett, N 2024, 'Exploring staff experiences and perceptions of patient-perpetrated violence in hospital settings: A qualitative study', Journal of Clinical Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.17218

Dickens, GL, Watson, F, Schoultz, M, Kemp, C, Ion, R, Hallett, N & Al Maqbali, M 2024, 'Mental Health Risk Assessment and Safety Planning During UK Covid-19 Pandemic Lockdown: Mixed Methods Survey and Interview Study', Issues in Mental Health Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1080/01612840.2024.2415468

Shortland, D, Fazil, Q, Hallett, N & Lavis, A 2024, 'Protocol for a scoping review of how people with ME/CFS use the internet', BMJ open, vol. 14, e076904. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-076904

Hallett, N, Christie, C, Docherty-Smith, J, Welborn, H, Wright, H, Molloy, E, Chandan, J, Croxford, S, Taylor, J & Bradbury-Jones, C 2023, 'Healthcare interventions for sex workers: protocol for a scoping review', BMJ open, vol. 13, no. 8, e074983. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-074983

Taylor, J, Dickens, J, Garstang, J, Cook, L, Hallett, N & Molloy, E 2023, 'Tackling the ‘normalisation of neglect’: Messages from child protection reviews in England', Child Abuse Review. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2841

Review article

Hallett, N, Dickinson, R, Eneje, E & Dickens, GL 2024, 'Adverse mental health inpatient experiences: Qualitative systematic review of international literature', International Journal of Nursing Studies. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2024.104923

Shortland, D, Fazil, Q, Lavis, A & Hallett, N 2024, 'A systematic scoping review of how people with ME/CFS use the internet', Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1080/21641846.2024.2303887

Rees, H, Hallett, N, Hannah, F, Hollowood, L, Lafayette, JO & Bradbury-Jones, C 2024, 'Interventions aimed at preventing suicide in the healthcare workforce: a systematic review', Nursing Management. https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.2024.e2132

Hallett, N, Rees, H, Hannah, F, Hollowood, L & Bradbury-Jones, C 2024, 'Workplace interventions to prevent suicide: A scoping review', PLoS ONE, vol. 19, no. 5, e0301453. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301453

Sammut, D, Hallett, N, Lees-Deutsch, L & Dickens, GL 2023, 'A systematic review of violence risk assessment tools currently used in emergency care settings', Journal of Emergency Nursing, vol. 49, no. 3, pp. 371-386.e5. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jen.2022.11.006

Dickens, GL, Al Maqbali, M, Hallett, N, Ion, R, Kemp, C, Schoultz, M & Watson, F 2023, 'Mental health nurses' attitudes towards risk assessment: An integrative systematic review', Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12946

Hallett, N, Gayton, A, Dickenson, R, Franckel, M & Dickens, G 2023, 'Student nurses' experiences of workplace violence: A mixed methods systematic review and meta-analysis', Nurse Education Today, vol. 128, 105845. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2023.105845

Dickens, GL, Schoultz, M & Hallett, N 2022, 'Mental health nurses' measured attitudes to people and practice: systematic review of UK empirical research 2000–2019', Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12826

Dickens, GL, Al Maqbali, M, Blay, N, Hallett, N, Ion, R, Lingwood, L, Schoultz, M & Tabvuma, T 2022, 'Randomised controlled trials of mental health nurse delivered interventions: a systematic review', Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing, vol. 2022, pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpm.12881

Hallett, N & McLaughlin, P 2022, 'Restrictive interventions: understanding and reducing their use in mental health settings', Mental Health Practice, vol. 25, no. 5, e1620. https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.2022.e1620

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