Faye Forsyth joined me and together we explored her journey into research from clinical nurse to research nurse, to nurse researcher currently completing a PhD at Cambridge. Her research is focused on the experiences of people with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
Faye’s Bio
Faye qualitied as a nurse in 2008 and worked in General Medicine before moving into a Research Nurse role. Since then, she has worked on multiple studies across various disciplines including traumatic brain injury and latterly, heart failure. After 4 years of research in HFpEF within the Clinical Nursing Research Group at the University of Cambridge, Faye registered as a part-time PhD student to pursue her own research.
Faye's PhD focusses on patient experiences in HFpEF and evidence for lifestyle change. Throughout her PhD projects, Faye has worked closely with the patients in her studies and encouraged them to participate within her research. As a result of this, Faye has become an advocate for patient involvement in research and she drives this agenda in her role as co-chair of the Association of Cardiovascular Nurses and Allied Professions (ACNAP) Advocacy Committee.
Since relocating to Luxembourg in 2020, Faye has sought to build collaborations in Central Europe. She regularly attends and has provided research training for the Network Clinical Nursing Science Luxembourg; part of the 'Association Nationale des Infirmières et Infirmiers du Luxembourg' (ANIL). She is actively working with colleagues across the region to encourage more nurses to engage in research and to promote advanced nursing roles in research and practice.
Find Faye
Twitter @FayeForsyth
Top 3 take aways from our conversation:
1) Exposure to research as a nurse may lead to a career embedded with research.
2) The difference between a nurse researcher and a research nurse.
3) Being a nurse researcher means you get ask research questions that patients you care for need and want answered.
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