Tanya Urquhart-Kelly RGN RSCN MSc DIP H Onc NMP FHEA
Associate Head - School of Heath and Social Care - Professional Lead Children’s, LDSW & SCPH Nursing
Summary
I joined the child field academic team as a lecturer in 2015 and am passionate about developing the future nursing workforce. My role involves facilitating students learning via lectures, seminars, workshops and clinical skills sessions across all levels of undergraduate children's nursing and interprofessional education. This includes a variety of post graduate students including via distance learning. I have a particular interest in paediatric and teenage and young adult (TYA) cancer, survivorship and transitional care.
About
Tanya Urquhart-Kelly is an Associate Head and Professional Lead for children's, learning disability social work and specialist community public health nursing in the School of Health & Social Care at Sheffield Hallam University. She has over 24 years clinical experience predominantly in paediatric oncology/ haematology/ endocrine nursing specialising in survivorship care for children and young people (CYP).
Tanya’s role involves guiding academic and administrative initiatives to enhance education, research, and clinical practice, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, driving innovation in curriculum and teaching methods, and supporting staff and students in their professional development. Her research interests include transition in survivorship care, activity and sports participation in CYP following a cancer diagnosis and endocrinopathies associated with the treatment for childhood cancer. Tanya’s PhD is focusing on Exploring the Transition Experiences of Young Adult Survivors following treatment for a brain tumour in childhood - Interventions and Staff Views: MMSR.
Teaching
School of Health and Social Care
College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences
Children's Cancer Collaborative Project into physical activity and multi-modal well-being support - Yorkshire Cancer Research’s Strategy and Impact board
Children's Nursing, Learning Disability Social Work Nursing & Specialist Community & Public Health Nursing
Courses taught:
- BSc Nursing
- MSc Nursing
Modules taught:
- Fundamentals of Nursing Practice
- Developing Nursing Practice
- Applied Sciences for Nursing
- The Advancing Professional (Dissertation)
- Managing long term conditions
Research
My research and professional interests include: exercise and activity for childhood cancer survivors, endocrinopathies associated with the treatments for childhood cancer, transition for survivors of childhood cancer and an evaluation of the value of Roald Dahl specialist children's nurses.
Publications
Key Publications
Hauffa, B.P., Touraine, P., Urquhart-Kelly, T., & Koledova, E. (2017). Managing Transition in Patients Treated with Growth Hormone. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 8. http://doi.org/10.3389/fendo.2017.00346
Urquhart-Kelly, T., & Collin, J. (2016). Understanding the endocrinopathies associated with the treatment of childhood cancer: part 2. Nursing children and young people, 28 (9), 36-43. http://journals.rcni.com/doi/abs/10.7748/ncyp.2016.e777
Journal articles
Nightingale, J., Ali, N., Lewis, R., Ibbotson, R., Monks, H., Urquhart-Kelly, T., & Saunders, L. (2023). Transforming nursing care for children with serious long-term conditions: A mixed methods exploration of the impact of Roald Dahl Specialist Nurses in the United Kingdom. Journal of Pediatric Nursing, 70, 90-102. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.pedn.2023.02.004
Urquhart-Kelly, T., Jenkins, A., rowley, D., Aucharaz, K.S., & Demack, S. (2018). Does an annual community based activity day (Do It For You) increase participation insports and leisure activities following a diagnosis of childhood cancer? Journal of association of paediatric chartered physiotherapists. 9:2 pp 4-16, 9 (2), 4-16.
Urquhart, T., & Collin, J. (2016). Understanding the endocrinopathies associated with the treatment of childhood cancer: part 1. Nursing Children and Young People, 28 (8), 37-44. http://doi.org/10.7748/ncyp.2016.e735
Book chapters
Urquhart-kelly, T. (2019). Chapter 3; Cancer. In Gormley-Flemming, E., & Peate, I. (Eds.) Children's Applied Pathophysiology. (1). (pp. 51-66). Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell: https://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1119232651,descCd-buy.html
Urquhart-kelly, T., & Wales, J.K. (2019). Section 10 - Part 58 - Transition of childhood cancer survivors. In Advanced Practice in Endocrinology Nursing. Springer
Urquhart-kelly, T., & Wales, J.K. (2019). Section 10 - Part 58 - Transition of childhood cancer survivors. In Advanced Practice in Endocrinology Nursing. Springer
Urquhart-Kelly, T., & Urquhart-Kelly, T. (2018). Cancer. In Fundamentals of Children's Applied Pathophysiology An Essential Guide for Nursing and Healthcare Students. John Wiley & Sons
Reports
Nightingale, J., Urquhart-Kelly, T., Saunders, L., Monks, H., Ali, N., Ibbotson, R., & Lewis, R. (2021). 'Marvellous Nurses': An independent evaluation of the role, impact and contribution of Roald Dahl specialist nurses. Roald Dahl's Marvellous Charity. https://www.roalddahlcharity.org/dyn/_assets/_pdfs/marvellous_nurses_shu_report_september_2021.pdf
Presentations
Urquhart-Kelly, T., Monks, H., Nightingale, J., Ibbotson, R., Ali, N., Lewis, R., & Saunders, L. (2023). The Quality And Experience Of Care For Children, Young People And Their Families Receiving Care From Roald Dahl Specialist Nurses. Presented at: International Family Nursing Association Conference 2023 IFNA16, Dublin
Other activities
Member of TYAC, CCLG, Pancare the CAN UK nurses group (Cancer aftercare nurses).
Postgraduate supervision
I supervise postgraduate nursing dissertation students from all fields of practice (Children's, Adult and Mental health Nursing)