Dr Brian Nyatanga

Senior Lecturer, Applied Professional Studies

Institute of Health & Society

Contact Details

email: b.nyatanga@worc.ac.uk

tel: 01905 85 5381

Teaching & Research

Specialist Teaching Areas

Palliative and End of Life Care
Research Methods - (undergraduate to postgraduate levels)
Advanced Communication Skills using actors
NHS leadership qualities framework

Specialist Research Areas

Death anxiety and burnout among palliative care nurses
Psycho-social aspects of death and dying
Cultural competence

Congress Presentation

Nyatanga, B. (2011) Relationship between caring, death anxiety and burnout among palliative care nurses. 12th EAPC Congress. Lisbon

Research Interests

Death anxiety and burnout among palliative care nurses (undertaking at present)

Professional Interests

Palliative End of Life Care, death anxiety, psychology of death and dying, research methods

Professional Bodies

Publications

2012: Nyatanga, B. Is there room at the Inn: palliative care for homeless people. BJCN. Vol 17(10),  October 2012

2012: Nyatanga, B. Are GPs ready to talk about death and dying? BJCN. Vol 17(9). September 2012

2012: Nyatanga, B. Communicating with dying patients: a time to listen more than talk. BJCN. Vol. 17(8) August 2012

2012: Nyatanga, B. In search of alternative ways of dying. Editorial.  IJPN Vol. 18(7). July 2012

2012: Nyatanga, B. Inside the mind of a relative at the end of life. BJCN.  17(7). 28th June 2012

2012: Nyatanga, B. Making a difference through QELCA: engaging community nurses in caring. BJCN Vol. 17, Iss. 6, 31 May 2012, pp 285

2012: Nyatanga, B. From bowel habits to sexuality: the taboos of caring in palliative care. BJCN Vol. 17, Iss. 5, 04 May
2012, pp 210 - 21

2012: Nyatanga, B. Caring about Culture (Editorial). BJCN. 17(4) March  2012.  

2012: Nyatanga, B. Looking after everyone else except yourself: the double edged sword of caring. BJCN 17(2): 109 February 2012

2012: Idigbe, I.E., Nyatanga, B. Nicol, J. Touching Lives: Making a difference through match making in an HIV clinic. IJPN 18(2): 56-60. February 2012

2012: Nyatanga, B. Enabling patients to die at home: hidden tensions and barriers. Comment. BJCN 17(1) January 2012

2011: Nyatanga, B. Death and Dying. In Birchenall and Adams, N. (eds). The Nursing Companion. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan

2011: Nyatanga, B. In pursuit of cultural competence: service accessibility and acceptability. International Journal of palliative Nursing. 17(5) p212- 215

2011: Nyatanga, B. Reaching out: doing ‘good’ in the name of palliative care. IJPN (editorial) 17(6)  

2010: Nyatanga, B. Survivorship: Living with and beyond cancer. IJPN, editorial. 16(2)

2010: Nyatanga, B. Talking openly about death. IJPN, editorial. 16(6) Nyatanga, L.,

2009: Nyatanga, B. Are your shoe laces shortening? Editorial. IJPN 15(2)

2009: Nyatanga, B. A passage to Switzerland. Editorial IJPN 15(7)

2009: Nyatanga, B. When last offices are more than a white sheet. Comment. British Journal of Nursing 18(17)

2008: Why is it so difficult to die? 2nd edition

2008; Intuition in clinical decision-making: a psychological penumbra IJPN 14(10) 492-496 2008: Costello, J. Nyatanga, B. Mula, C. Hull, J. The benefits and drawbacks of syringe drivers in palliative care. International Journal of Palliative Nursing 14(3) 139-144

2008: Nyatanga, B. de Vocht, H.M. Intuition in clinical decision making; A psychological penumbra. IJPN 14(10) 492- 496 2008: Nyatanga, B. Cultural competence; a noble idea in a changing world. Editorial. International journal of palliative nursing. 14(7)

2007: Health Professionals’ opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide: a personal view. IJPN 13(7) 351-355

2006: Towards a definition of death anxiety. IJPN 12 (9) 410-413

2005: Is fear of death itself a rational preoccupation? IJPN 11(12) 643- 645

External Responsibilities

External examiner for Dundee University - masters degree in Palliative care