Prof Michael Traynor

Michael Traynor came to Middlesex University in 2004 after working at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the only policy research centre focussing on research in nursing and the allied health professions

Qualifications

MA (Cantab.) English Literature, Trinity Hall, Cambridge

PhD Department of Nursing and Midwifery Studies, Nottingham University

RGN Cambridge and Huntingdon School of Nursing

RHV Polytechnic of the Southbank

Curriculum/subject area

Nursing

Website for the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing and Midwifery

Current work administrative and professional duties/roles

Joint lead of the Centre for Critical Research in Nursing and Midwifery

Professor of Nursing Policy

Research

Books and book chapters

Traynor, M. in preparation. Stories of Resilience: tales from the frontline of nursing. London, Routledge.

Traynor, M. 2017 Critical Resilience for Nurses: an evidence-based guide to survival and change in today’s NHS. Routledge.

Allan, H., Traynor, M., Kelly, D., Smith, P. (2016) Understanding Sociology in Nursing. Sage. ISBN 9781473913592

Traynor, M. (2013) Nursing in Context: policy politics profession. Basingstoke, Palgrave. ISBN: 978–0–230–36873–6

Traynor, M (2013) Discourse Analysis. in Ed. Beck, C. The Routledge International Handbook of Qualitative Nursing Research. ISBN-13: 978-0415673563

Traynor, M (2010) Why Healthcare Research? in Eds. Roberts, P & Priest, H. Healthcare Research: a handbook for students and practitioners. Oxford, Wiley. ISBN: 978-0-470-51932-5

Traynor, M. (1999) Managerialism and nursing: beyond profession and oppression. London, Routledge

Rafferty, A.M., Newell, R and Traynor, M. (2004) Research and development: Policy and capacity building. In Nursing Research in Context; appreciate, application and professional development. Eds. Freshwater, D and Bishop, V. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan pp. 22 - 44

Traynor, M. (2004) Nursing, managerialism and evidence based practice: the constant struggle for influence. in: Unmasking Health Management: a critical text Eds. Learmonth M. and Harding, N. Hauppage, Nova Science

Peer reviewed articles in journals

Buus, Nielsand Delgado, Cynthia and Traynor, Michael and Gonge, Henrik (2017) Resistance to group clinical supervision: a semi-structured interview study of non-participating mental health nursing staff members. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing. ISSN 1445-8330 DOI: 10.1111/inm.12365. Available online.

Traynor, M., and Buus, N. (2016) Professional Identity in Nursing: UK students’ explanations for poor standards of care. Social Science and Medicine.Vol 166 p. 186-194 doi: 1016/j.socscimed.2016.08.024

Kelly, D., Kent, B., McMahon, A., Taylor, J., Traynor, M. (2016) Impact case studies submitted to REF 2014: The hidden impact of nursing research. Journal of Research in Nursing. Vol. 21, No. 4 pp. 256-268 DOI: 10.1177/1744987116646153

Traynor, M., Nissen, N., Lincoln, C., & Buus, N. (2015). Occupational closure in nursing work reconsidered: UK health care support workers and assistant practitioners: A focus group study. Social science & medicine. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.05.020

Traynor, M. (2014) Caring after Francis: moral failure in nursingJournal of Research in Nursing, 19 (7-8). pp. 546-556. ISSN 1744-9871

Liu, L.Q.,Moody, J., Traynor, M., Dyson, S., Gall, A. (2014) Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 2014 Jun 26. [Epub ahead of print] A systematic review of electrical stimulation for pressure ulcer prevention and treatment in people with spinal cord injuries. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24969965.

Traynor, M. and Evans, A. (2014) Nursing Philosophy Slavery and jouissance: analysing complaints of suffering in UK and Australian nurses’ talk about their work. Article first published online: 15 FEB 2014 | DOI: 10.1111/nup.12051

Evans A.M, Glass N., and Traynor M. (2014) Anxiety and surplus in nursing practice: lessons from Lacan and Bataille. Nursing Philosophy Nursing Philosophy. 01/2014; DOI:10.1111/nup.12049

Evans A.M, Traynor M, Glass N. Nursing Inquiry 2013 An exploration of jealousy in nursing: A Kleinian analysis. Nursing Inquiry http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nin.12036/abstract

Traynor, M., Stone, K., Cooke, H., Maben, J. and Gould, D (2013) Disciplinary Processes and the Management of Poor Performance among UK nurses: bad apple or system failure? A Scoping Study. Nursing Inquiry http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/nin.12025/abstract

Niedel S, Traynor M, Tamborlane WV, Acerini C, McKee M. Developing parent expertise: A framework to guide parental care following diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes in a young child (Accepted in press) Journal of Health Services Research & Policy.

Niedel, S., Traynor, M., McKee, M. and Grey, M. (2012) Parallel vigilance: Parents' dual focus following diagnosis of Type 1 diabetes mellitus in their young child. Health (London) published online 15 July 2012 and in print Volume 17 Issue 3 May 2013 pp. 246 - 265 DOI: 10.1177/1363459312451180

Stone, K., Traynor, M., Gould, D. and Maben, J (2011) The management of poor performance in nursing and midwifery: a case for concern. Journal of Nursing Management. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01219.x

Buus, N., Angel, S., Traynor, M. and Gonge, H. (2011) "Psychiatric nursing staff members' reflections on participating in group-based clinical supervision: a semi-structured interview study" International Journal of Mental Health Nursing 20, 95–101 doi: 10.1111/j.1447-0349.2010.00709.x

Traynor, M., Boland, M. and Buus, N. (2010) Professional Autonomy In 21st Century Healthcare: Nurses' Accounts Of Clinical Decision-Making. Social Science & Medicine doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.07.029

Buus, N., Angel, S., Traynor, M. and Gonge, H. (2010) Psychiatric hospital nursing staff's ambivalence towards group based clinical supervision: An interview study. Issues in Mental Health Nursing. vol. 31, no. 10, p. 654–661 <

Traynor, M., Boland, M. and Buus, N. (2010) Autonomy, Evidence and Intuition: Findings from a Focus Group Study of Nurses and Decision-Making. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Vol. 66 Issue 7,1584-1591 doi:10.1111/j.1365.2648.2010.05317.x

Traynor, M. (2009) Humanism and its critiques in nursing research literature. Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 65 Issue 7, Pp. 1560 - 1567 doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04956.x

Traynor, M. (2009) Implementing a clinical academic career pathway in nursing: criteria for success and challenges ahead (commentary). Journal of Research in Nursing VOL 14 (2) 149–151 DOI: 10.1177/1744987108101952

Traynor, M. (2009) Indeterminacy and technicality revisited: how medicine and nursing have responded to the evidence based movement. Sociology of Health & Illness. 2009;31(4):494-507 Early View, Date: December 2008 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2008.01146.x

Traynor, M. Davis, K, Drennan, V. Goodman, C, Mark, A., Peacock, R. and Banning M. (2008) 'Nurse entrepreneurs' a case of government rhetoric? Journal of Health Services Research and Policy. January 2008

Drennan, V. Davis, K, Traynor, M. Goodman, C, Mark, A., Peacock, R. Humphrey, C. and Fairley-Murray, S. (2007) Entrepreneurial nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom: an integrative review. Journal of Advanced Nursing 60(5), 459-469

Traynor, M. (2007) A historical description of the tensions in the development of modern nursing in 19th century Britain and their influence on contemporary debates about evidence and practice. Nursing Inquiry. Vol. 14 Issue 4, pp. 299-305

Traynor, M. (2006) Discourse analysis: theoretical and historical overview and review of papers in the Journal of Advanced Nursing 1996 - 2004. Journal of Advanced Nursing. Vol 54 No. 1 pp. 62-72

Traynor, M. (2002) The oil crisis, risk and evidence-based practice. Nursing Inquiry Vol. 9 No. 3 162-169

Lewison, G., Rafferty, A.M. and Traynor, M. (2001) Is nursing research typical of biomedical research? Research Evaluation Vol. 10 No. 2 pp. 97-103

Traynor, M. Rafferty, A.M. and Lewison, G. (2001) Endogenous and exogenous research? Findings from a bibliometric study of UK nursing research. Journal of Advanced Nursing Vol. 34 No. 2 212-222

Short pieces, editorials, letters, etc.

Traynor, M. (2018) Guest editorial: what’s wrong with resilience. Journal of Research in Nursing Volume: 23 issue: 1, page(s): 5-8. Article first published online: February 12, 2018; Issue published: February 1, 2018 https://doi.org/10.1177/1744987117751458

Traynor, Michael (2017) Influencing policy: Who do we speak for and who is ‘we’? Editorial Journal of Research in Nursing 22(5) 338-341

Traynor, M. Forewordin Social Theory and Nursing. Ed. Lipscomb, M. Routledge. 2017

Traynor, M. (2016) Review of Gary Rolfe’s: Exercising the nursing imagination: putting values and scholarship back into research. Journal of Research in Nursing 21(7) 528–529. DOI: 10.1177/1744987116674104

Traynor, M., Allan, H., Dyson, S., Corbett, K. New role raises questions. (2016) Nursing Standard. March 2016 · Nursing standard: official newspaper of the Royal College of Nursing 03/2016; 30(29):26-27. DOI:10.7748/ns.30.29.26.s25

Conference Papers and Invited keynote and other talks

1. Invited talk: ‘The promotion of resilience among the NHS nursing workforce’ at third Limbus Critical Psychotherapy Conference: Toxic Organizations: Hyper-rationality, Managerialism and the Fetishization of Measurement. Dartington Hall, Devon. November 2018
2. Invited Keynote ‘Resilience in nursing: part of the problem or part of the solution?’ RCN National Union Reps study event, Newcastle, UK, October 2018
3. Invited Keynote ‘Challenges for nurse education and research’ University College Copenhagen launch conference, May 2018.
4. Invited Keynote ‘Autonomy, caring and labour: taking the red pill’ Royal College of Nursing Research Society International Conference, Birmingham, UK 2018.
5. Invited Keynote paper ‘Critical resilience and the limits of leadership’: International Nurses Day Sustainable Development Conference Whittington Health. May 2017 London
6. Paper: Resilience research in nursing: part of the problem or part of the solution? Royal College of Nursing Research Society International Conference, Oxford, UK 2017
7. Invited keynote paper ‘The Limits of Leadership’ at Nursing Leadership: Improving Quality Care Conference 4^thNovember 2016, States of Guernsey, Les Cotils, Guernsey
8. Poster: Traynor, M., Buus, N. Professional Identity in Nursing: UK students’ explanations for poor standards of care: a focus group study. BSA MedSoc, Aston, Birmingham, UK September 2016
9. Paper: Kelly, D., Kent, B., McMahon, A., Taylor, J., Traynor, M. (2016) Impact case studies submitted to REF 2014: The hidden impact of nursing research. Royal College of Nursing Research Society International Conference, Edinburgh, 2016
10. Paper: Traynor, M. A(nother) introduction to discourse analysis and its usefulness in research into nursing. Royal College of Nursing Research Society International Conference, Edinburgh, 2016
11. Paper: Traynor, M., Buus, N., Nissen, N., Lincoln, C. Occupational Closure in Carework: Healthcare Support Workers. BSA MedSoc, Aston, Birmingham, UK, September 2014
12. Poster: Traynor, M. and Liu, L. Resilience among nurses: a critical review of the literature. Royal College of Nursing Research Society International Conference, Glasgow, UK, April 2014
13. Paper: Traynor, M. and Evans, A. Slaveryandjouissance: analysing complaints of suffering in UK and Australian nurses’ talk about their work. Reworking Lacan at Work Conference. ESCP Europe Paris Campus, 14-15 June 2013
14. Paper: Traynor, M., Buus, N., Nissen, N. and Lincoln, C. Occupational closure in carework: health care support workers, assistant practitioners and nurses. Royal College of Nursing Research Society International Conference, Belfast, UK, March 2013
15. Invited keynote speaker at Healthcare Conferences UK: Managing Nursing Performance & Supporting Nurses in Difficulty, London, 6^thDecember, 2012.
16. Paper: Niedel, S., Traynor, M. and McKee, M. Parallel Vigilance: Parents’ dual focus following diagnosis of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in their young child at Language and Social Interaction Working Group, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City. September, 2012
17. Paper: Traynor, M., A Evans and C Leliopoulou.Passivity and Jouissance: analysis of two focus group studies with nurses in England and Australia. Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, London, UK, April 2012
18. Invited keynote speaker at Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, 31st Annual Nursing and Midwifery Conference, Nurses’ talk about powerlessness and victimhood: slavery and jouissanceDublin: Wednesday 22nd and Thursday, 23rd February, 2012
19. Paper: Traynor, M., A Evans and C Leliopoulou.Masochism in Nursing: ethics after Lacan and Žižek. In Sickness and in Health, Odense, Denmark, May 2011
20. Paper: Traynor, M., Stone, K., Maben, J. and Gould, D. A scoping exercise into the management of poor performance in nursing and midwifery: Disciplinary processes and the management of poor performance among nurses in the UK NHS: bad apple or systemic failure? Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Harrogate, UK, May 2011
21. Invited speaker at ECCO 15 - ESMO 34 International Congress: Berlin, September, 2009
22. Paper: 'The challenge to professionalism from evidence-based practice: the perspective of indeterminacy/technicality' at: The Australian Sociological Association National Conference, Aukland, New Zealand, December 2007
23. Paper: Traynor, M., Davis, K., Drenan, V., Fairly-Murray, S., Goodman, C., Humphrey, C., Locke, R., Mark, A., Peacock, R., 'The promotion of 'nurse entrepreneurs': a policy analysis'. Royal College of Nursing Research Society Annual Conference, Dundee, Scotland, April 2007
24. Paper: Traynor, M. Williams, J. and Caldwell, K. 'Evidence Based Practice And Expertise: A Spurious Tension? An Analysis Of Professional Literature' Evidence-Based Practice in Nursing: Paradigms Dialogue, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 19-21 April 2007
25. Invited keynote paper: 'Making research links with universities' at Nursing Research Practice: Royal College of Nursing, London, November 2007.
26. Invited talk: Humanism and discourse analysis in nursing. Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway, April 2008
27. Invited talk: Responses from medicine and nursing to the evidence based movement: indeterminacy and technicality. School of Nursing and Social Work, The University of Melbourne, Australia, April 2008
28. Invited talk: Discourse analysis: method for research into health policy and practice. Department of General Practice, The University of Melbourne, Australia, April 2008

Personal Website

http://michael-traynor.net

Languages Spoken

English