Kelly Lewer

Kelly Lewer serves as a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine within the Faculty of Health Sciences. Her academic work centers on advancing nursing education through innovative mental health clinical placements and stigma reduction initiatives.

Her research spans Nursing Education, Mental Health Nursing, and Stigma Reduction, with significant contributions to Consumer Recovery and Higher Education Pedagogy. She investigates how clinical placements shape nursing students' attitudes toward mental health, their help-seeking behaviors, and the effectiveness of therapeutic recreation interventions. Her work integrates social theory frameworks like Bourdieu's concepts to analyze systemic issues in public health and education.

Analysis of her 2023-2025 publications reveals consistent focus on mental health clinical placements for pre-registration nursing students, utilizing mixed methods and systematic reviews to evaluate stigma reduction outcomes. She also explores pandemic impacts on mental health recovery, feedback literacy in academic assessment, and historical analyses of social issues like women's safe accommodation. Her collaborative work frequently involves researchers including Christopher Patterson and Lorna Moxham.