# Faith Gibson

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{{Short description|British nurse, academic, and researcher}}

{{Infobox scientist
| name              = Faith Gibson
| honorific_prefix = [Professor](/source/Professor)
| honorific_suffix  = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRCN|size=100}}
| workplaces        = [Great Ormond Street Hospital](/source/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital) <br />[Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust](/source/Nottingham_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust)
| alma_mater        = [London South Bank University](/source/London_South_Bank_University) (PhD)
| fields            = [Childhood cancer](/source/Childhood_cancer)<br />[Cancer survivor](/source/Cancer_survivor)ship<br />[Cancer communication](/source/Health_communication)<br />[Patient and family experience](/source/Patient_experience)<ref name=gs/>
| thesis_title      = Defining specialist practice through competencies : the notion of the general and specialist children's nurse
| thesis_url        = 	https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.434457
| thesis_year       = 2001
| website = {{Official URL}}
}}

'''Faith Gibson''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRCN}} is a British nurse who is Deputy Chief Nurse for Research, Nursing and Allied Health and Professor of Child Health and Cancer Care at [Great Ormond Street Hospital](/source/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital).<ref name=official>{{Official URL}}</ref><ref name=transition/> Her research investigates cancer care for children and young people.<ref name=gs>{{Google scholar id}}</ref><ref name=epmc>{{EuropePMC}}</ref><ref name=guideline/> She was awarded the International Society of Paediatric Oncology Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018.

== Early life and education ==
Gibson trained as a nurse at the [Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust](/source/Nottingham_University_Hospitals_NHS_Trust). She specialised in paediatric nursing and oncology at the [Royal Marsden Hospital](/source/Royal_Marsden_Hospital), and joined [Great Ormond Street Hospital](/source/Great_Ormond_Street_Hospital) in 1986.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nursing Network Webinar: The History of Nursing at SIOP |url=https://siop-online.org/news/nursing-network-webinar-the-history-of-nursing-at-siop/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=siop-online.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Research: Faith Gibson |url=https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/burdett-national-transition-nursing-network/social-media/research-faith-gibson/ |website=leedsth.nhs.uk|publisher=Burdett National Transition Nursing Network}}</ref> She worked toward a graduate degree at the [University of Surrey](/source/University_of_Surrey) and a doctorate on general and specialist children's nursing at [London South Bank University](/source/London_South_Bank_University).<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite thesis|degree=PhD|url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/301563419 |title=Defining specialist practice through competencies: the notion of the general and specialist children's nurse |id={{EThOS|	uk.bl.ethos.434457}}|oclc=500269459|first=Faith|last=Gibson|year=2001|publisher=London South Bank University  |language=en}}</ref>

== Research and career ==
Gibson is dedicated to training clinical academics in child health.{{cn|date=June 2023}} She has also worked on strategies to improve the skills of the nursing workforce in cancer care. In 2009, Gibson was made Clinical Professor of Children's Cancer Care, and Director of the Centre for Nursing and Allied Health Research and Evidenced Based Practice.<ref name=":1" /> She has created guidance for conducting focus groups with children and young people, emphasising the need for early planning, attention to be paid to group composition, location and identifying the appropriate moderator.<ref name=conducting/>

In 2018, Gibson was awarded the International Society for Paediatric Oncology Lifetime Achievement Award.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ford |first=Steve |date=2018-12-17 |title=Nurse becomes first to receive children's cancer care accolade |url=https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/research-and-innovation/nurse-becomes-first-to-receive-childrens-cancer-care-accolade-17-12-2018/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=nursingtimes.net|publisher=[Nursing Times](/source/Nursing_Times) |language=en}}</ref> She was the first nurse to receive the award.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kendall-Raynor |first=Petra |date=2018-12-18 |title=Lifetime achievement award for child health professor |url=https://rcni.com/nursing-children-and-young-people/newsroom/news/lifetime-achievement-award-child-health-professor-143181 |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=rcni.com |language=en}}</ref>

=== Awards and honours ===
* 2007 Elected [Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing](/source/Fellow_of_the_Royal_College_of_Nursing) (FRCN)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gibson; Faith (fl 1981- fl 2017); nurse |url=https://rcn.epexio.com/#/names/c57aea35-7be5-9bb1-3e50-8fc2a2ab85de |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=rcn.epexio.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>
* 2018 International Society for Paediatric Oncology Lifetime Achievement Award<ref name=":2" /> 
* 2020 Fellow of [American Academy of Nursing](/source/American_Academy_of_Nursing)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Professor Faith Gibson becomes fellow of American Academy of Nursing |url=https://www.gosh.nhs.uk/news/professor-faith-gibson-becomes-fellow-american-academy-nursing/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=gosh.nhs.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>

=== Selected publications ===
* ''Transition of care for adolescents from paediatric services to adult health service''<ref name=transition>{{Cite Q|Q24185848}}</ref>
* ''Conducting focus groups with children and young people: strategies for success''<ref name=conducting>{{Cite Q|Q62614931}}</ref>
* ''Guideline for the management of fever and neutropenia in children with cancer and/or undergoing hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation''<ref name=guideline>{{Cite Q|Q40274081}}</ref>

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