advanced level practice and simulation and virtual reality education modalities.
Barbara Davies RGN, RSCN, BSC(Hons), PG Dip MSc Director of Education and Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at the University of Northumbria in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. Barbara is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Barbara is an Adult Registered Nurse who then qualified as a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse. Within clinical practice, she has 20 years’ experience of working with children, young people and their families in a variety of roles. Her final clinical post was as a Paediatric Rheumatology Nurse Specialist/Clinical Co‐ordinator setting up the regional rheumatology service for children and young people. Moving into academia, Barbara is involved in both teaching and research. Her research interests lie within paediatric rheumatology, family nursing, student mentor relationships and the observation of students in practice. Following collaborative research with the Great North Children’s Hospital and Newcastle University to explore the needs of nurses working with children with inflammatory arthritis. pmm.nursing, an online, free, educational resource, was launched in November 2017. Barbara has presented the research findings at national and international conferences and it was at a conference in Denmark that she became acquainted with the concept of Family Nursing and is now a member of the Executive Group of the IFNA – UK and Ireland Chapter.
Peter Dryden MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCE, PGDip HE, FHEA, Dip HE Children’s Nursing Peter started his nursing career as a health care assistant caring for adults with learning disabilities in 1991. Peter qualified as a children’s nurse in 1998 and worked in paediatric acute assessment and then as a Specialist Nurse in paediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Peter has worked in Health Education since 2014 in both pre‐registration nursing and Continuing Workforce Development and is currently studying for his PhD in children and young people (CYP) IBD transition, which follows on from his MSc dissertation. Peter is currently a Programme Lead and Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing at Northumbria University.
Katherine Drape MSc, BSc (Hons), PGCE, PGDip HE, FHEA Senior Lecturer in Children’s Nursing Northumbria University Katherine commenced her nursing career as a registered children’s nurse in Newcastle upon Tyne working in general paediatrics at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary. After 2 years Katherine specialised in paediatric renal medicine and worked with children and young people in acute and chronic renal failure. This included supporting children and their families at home requiring peritoneal dialysis. Katherine then worked in a clinical educator’s role in children’s services before moving into a specialist nurse role in safeguarding. Katherine joined Northumbria University in 2017 and works within the Children’s nursing team teaching and supporting undergraduate nursing students.
Dr Christine English RGN, RSCN, DPSN, BSc (Hons), MSc, PGDE, SFHEA, PhD Visiting Scholar, Northumbria University; Senior Fellow (Higher Education Academy); Trustee Board Member and Chair of Clinical Governance and Clinical Quality Committee, St Oswald’s Hospice; Executive Committee Member, International Family Nursing Association (UK and Ireland Chapter); Committee Member IFNA Education Committee; Committee Member International Child and Family Centred Care Network. Christine initially worked in adult services before moving to children’s nursing at the Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle. Her career has spanned practice, education and research, where she has held strategic leadership positions. Previous roles include: Head of Subject (Nursing Midwifery and Health); Director of Student Engagement/Experience; Faculty Director of Outreach/Widening Participation; Programme Director; Senior Matron (Child and Teenage Oncology Service); Ward Sister; Staff Nurse. She continues to publish, network and collaborate within children, young people and family nursing. Christine’s main research interests are child and family perspectives on care and quality improvement in children’s care.
Claire Fagan Specialist Nurse Children and Young Peoples Cystic Fibrosis at Great North Children’s Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne. Claire qualified as a children’s nurse in 2006, having previously studied Biomedical Sciences. She started her nursing career at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne. Working within the Children’s services directorate her main experiences involve acute admissions and emergency care, general paediatrics and intensive care. She became a Cystic Fibrosis Nurse Specialist at the Great North Children’s Hospital in 2014 and is currently the north east regional representative for the Cystic Fibrosis Nursing Association.
Dr Claire Ford Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), PhD, PG Diploma Midwifery, BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing, Registered Nurse (RN) Senior Lecturer Adult Nursing, Northumbria University. Claire joined the teaching team at Northumbria University in 2013, having spent time working within perioperative care and completing a Postgraduate Diploma in Midwifery. She studied for her BSc (Hons) and PG Dip at Northumbria University, and won academic awards for both, as well as the Heath Award in 2009. As a Lecturer, she teaches on a range of modules national and international preregistration healthcare programmes. In addition to teaching, Claire is involved in several research projects ranging from the examination of pain practices in perioperative care to exploring the use of technology‐enhanced learning and virtual reality to augment undergraduate students learning. Claire has a passion for pain management, clinical skills, women’s health, gynaecology, perioperative care and simulation and has published many articles. She also has an interest in using other forms of media and technology to facilitate and enhance deep learning and is the co‐founder of the ‘Skills for Practice’ website, which acts as a central repository for videos, posters, and podcasts focusing on a range of clinical nursing procedures. In 2016, the website was shortlisted for the Student Nursing Times Awards – Teaching Innovation of the Year.
Anthony Garbutt Anthony completed his undergraduate adult nurse training at Northumbria University in 2010. Anthony subsequently worked within cardiothoracic surgery as staff nurse, surgical first assistant and senior charge nurse roles during this time. Anthony completed his MSc in 2015, investigating effectiveness of pre‐operative anxiety interventions for cardiac surgery. This work was undertaken across adult and paediatric specialities, including transplantation. Currently, Anthony is Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing and Operating Department Practice at Northumbria University, with specialist interests in cardiovascular, respiratory and advanced clinical practice. He is currently studying for his PhD, investigating workplace socialisation, linked to education.
Alexandra Gatehouse Alex Gatehouse graduated from Nottingham University in 2000 with a Bsc (Hons) Physiotherapy. Following Junior Rotations in the Newcastle Trust she specialised in Respiratory Physiotherapy in Adult Critical Care, also working within New Zealand. In 2012 she trained as an Advanced Critical Care Practitioner, completing a Masters in Clinical Practice in Critical Care and qualifying in 2014. Alex subsequently completed her non‐medical prescribing qualification and continues to rotate within all of the Critical Care Units in Newcastle Upon Tyne, also enjoying teaching on the regional transfer course. She is a co‐founder of the Advanced Critical Care Practitioner Northern Region Group and is a committee member of the North East Intensive Care Society. Alex has presented abstracts at the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine and the North East Intensive Care Society conferences.
Sophie Gilmour‐Ivens Sophie began her nursing career at Stoke Mandeville hospital in 1995 after completing her paediatric nursing degree at Oxford Brookes University. She worked on the medical ward at Ipswich hospital before moving to Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Trust where she worked as a staff nurse on a neurology/ neuro‐oncology ward for 6 years. She was appointed as an epilepsy nurse specialist in 2006 and this role was expanded to a neurology nurse specialist role in 2014. Sophie has always had a special interest in epilepsy and now works as a paediatric epilepsy nurse specialist at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Liz Gormley‐Fleming RGN, RSCN, RNT, PG Cert (Herts) PG Dip HE (Herts), BSc (Hons), MA (Keele), SFHEA Associate Director Academic Quality Assurance. University of Hertfordshire. Liz commenced her nursing career in Ireland where she qualified as an RGN and RSCN. Initially she worked in
