Roles: Advanced Nurse practitioner specialising in long term conditions: respiratory care, diabetes, cardiovascular disease including hypertension and lipid management. Providing some ‘on the day’ care for acute undifferentiated illness. Worked as a GPN since 1984.
Education Facilitator for Devon Training Hub since July 2020, providing support for the continuing professional development of the multi-disciplinary team through the creation of an interactive programme of training and education.
Education: RGN St George’s Hospital, London 1982, BSc Professional Nursing Studies Wolverhampton University 2003 (awarded after completion of 2 years of MSc advanced clinical practice course); MSc Respiratory Care Open University 2008, MA Medical Ethics and Law Keele University 2018.
Other qualifications: Independent Nurse Prescriber Coventry University, ARTP Spirometry, Post Graduate Award (PGA) in Diabetes Therapeutics Warwick University and PGA menopause management Warwick University; PGA interstitial lung disease University of Herts; PGA Evidence Based Teaching.
Other roles:
Editor in Chief Practice Nurse Journal
Asthma Lead for the Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists
Member of the Primary Care Respiratory Society Policy Forum
Nurse board member for the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
Queen’s Nurse since 2015, a title given to individual nurses who have demonstrated a high level of commitment to patient care and nursing practice.
Education Facilitator for Devon Training Hub since July 2020, providing support for the continuing professional development of the multi-disciplinary team through the creation of an interactive programme of training and education.
Education: RGN St George’s Hospital, London 1982, BSc Professional Nursing Studies Wolverhampton University 2003 (awarded after completion of 2 years of MSc advanced clinical practice course); MSc Respiratory Care Open University 2008, MA Medical Ethics and Law Keele University 2018.
Other qualifications: Independent Nurse Prescriber Coventry University, ARTP Spirometry, Post Graduate Award (PGA) in Diabetes Therapeutics Warwick University and PGA menopause management Warwick University; PGA interstitial lung disease University of Herts; PGA Evidence Based Teaching.
Other roles:
Editor in Chief Practice Nurse Journal
Asthma Lead for the Association of Respiratory Nurse Specialists
Member of the Primary Care Respiratory Society Policy Forum
Nurse board member for the Primary Care Cardiovascular Society
Queen’s Nurse since 2015, a title given to individual nurses who have demonstrated a high level of commitment to patient care and nursing practice.
