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University of Bedfordshire
Park Square
Luton
Bedfordshire
UK, LU1 3JU

Linda Dean

Practice Educator (Child Nursing), Deputy Director of Recruitment and Retention, Admissions Tutor for Pre Registration Nursing

Linda Dean

I first qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1985 and initially I worked on a Paediatric ward. Personal circumstances prompted me to move to Aylesbury where I accepted a staff nurse post at the National Spinal Injuries Centre.

This was to be a temporary position but 17 years later I was still there. I was asked to undertake a course to be a children’s nurse and graduated from this course in 2003 with an Honours Degree. In 2004 I commenced as Practice Educator at the University of Bedfordshire.

I have a particular interest in recruitment which has led to me taking on additional roles which link to this area of specialism.

Qualifications

  • MSc in Health Studies – University of Bedfordshire, 2010
  • BSc in Children’s Nursing – University of Bedfordshire, 2003
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice – University of Bedfordshire, 2005
  • Registered Nurse (Child) – University of Bedfordshire, 2003
  • Registered General Nurse – Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 1985
  • ENB 371 – Nursing people with spinal cord injuries, 1987

Teaching Role

  • Support for mentors and students in practice
  • Teaching of skills to student nurses in all fields of nursing
  • Teaching students in field of children’s nursing

Research Interests

  • Transition of children to adult services

Recent Research Projects

  • MSc dissertation – An exploration of the experiences of young people who have been nursed on adult wards (Winner of Norah Rees award for best dissertation). This was a national prize awarded by ‘Action for Sick Children’.

Contact Details

Faculty of Health and Social Sciences
Oxford House
Buckinghamshire campus
Aylesbury, HP21 8SZ

T: +44 (0)1296 734312 or 07834 503103
E: linda.dean@beds.ac.uk

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