Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing

I qualified as a registered nurse in 1994 having trained at a local school of nursing and studied at the University of Luton which then went on to become the University of Bedfordshire.

I spent 10 years working in Trauma and Orthopaedics at a local hospital, becoming junior ward sister and acting ward manager. From there I became the manual handling trainer for all staff within the Trust, including training student nurses from the University on placement there, eventually becoming both moving and handling/back care advisor and falls improvement lead for the hospital.

I started at the University in June 2016 and am currently unit lead for Care Across the Lifespan in Adult Nursing in Year 1, Link Lecturer at Bedford Hospital and Site Co-ordinator for Adult Nursing at the Bedford Polhill campus.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult) – 1994
• DipHe (Nursing Studies) 1994 – University of Luton
• ENB 941 Nursing Elderly People 1996
• ENB 219 Orthopaedic Nursing 1997
• BA (Health Care) 1997 – University of Luton
• ENB 998 Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice 1998
• Risk Assessors & Key Trainers (Handling & Safe Movement of Patients and Loads) 2004
• MSc (Back Care Management) 2013 – Loughborough University
• IOSH Managing People Safely 2011
• Post Graduate Certificate of Teaching Higher Education (PGCTHE)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. (FHEA)

Teaching Expertise

Pre-registration Nursing

Publications

Slope, R. and Hopkinson, K. (2022) 'Caring for people with impaired mobility' in Neale, N., & Sale, J. (2022). Developing Practical Nursing Skills (5th ed.). Abingdon: Routeledge. pp513-56

Contact Details

E: katherine.hopkinson@beds.ac.uk