Senior Lecturer in Child Nursing, Recruitment Lead for Healthcare Courses

I qualified as a Registered General Nurse in 1985. I worked at the National Spinal injuries Centre prior to undertaking the Child Nursing Course in 2003.

I have worked at The University of Bedfordshire since 2004, initially as a Senior Lecturer in Child Nursing. In 2006 I completed a Post Graduate Diploma in Academic Practice and in 2010 I completed an MSc in Health studies

I am the Recruitment Lead for Pre-registration Healthcare Courses, which involves selection and recruitment of Healthcare students.

Besides recruitment, my interests include Care of Children with long term conditions and Transition of young people to adult services.

Qualifications

• MSc in Health Studies – University of Bedfordshire, 2010
• PRINCE 2, December 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
• ENB 998 – Mentoring students in practice, 1998
• ENB 371 – Nursing people with spinal cord injuries, 1987
• Registered General Nurse – Luton and Dunstable Hospital, 1985

Teaching Expertise

• Support for mentors and students in practice
• Teaching of skills to student nurses in all fields of nursing
• Unit Lead for year 1 unit – The Scope of Children's Nursing

Research Interests

• Transition of children to adult services
• Students raising concerns in the Practice Environment

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

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