Contributors

Jim Blanchflower, BSc Pharmacology, PGCE, MSc (Health Practice)
Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Salford, Manchester, UK

Jim Blanchflower is lecturer in physiology, pharmacology and pathophysiology in the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Salford University.

He has been involved in educating healthcare professionals for over 25 years. This includes advanced practitioners, nurses, midwives, pharmacists and physiotherapists.

He has several publications in the area of non‐medical prescribing, and has presented at conferences for non‐medical prescribing, sepsis and antibiotic resistance.

He also works with strength athletes, particularly powerlifters, helping them to upgrade their performance by improving training practices and nutrition. He is the president of the North‐West Powerlifting Federation.

Carl Clare, RN DipN, BSc (Hons), MSc (Lond), PGDE (Lond)
Programme Lead MSc Nursing, Senior Lecturer, Department of Adult Nursing and Primary Care, School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK

Carl began his nursing career in 1990 as a Nursing Auxiliary. He later undertook three years of student nurse training at Selly Oak Hospital (Birmingham), moving to The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospitals, then Northwick Park Hospital, and finally The Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust as a Resuscitation Officer and Honorary Teaching Fellow of Imperial College (London). Since 2006, he has worked at the University of Hertfordshire as a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing. His key areas of interest are long‐term illness, physiology, sociology and cardiac care. Carl has previously published work in cardiac care, resuscitation and pathophysiology.

Louise Henstock, BSc (Hons) Physiology, BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy, MSc Sports & Exercise Management, SFHEA, PGCAP, HCPC, MSCP
Lecturer & Admissions Tutor, School of Health and Society, University of Salford, Greater Manchester, UK; Visiting Lecturer Cambridge University, Cambridge, UK

Louise began her career at St. James’s University Hospital, Leeds, before becoming a senior musculoskeletal physiotherapist working at Leeds General Infirmary. She has worked as a physiotherapy lecturer since 2003, initially at York St. John University, gaining her master’s degree in Sports and Exercise Management and a Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice. She moved to the University of Salford in 2010, where she is currently employed as a physiotherapy lecturer and admissions tutor. Her key areas of interest are musculoskeletal physiotherapy and physiology. In 2017, Louise was awarded Best Teacher in the Health School & Best Overall Teacher at Salford University, and was also the winner of a VC Distinguished Teaching Award in 2014. In 2017, Louise became a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Louise has also guest‐lectured at the University of Cambridge.

Barry Hill MSc, Advanced Practice, PGC Academic Practice, BSc (Hons) Intensive Care Nursing, DipHE Adult Nursing, O.A. Dip Counselling Skills, Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Teacher (NMC RNT/TCH); Senior Fellow (SFHEA), Programme Leader (Senior Lecturer) Adult Nursing, Northumbria University, Clinical Editor British Journal of Nursing
Director of Employability, Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health,
Programme Leader, BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Barry Hill leads and teaches on a range of undergraduate and postgraduate healthcare‐related programmes. Clinically, Barry worked at Imperial College NHS Trust across all three adult intensive care units including neuro, trauma, cardiac and general critical care, whilst undertaking a clinical master’s degree in advanced practice. Prior to joining Higher Education, Barry was Matron for Plastics Orthopaedics ENT and Major Trauma division, managing and leading the ENT, Airway, Head and Neck and Plastics, including breast surgery.

Barry has been awarded a GEM Award (Going the Extra Mile) in 2019, Northumbria University; 2019 Finalist – ‘Educator of the Year 2019’ Student Nursing Times Awards; 2018 Student Led Teachers Award (SLTA) Winner of the ‘Best Lecturer Award 2018’ Northumbria University; and 2009 ‘Outstanding Service Care & Research Awards OSCAR’ (Clinical Education), Imperial College. Barry is Clinical Series Editor for British Journal of Nursing (BJN) and on the editorial board. Barry has published books, book chapters, and academic journal articles. He is currently studying a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) at Northumbria University in his third year.

Noleen P. Jones, EN, RN, DipN, Dip Management, BSc, FHEA, MEd
Principal Lecturer (Ag), School of Health Studies, Gibraltar

Noleen began her nursing career as a Nursing Auxiliary in 1987 before training to be an Enrolled Nurse, eventually qualifying as a Staff Nurse in 1992. She worked in Critical Care as a newly qualified Registered Nurse until 2013, where she held the posts of Senior Sister and Lead Nurse for Education and Training before she moved into practice development for a year. It was during this time that Noleen’s links to the School of Health Studies strengthened. Noleen became a Lecturer with the School of Health Studies in Gibraltar in 2014. Her key interests are cardiac care, respiratory care and teaching practice skills.

Claire Leader, PGCAP, MA, BSc (Hons), RN, RM, HFEA
Senior Lecturer (Adult Nursing), Nursing, Midwifery & Health, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

Claire began her nursing career in 1998 after graduating from York University. Between 1998 and 2003, Claire worked as an Emergency Nurse in the UK as well as overseas before commencing her Midwifery education and obtaining a first class honours degree at the University of Huddersfield. Claire practised as a midwife in large tertiary referral centres in Sheffield and Newcastle upon Tyne before taking on the role of Research Nurse & Midwife in 2009. During this time Claire worked closely with Principal Investigators in the development and delivery of research sponsored by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) in a number of specialties whilst also studying part time for the Masters in Sociology and Social Research, for which she received a distinction. In 2018, Claire moved to her current post at Northumbria University, teaching on programmes of education within the department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health as well as developing research as part of collaborations and through her own PhD on workforce well‐being.

Louise McErlean, RGN, BSc (Hons), MA (Herts)
Lecturer, Department of Nursing, School of Health and Social Work, Ulster University, Northern Ireland, UK

Louise is a lecturer in Nursing at Ulster University. Louise commenced her nursing career in Glasgow in 1986, specialising in Intensive Care Nursing. Louise has worked in Glasgow, Belfast, London and Hertfordshire. Louise moved to Higher Education in 2005 and has taught on anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and skills modules within adult nursing. Her interests include physiology, clinical skills, simulation and nurse education.

Janet G. Migliozzi, DMS, RGN, BSc (Hons), MSc (London), PGDEd, PGCMed.Sim, FHEA
Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, Health and Wellbeing, School of Health and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK

Janet completed her initial training in London and commenced her career in 1988. She has worked at a variety of hospitals across London, predominantly in vascular, orthopaedic and high‐dependency surgery before specialising in infection prevention and control and communicable disease. Janet has worked in higher education since 1999 and is involved in teaching across a range of healthcare professions programmes both at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. She is also involved in the research supervision of students undertaking advanced clinical practice pathways. Her key interests include clinical microbiology, particularly in relation to healthcare‐associated infections, global communicable disease and public health. Patient safety at the local and global levels is also an area of interest. Janet has published in journals and books in areas including immunology, minimising risk in relation to healthcare‐associated infection and pathophysiology.

Valerie Nangle, MPhil, FHEA, RGN
Assistant Professor, Coventry University (London), Spitalfields, London, UK

Prior to becoming a nurse educator teaching students on undergraduate nursing courses, she worked in coronary care and high‐dependency units in London before specialising and practising for 20 years as a cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention nurse specialist.

Valerie’s academic clinical research interests are concerned mainly with migrant health and inequalities in health focusing on the health of refugees and asylum seekers. Her academic research areas of interest include nursing students with dyslexia and disabilities experiences within clinical practice areas. She continues to practice clinically, and volunteers with a migrant health clinic and as a cardiac nurse consultant with the Irish diaspora in the UK, focusing on primary prevention of coronary heart disease and hypertension.

Ian Peate, OBE, FRCN
Visiting Professor St George’s University of London and Kingston University, London, Visiting Professor Northumbria...