Adult Nursing staff
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Paul Nix
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Since qualifying in January 2018 as a registered nurse Paul has been working in coronary care and cardiac catheter labs. This is where he developed highly specialised skills and knowledge in the management of critically unwell cardiac patients. During his time as a registered nurse, Paul spent two years on a specialist...
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Cara Norwood
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Cara has had a dynamic and interesting career working in construction as a Quantity Surveyor with a Higher National Certificate in Building Studies, a role that took her all over the UK, working in challenging environments. In 2014, she began studying adult nursing, graduating with a 1 st Class Hons Degree Bachelor of...
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Joanna O’ Brien
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Having completed her training in Ireland in 2015, Joanna began her career as a theatre practitioner across a variety of fields, eventually specialising in plastics and general surgery. Seeking a new challenge, Joanna then moved to critical care nursing and has worked across several specialist areas including liver and neuro...
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Adekola Ogundare
Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Adekola Ogundare is a highly experienced Registered Nurse and Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA) with 17 years of diverse clinical practice. His extensive background includes significant contributions across acute, emergency, peri-operative, anaesthesia, and critical care settings. Prior to his current role as a...
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Claire Perkins
Senior Lecturer
Experienced nurse educator with a key interest in the the recognition and management of acute physiological deterioration. Also in the development of under graduate and post graduate nursing curricula.
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Francesca Renzicchi
Senior Lecturer
Francesca graduated in Nursing in 2012, from the Faculty of “Medicina, Universita di Roma Tor Vergata” and moved to the UK one year after, where she has been practising in different hospital settings, from medical wards to admission, to Critical Care and research. Francesca's areas of interest and expertise cover general...
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Nina Shamaris
Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing
Nina is currently a Senior Lecturer in Adult nursing and her main module she leads on Leadership and Decision-Making/Research Based Leadership and Decision-Making Adult Nursing within the third/fourth year. She is passionate about teaching students to transfer skills from theory into practice and making that difference within...
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Jeena Shiju
Lecturer
Jeena Shiju Graduated in 1999 and has worked in surgical, Trauma and Orthopaedic areas. She has also worked in clinical education supporting and teaching students and staff (ranging from band 2 to senior staff and junior doctors) in both class and clinical practice. Jeena enjoys encouraging and supporting students in...
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Dion Smyth
Senior Lecturer (Cancer and Palliative Care)
Dion Smyth is a senior lecturer in cancer and palliative care, and teaches on both the undergraduate pre and post-registration curriculum and postgraduate courses. In the pre-registration BSc Nursing programme, Dion coordinates the module Nursing Practice 2, which addresses cancer, immunology, auto-immune conditions such as...
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Bernie St Aubyn
Senior Lecturer (Adult Nursing)
Bernie St Aubyn has been a Senior Lecturer in Nursing at Birmingham City University over the last 14 years and has taught at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels. She currently works on the BSc Nursing programme. Prior to working at the University she worked as a registered Midwife and registered Health Visitor in...