Welcome to the programme – introduce yourself

[Laura Wallis]

In preparation for Campus Day 1, introduce yourself and provide a description of your professional journey running up to this qualification…

[Alexandra Webb]

Hello

Im Alex, I have previously worked in trauma and orthopaedics for 3 years, I now work as a prison nurse I have been working in the prison for 5 years. Everyday we face a range of different challenges and are always meeting new people with a wide range of medical conditions.

Hope to get to know you all better soon.

Alex 🙂

[Trudi Martin]

Hi, I am Trudi. I am practice nurse specialising in diabetes but also cover alot of long term conditions and womens health. Really don’t know what to expect from this course as it was offered to me very last minute.
I always work a Wednesday and see that is a day I need to scheduled, is there any flexibility? Thanks Trudi

[Katy Simpson]

Hello, I’m Katy, a practice nurse in London and really enjoy respiratory and this is the area I hope to be able to prescribe in. I’ve been a practice nurse for four and a half years, prior to which I was a scrub nurse in a cancer specialist hospital so two very different nursing areas! Really looking forward to starting the course and if we ever get to meet in person, would love to hear more about prison nursing Alex!

[Sam Caunter]

 

Hi, I am Sam a Paramedic based in the Southwest.

I currently work in primary care (within a local GP practice) after 11 years with  the Ambulance Service.

As with Trudi I struggle with Weds so will be attending the Sunday Forums.

Anyone else in the Southwest?

[Jennifer Stuart]

Hello,

My name is Jen and I am a Paramedic based in Hampshire. I previously worked as a frontline paramedic with South Western Ambulance Service for 10 years but have now transitioned into Primary Care and for the last 4 years have worked in a GP practice doing face to face and telephone patient consultations.

I am hoping the prescribing course will be very insightful in improving my understanding of making autonomous prescribing decisions and being able to enhance patient care.

 

I look forward to meeting you all online!

 

Jen

 

[Jenna Moore]

Hi all,

My name is Jenna and I am a Paramedic that works in a GP surgery. Before the GP surgery I was in the ambulance service for 11 years.

Looking forward to getting to know you all even if just online! Haven’t come across anyone else yet doing this course with OU but sounding well organised so far!

 

[John Chapman]

Afternoon all, I’m John. A paramedic of almost 20 yrs from London, now working for 111 as a clinical manager and still assessing patients over the phone too. Slightly nervous, but excited too about returning to study….. maybe it isn’t just me 🙂

look forward in getting to know you all more

[Olufunmilayo Oketunji]

Good morning everyone

I currently work in a private mental health hospital as a practice nurse , my role involves assessing service users physical health needs and managing our weekly  GP clinic amongst other things .Prior to this i worked as a district nurse for 10 years

A number of my colleagues are on this course  too however we are all situated at different locations all over the county and haven’t met in person .I am hoping we will all finally have an opportunity to meet in person.

I am also excited to be on the course but also apprehensive being a mature student

See you all online soon

Olu

[Claire Morris]

Good Evening All

My name is Claire and I have been a qualified adult nurse for 22 years.  My current role is an Apheresis Specialist Nurse working for NHS Blood and Transplant, I am based at The Christie in Manchester – with this role I manage adults and paediatric patients. The main specialties are haematology, renal, neuro and cardio thoracic (pre&post transplant).

Prior to this role I have worked in acute trusts in many different roles.

I am very excited to be starting as this is the first module for my MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice – however equally apprehensive as not completed study for many years.

Really looking forward to meeting everyone 🤗

See you soon

[Marcia Perrow]

Hi all! My name is Marcie, I am a Trainee ANP in the Acute Surgical Team at University Hospital! What a mouthful! I have been in post for nearly a year now, and prior to this worked in the General ICU and Cardiac HDU areas. I am excited to be starting the course, and looking forward to being able to cover the content online and not in a fixed lecture hall!

I work with some fully qualified ANPs who clerk acute surgical patients, make treatment plans, and prescribe etc, I look forward to being able to do this also, although I am nervous to start the prescribing module.

Looking forward to studying with you all!

Best wishes,

Marcie

[Jane Quinn]

My name is Jane and I am a self employed Aesthetic Nurse. I qualified as an RGN in 2003 working in the spinal injuries unit and then in the community as a district nurse. I trained in aesthetic procedures starting in 2007 up to the present day. I have to rely on a prescriber for several treatments that are POM, but i want to be independent in my practice.

I am excited but also scared to starting this course, its been many years since i attended University. Great to know we have this cohort forum to discuss anything of concern or query.

Good luck everyone.

Jane

[Rhea Snook]

Hi my name is Rhea.

I am a trainee ACP working within General Surgery at the University Hospital Southampton and I have been doing this role for 10 months. My role mostly involves looking after patients following surgery and after discharge. I am looking forward to starting this module but also nervous and overwhelmed!

Before starting my ACP pathway I worked in General Intensive Care and in the Surgical High Dependency Unit.

I look forward to meeting you all!

Rhea

 

 

[Lauren Deanus]

Hi, my name is Lauren. I work as a trainee ACP in adult cancer care. My training post rotates every 6 months so my role will vary around radiotherapy, inpatient wards, acute assessment units, bone marrow transplant and teenage/young adult cancer care. I am currently based in acute oncology which is essentially an ED for cancer patients. I see patients with a variety of conditions, some of which relate to their cancer such as electrolyte imbalance, neutropenic sepsis, spinal cord compression etc, as well as non-cancer specific problems such as heart attacks, strokes and renal colic. I clerk patients and make diagnostic and treatment plans which I discuss with a senior whilst training. I currently rely on colleagues to do all my prescribing for me which I am looking forward to being able to do myself to relieve some of that workload from others.

Daunted but excited to begin this module!

 

[George Murray]

Hi all!

I’m George a Paramedic by background. I have worked in the most Northern station in England and now work in the south! I was also a volunteer for Mountain Rescue before I moved to the south. I have just compleated an MSc in Trauma Science. Looking forward to getting my teeth into this!

 

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