Mary Brown
University Teacher (Child Health), Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
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Biography
As a Registered Children's Nurse I have spent many years working with children and their families within Nottingham Children's Hospital. I specialized in paediatric oncology with an interest in communication and Family Centred Care. Supporting students in practice as a mentor fired my enthusiasm for teaching and learning, this led to me taking the Practice Teacher in Education Course and finally a Masters in Education. I left nursing practice to work within Nottingham University, School of Nursing where I have maintained and developed sustainable links between theory and practice areas.
I am also a reviewer for Nurse Education Today
Expertise Summary
Lead Child Branch year one Preparation for Practice and Student Forums
Chair of the Nottingham Children's Hospital, Neonatal and Community Acute Practice Learning Team.
Deputy Chair Sherwood Forest Children and Neonates Acute Practice Learning Team (PLT)
Educational PLT Link: Ward D35 Nottingham Children's Hospital
Educational PLT link: Ward 25a and 25b, Neonatal Unit and Emergency Department Kings Mill Hospital
Member of Nottingham Children's Hospital Nursing Research & Innovation Forum
Member of CYPICS Education Network (Children and Young Peoples Integrated Cancer Services)
Child Branch Representative Common Foundation Advisory Group
Member of Service User and Carer Advisory Group
Teaching Summary
Child Health related Teaching and learning across Diploma/Degree, MNSci and Graduate Entry Undergraduate Nursing Courses
Communication skills
Clinical skills
Student support learning in practice and learning for practice
Recent Publications
BROWN, M., 2012. Transform Dissemination: Nursing Skills for Mobility In: RCN Education Forum conference and exhibition. (In Press.)
BROWN, M, 2011. Family Centred Care. In: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Skills for Children and Young Peoples Nursing Oxford University Press. (In Press.)
BROWN, M. AND DAWSON, P, 2011. Mouth Care. In: Oxford Handbook of Clinical Skills for Children and Young Peoples Nursing (In Press.)
BROWN, M., 2011. Nottingham Children’s Hospital Newsletter: Practice Learning Teams first away day
The TraNSforM Project
Training Requirements and Nursing Skills for Mobility in Health Care
Aim: To understand the perception's of nurses undertaking work based learning regarding internationalization/mobility in their practice. To identify needs for education, training and the development of skills for nursing practice for internationalization/mobility as part of an EU labour market in health care.
To develop a framework for skills and learning development to be embedded within existing programmes of work-based learning and study for nursing.
Past Research
Student support within first year of an undergraduate nursing course, Dissertation led to MMSci Medical Education with overall distinction
Future Research
proposed PHD with a focus on communication with children and parents during medical interventions.