Sally Melling

Contact

• workRoom B61a Medical School, QMC
  Queen's Medical Centre
  Nottingham
  NG7 2UH
  UK
• work0115 8230905
• fax0115 8231208
• sally.melling@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Born in Cheshire and educated in Nottinghamshire and Rutland, I entered nursing as a general nurse in Sheffield and soon became convinced that children's nursing was my preferred career. I therefore completed my children nurse training in 1989. After working as a staff nurse and sister in Sheffield Children's Hospital I decided that I would be well suited for nurse education. I was successful in gaining my P.G.C.E. in nurse education in York in 1993 and subsequently accepted the offer of a teaching post at Mid Trent College upon qualification.

Since joining the college in 1993 I have seen my career develop from lecturer to senior lecturer and now to Associate Professor. After the college joined the university in 1995 I sought to develop my own academic skills by successfully completing an M.Phil in 2000 and an Ed(D) in 2011.

I have led module, program and course development

I am currently the strategic lead for the child health team within the Division of Nursing.

Expertise Summary

• Teaching all aspects of children's nursing
• curriculum development
• staff development
• activity review
• student selection

Teaching Summary

• Child Development
• Family Centred Care
• Childhood Communication Theory
• Adolescence

Research Summary

Student nurse experience in practice. Ed (D) thesis 2011

• Director BSc/Diploma Shortened Programme
• Chair Paediatric Audit Team
• Module leader for Management and Care of the Child with Cleft Lip and Palate
• Child Branch Admissions Co-ordinator
• Module Leader MN16