Claire Kane
Principal Lecturer in Nursing and Portfolio Lead for Pre-registration Nursing
As a registered nurse, I have experience of working in Emergency Medicine and Operating Theatres.
Prior to general nursing, I qualified as a dental nurse at Guy's Hospital, London where I worked in the Oral & Maxillo Facial Operating Theatre before working at the Royal Dental Hospital in Leicester Square, London.
Following on I trained as a medical photographer and was based at the London Hospital in Whitechapel.
I hold qualifications in Accident & Emergency Nursing, Advanced Life Support and Advanced Trauma Life Support Nursing.
Qualifications
- MSc Advanced Nursing Practice - University of Bedfordshire
- Post graduate diploma in Healthcare Leadership – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson NHS Leadership Academy/University of Birmingham and Manchester
- Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice - University of Bedfordshire
- Medico-legal Skills course: Imperial College London
- Advanced Trauma Nursing - ATNC.org.uk
- Accident & Emergency Adult and Child - Oxford Brooks University
- Advanced Life Support Resuscitation Council
- BSc (Hons) Nursing
Teaching Expertise
- I am a registered nurse teacher with the NMC.
- During my teaching career, I have run units in both pre and post registration nursing.
- As a Principal Lecturer and Portfolio Lead for pre-registration nursing, I offer academic leadership and support to the nursing team and am responsible for the delivery and standards of the BSc and MSc nursing courses.
Research Interests
- Students with specific learning differences
- Major trauma
- Clinical Anatomy Teaching
- Recent research Projects
- Moral Distress in emergency nursing
- Moral Distress in student nurses and midwives during the Covid-19 pandemic
Conference presentations
- RCN Education Forum and Exhibition March 2015
- Poster Title: Clinical Anatomy Teaching for Pre-registration Student Nurses
- Developing Novice Mentors' Skills in Supporting Nursing and Midwifery Students with Specific Learning Differences in Practice: An Evaluation of a Learning Resource'. Netnap June 2012 4th International Nurse Education Conference
- 'Educational Support for Student Nurses in Clinical Practice'. February 2010, RCN Education Forum Conference and Exhibition
Publications
- Kane C, Wareing M, Rintakorpi E (2022) The psychological effects of working in the NHS during a pandemic on final-year students: part II, British Journal of Nursing, 31 (2). https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2022.31.2.96
- Kane C, Rintakorpi E, Wareing M, Hewson D (2021) The psychological effects of working in the NHS during a pandemic on final-year students: part 1, British Journal of Nursing, 30 (22), https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2021.30.22.1303
- Kane, C. Whiting, D. McGrath, A. et al (2014) 'Ocular Injuries in People with Multiple Trauma'. Emergency Nurse. 22(3) 27-32
- Black, S. Kane, C & Elworthy, G (2014) 'The complexities and challenges of introducing electronic Ongoing Achievement Records in the pre-registration nursing course using PebblePad and hand-held tablets'. Journal of Pedagogic Development 4 (1)
- Black, S. Baillie, L & Kane, C (2013) 'Developing the skills to support nursing and midwifery students with specific learning differences in practice: an evaluation of a learning resource'. The Journal of Practice Teaching & Learning
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