Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing

I am a Paediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner with experience in caring for children with a wide variety of conditions.

I have worked in general paediatric care since I qualified in 1995 – I have worked at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Northampton General and Bedford Hospital.

In my spare time I enjoy going to the theatre; I have been to Stratford-Upon-Avon for the past few years to see the various Shakespeare performances there. I also attend my local theatre in Milton Keynes to see musical and drama productions.

A few years ago I attended a four-day course at the School of Artisan Food and have enjoyed making bread and pastries since then. I also love making cakes for my church coffee mornings.

Qualifications

• PG Cert Medical Simulation - University of Bedfordshire, 2017
• Senior Fellow - HEA, 2017
• RN (Child) – Diploma in Nursing – Oxford Brookes University (was Carshalton and Croydon College), 1995
• ENB 998 - Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice - University of Luton (now University of Bedfordshire), 1999
• BA (Hons) Literature – Open University, 2004
• Certificate in Health Promotion - Open University, 2004
• Certificate in Reflective and Evidence-Based Practice - Open University, 2005
• BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care – Open University, 2005
• Certificate in Natural Sciences - Open University, 2007
• RCN accredited Paediatric Nurse Practitioner Programme - St Martin's College, Lancaster, 2007
• Non-Medical Prescribing - University of Bedfordshire, 2007
• Certificate in Information technology and computing - Open University, 2008
• Certificate in Contemporary Science - Open University, 2008
• Diploma in Life Sciences - Open University, 2009
• MSc Advanced Practice - University of Bedfordshire, 2011
• Practical Paediatric Oncology Programme - University of Birmingham, 2012
• PgCert Teaching in Higher Education – University of Bedfordshire, 2016
• HEA Fellow - 2016

Teaching Role

I teach on the Undergraduate Programme for Nursing (Child).

Research Interests

• Feverish illness in children
• Children's ambulatory care
• Children's emergency care
• Risk management

Recent Research Projects

• 'The Use of Propranolol in Reducing Childhood Haemangiomas' – Bedford Hospital

Recent Publications

• Henderson, B; Kofinas, A; Clements, A; Webb, M. (2019) "Wardopoly: Game-based Experiential Learning in Nurse Education". James, A; Nerantzi, C. (Eds.) The Power of Play, Palgrave Macmillan. (In press).
• Henderson, B; Webb, M; Kofinas, A K. (2017) "Nurse Clinical Leadership Simulation Board Game". European Conference on Games-Based Learning. Graz, Austria, 5-6 October
• 2016 Poster presentation with Bernadette Henderson at RCN International Centenary Conference - Abstract Title: Gamification: Student feedback and pedagogical reflexivity, creation of a bespoke board game, served as a universal nursing pedagogical intervention. (Won presentation)
• In 2011 I was able to contribute to the development of an RCN competencies document relating to Sickle cell 'Caring for people with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia syndromes - A framework for nursing staff'.

Conferences

• RCN/RCPCH Conference May 2017 - poster presentation 'Gamification: Student feedback and creation of bespoke board games'.

Contact Details

E: melanie.webb@beds.ac.uk