Kirsty Andrews

Kirsty Andrews' clinical area of expertise is neurosurgery and neurology. She has published in medicine management and is Education Champion for Basildon and Thurrock University Hospital.

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Background

After completing a Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) degree in Cardiff at UWCM, Kirsty qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1996. She then gained experience in neurosurgery and neurology in Addenbrookes NHS Trust and general medicine in East Kent NHS Trust.

Kirsty then worked as a Practice Development Facilitator at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queens Square London and as a Practice Development Sister at Kings College Hospital.

She joined London South Bank University as a Lecturer in 2004 and moved to ARU as a Senior Lecturer in 2009. She has also worked as an external examiner for Bedfordshire University.

Research interests

Failed Clinical Assessments – the Link Lecturer’s Role’, [PGCHE Integrated Study – Unpublished] 2006-2007

Nursing attitudes and their influence on quality of care: A research study’, [MSc Dissertation – Unpublished] 2005-2006

CELEC Action research Project: Care for Older People 2002-2003

Teaching

During her teaching career Kirsty has taught on the adult branch pre-registration programmes at LSBU and ARU. She has been module leader for a variety of modules including three post registration neurological modules at LSBU and two post-registration modules at ARU (Mentorship Preparation and MSc Nursing Major Project). Kirsty is currently module leader for a pre-registration module: Promoting Health and Wellbeing.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Nursing (Hons) Degree , UWCM
• ENB 148 Neuromedical and Neurosurgical Nursing, English National Board
• City and Guilds 730 Further and Adult Education Teachers Certificate, Cambridge Regional College
• NVQ D32/33 Vocational Assessors Certificate, City & Guilds of London Institute
• NVQ D34 Internal Verifiers certificate, City & Guilds of London Institute
• Mentorship for Professional Practice, Kings College London
• MSc Nursing Research and Practice Development, RCN Development Centre London South Bank University
• Postgraduate Certificate Higher Education, London South Bank University

Memberships, editorial boards

• Royal College of Nursing

Selected recent publications

Andrews, K. and O’Brien, M. 2014. Chapter 5 Administering Medicines. In: Baillie, L. 2014. Developing practical Nursing Skills.  4^th Edition. CRC Press. Boca Ratton.

Connor, J. and Andrews, K. 2011. Neurological Investigations. In: S, Woodward and A Mestecky, ed. 2011. Neuroscience Nursing Evidence Based Practice. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Ch. 19 Pp 303-311.

O’Brien, M. Spires, A. and Andrews, K. 2011. Introduction to Medicines Management in Nursing. Exeter: Learning Matters Ltd.

Recent presentations and conferences

CELEC 2003 Rising to the Challenge: Ward Based Nurses Becoming Practitioner Researchers Through Action Research in an Acute Hospital Setting RCN Annual International  Nursing Research Conference

Noad KA 2003 Bringing to the Surface Challenges in Practice Through Action Research: Caring for Confused Older Adults RCN Annual International  Nursing Research Conference