Patricia Simpson

Patricia has been involved in the curriculum and assessment design/development within the School of Nursing and Midwifery for the Pre Registration Nursing programme, leading a writing team for Platform 3: Assessing needs and planning care in relation to the NMC Standards (2018). She is the module leader for Essentials of Adult Nursing 2 for year 2 students on the BSc and Nurse Apprenticeship programmes. She also teaches on year one and year three modules to facilitate and support student learning.

Patricia has always supported and facilitated learning, and within practice completed a 2 year course as a Practice Teacher to facilitate learning for Specialist Community Public Health Nurse students. She presented at a Masterclass for SCPHNs, students, and community practice teachers highlighting the results from a qualitative study for a young persons school health drop in service and how applying the theoretical knowledge of the SCPHN course enables and supports effective practice. Later, she embraced the opportunity to join the university as a Adult Nurse lecturer within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, completing the Post Graduate Certificate in Health and Social Care Education. Developing Ignite presentations to students in preparation for practice and to support their understanding of the module learning outcomes and requirements with positive student feedback. Patricia as an academic adviser continues to support student nurses throughout their Pre Registration nursing programme.