Nursing in the UK: my advice for international nurses
A Nigerian nurse who has settled in England explains how she helps others do the same
27 May 2020
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Members of the editorial advisory board provide guidance to the editorial team on existing and planned RCNi products, and suggest new initiatives
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RCNi editorial advisory board
| Alison Dinning (Chair) | Institute Clinical Lead (Education and Development), Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust | Lorraine Hicking-Woodison | Health Care Support Worker Adviser, Practice Nurse Adviser Team, (hosted by West Kent CCG) |
| Sandra Aitcheson | Assistant Director Nursing Adult Services, Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland | Professor Fiona Irvine | Head of Nursing, University of Birmingham |
| Beverley Baker | Matron, Heartlands Hospital, Birmingham | Paul Jebb | Associate Director Nursing, Experience and Engagement, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust |
| Joanne Bosanquet MBE Queen's Nurse | Chief Executive, The Foundation of Nursing Studies | Professor Daniel Kelly | RCN Professor, Cardiff University |
| Professor James Buchan | Faculty of Social Sciences and Health Care, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | Group Captain Di Lamb | Defence Professor of Nursing, Royal Centre for Defence Medicine (Academia & Research), Medical Directorate, Joint Force Command, Birmingham |
| Professor Clare Cable | Chief Executive and Nurse Director, Queen's Nursing Institute, Scotland. Honorary Professor, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh |
Taurai Matare |
RCN Nurse of the Year 2019 and matron and advanced nurse practitioner, Whipps Cross University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust, London |
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Professor Dave Clarke, PhD, MA, BSc (Hons), RGN/RSCN |
Associate Dean for Health, Social Care and Partnerships, Visiting Professor, Cardiff University, Faculty of Health and Applied Sciences, University of the West of England, Bristol |
Carol-Ann Murray | Joint Commissioning Manager – Children and Young People, Partnership Commissioning Team, NHS Southward Clinical Commissioning Group and Southwark Council, London |
| Rachel Dakin | Student Nurse, University of Nottingham | Manyara Mushore |
Course Director, BSc Mental Health Nursing; Senior Lecturer, School of Health and Social Care, London South Bank University |
| Professor Tonks Fawcett | Professor of Student Learning (Nurse Education), School of Health in Social Science, University of Edinburgh | Liz Read | Clinical Ward Manager, Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Reece Doonan | Senior Research Nurse, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust | Dr Yana Richens | Deputy Head of Maternity Services, Nursing Directorate, NHS England |
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The evidence and practice advisory panel are a respected group of experienced clinical and academic healthcare professionals from a wide range of general and specialist practice areas. They advise Nursing Standard on the current direction and development of evidence-based practice, the key areas that practice staff will find invaluable in delivering effective patient care and the overall quality of our material, including the rigorous review process.
| Liz Allibone | Head of clinical education and training, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, England | Nigel Henderson | Senior lecturer, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, England |
| Irene Anderson | Principal lecturer and reader in learning and teaching in healthcare practice, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, England | Gerri Kaufman | Lecturer in health sciences, University of York, York, England |
| Clare Bennett | Senior lecturer: adult nursing, Cardiff University, Wales | Paula Mayo | Lecturer in diabetes care, School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, Leeds, England |
| Jacqueline Bloomfield |
Associate professor (nursing), University of Sydney Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Australia |
Gary Mitchell |
Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Chris Carter | Nursing officer, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps, Birmingham, England | Rebecca Myatt | Respiratory diagnostic clinical nurse specialist, Guy’s Hospital, London, England |
| Edwin Chamanga | Tissue viability service lead, specialist nursing services, Teddington Memorial Hospital, Teddington, England | Christopher Nicholson |
Directorate manager, cardiology and respiratory directorates, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, England |
| Kevin Corbett | Forensic nurse practitioner, London, England | Tracey Radcliffe | Quality and governance lead nurse, Ysbyty Glan Clwyd, Bodelwyddan, Wales |
| Felicia Cox | Senior nurse, pain management, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Trust, London, England | Kenneth Ripley | Practice educator, College of Social Science, University of Lincoln, Lincoln, England |
| Rachel Dakin | Second-year children’s nursing student, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, England | Anne Rowat | Lecturer, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, Scotland |
| William Gage | Improvement programme manager – safety, Office of the Medical Director | Joanne Strain | Head of nursing, Four Seasons Health Care UK |
| Claire Gill | Specialist research nurse, Brain Infections UK (Institute of Infection and Global Health), Royal Liverpool Hospital, Liverpool, England | Fiona Timmins | Associate professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland |
| Heather Gluyas | Associate professor, School of Health Professions, Murdoch University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia | Angela Tod | Professor of older people and care, School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England |
| Mark Haddad | Senior lecturer in mental health and senior tutor for research, City University London, London, England | Nikki Welyczko |
Associate professor and associate head of school, De Montfort University, Leicester, England |
| Dr Karen Harrison Dening | Head of research and publications, Admiral nursing, Dementia UK, England |