Employability
Transition to Registration
Paediatric Intensive Care and High Dependency Nursing
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy 2013
Master of Education in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education with Distinction 2012
Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education 2011
Registered Nurse Teacher 2009
Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2007
BSc (Hons) Child Health Nursing 2006
Advanced Paediatric Life Support Instructor 2003
ENB 415 Intensive Care Nursing of Children 1999
Diploma in Professional Studies in Nursing 1996
Registered Nurse: Child 1996
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Royal College of Nursing
Children’s Nursing
Transition to Registration
Paediatric Intensive Care and High Dependency Nursing
Yardley, L. Whitehouse, K, and Abbott, L. (2014) Enhancing Holistic Aspects of Employability in Health and Social Care - Case Story Approach to Toolkit Resources. Higher Education Academy.
Harris, J., Abbott, L. & Jukes, M. (2012) Improving Care for Children with Down Syndrome. Learning Disability Practice. Vol. 15. No. 6.
Abbott, L. (2011) Rotation Placements help students’ understanding of intensive care. Nursing Children and Young People. Vol.23. No. 6. Pp.20-23.
Abbott, L. & Holmes, C. (2011) A virtual paediatric intensive care. Preparation for reality? – Presented at Higher Education Academy eLearning in Health Conference 2011.
Chapter entitled ‘The Uniqueness of nursing’ for a book entitled ‘Choosing Nursing - from application to offer and beyond’ edited by Cathy Poole – due to be published 2014
Scholarly Activity
2011 Student Academic Partner Scheme fund to evaluate how students use the Virtual Paediatric Intensive Care Unit to prepare for student placement, this evaluation is undertaken through the use of the VOXUR portable film studio.
2011 eLearning for Health. Higher Education Academy Conference.
2012 Student Academic Partnership to create a promotional video for child Health Nursing
2012-15 ECQ funding ‘Enhancing Student Employability’
2013 Presented ECQ19 project at Faculty Research Conference
2014 To host a HEA Seminar ‘Enhancing Holistic Healthcare Employability’
2014 Neonatal Symposium, London, Virtual Paediatric Intensive Care
Honorary Contract with Birmingham Children’s Hospital Paediatric Intensive Care Unit