Amanda Miller

Lecturer in Nursing

Office Times

Variable based on teaching/marking commitments.

Biography

Registered Children’s nurse since 1997 and have worked in practice in a variety of settings. My main area of practice is Children’s Accident and Emergency and the child in the community setting. I have worked as a lecturer in children’s nursing since 2006 and my interests are with the care of the acutely ill child and high fidelity simulation.

I am module leader for Nursing and Health (year 1, Semester 2, BSc (HONS) nursing) and module leader for Year 3, Semester 1 (Diploma/ordinary degree in children’s nursing).

I facilitate and contribute to teaching using high fidelity simulation (HFS) on a regular basis and am member of the school HFS group.

Teaching

I currently teach on a range of pre and post qualifying modules at Diploma, Degree and Postgraduate level.

I am members of the following modules:

Achieving competence (BSc, old programme)

Flexible learning (Diploma/ordinary degree – old programme)

Nursing and health (BSc – new programme)

Nursing practice and decision-making (BSc new programme) Child field of practice

Clinical assessment of injury and illness in children (PQ module)

Observation of clinical experience and simulated practice (postgraduate)

I also contribute to other modules should this be required.

I regularly deliver the CPR updates for the students.

Research Interests

Children and Young people, high fidelity simulation, service user involvement.

Qualifications and Memberships

RN (Dip HE in childrens nursing)

BSc (HONS) Upper second

Pg Cert in higher education research and practice

Currently in my second year of an M Phil programme.

Publications

Charnock, E; Lee, A.E; Miller, A.J (2012) Nursing and Health Survival Guide: Recognising the acutely Ill child. Pearson: Essex

Miller, A.J (2011) Snake bites. In Glasper, E.A; McEwing, G and Richardson, J. (Ed), Emergencies in Children’s and Young people’s Nursing pp260-263 Oxford: Oxford University Press

Miller, A.J; J.F Roberts & Lee, A.E (2011) How high fidelity simulation can enhance clinical examination skills. Demonstration presented at the Education in a Changing Environment conference, Salford

Haines, C; McKenna, J; Miller (nee Wiseman), A.J; Zhao, L (2008) “Feeling like an impostor” – the role of mentoring in the transition from practitioner to academic. Poster presentation at Joint Social Work Education Conference, Cambridge