Alison J Cavanagh

Lecturer in Children and Young People's Nursing

• Mary Seacole MS3.19
• T: 0161 295 7133
• E: a.j.cavanagh@salford.ac.uk
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Monday 8.30am - 5.00pm

Tuesday 8.30am - 5.00pm

Wednesday 8.30am - 5.00pm

Thursday 8.30am - 5.00pm

Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm

Alison qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1984 and held a variety of acute positions in Adult Nursing before commencing Post Registration Children's Nursing in 1995. On Qualifying she initially worked as a School Sister in Special Edication from which she held various other positions in Community, tertiary centres and within a regional Children's Hospice. Alison has a particular interest in the empowerment of child with complex care needs and their families. Currently Alison is undertaking an MSc in Counseeling & Psychotherapy and works with a client group of Carers.

Alison has been employed at the University since 2002. During this time, she has developed a range of teaching and leadership skills and interests. From 2006-2012 she led a large Common Foundation Module and from Decemeber 2012 commences leadership of a generic Module within the pre-registration degree which will cycle over 600 students annually. To date Alison has taken the personal tutor role to mentor almost seventy students from course entry to registration.

Alison has recently worked a Principal Investigator for a commissioned Project with the Royal Northern College of Music. The Project looked at the impact of music playing on sick children within a Regional Children's Children Centre. The published report has led to conference presentations bothy to a National and European Audience.

Bsc (Hons) Healthcare & Welfare (Salford University) 1998

Post graduate Certificate in Edication (Bolton University) 2000

MSc Human Relations (2007)

Graduate Certificate in Counselling Skills (2010)

Registered General Nurse (2008)

Registered Sick Children's Nurse (1996)

Nurse Teacher -  Recorded qualification with Nursing & Midwifery Council (2010)

The impact of caring for those with Chronic Obstuctive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) on Carers' Psychological Wellbeing (2012) Grant, M. Cavanagh, A. & Yorke, J. International Journal of Nursing Studies. Doi:10.116/j.ijnurstu.2012.02.010