Helen Ford
Senior Lecturer
Department of Pre-Registration Nursing
email: h.ford@worc.ac.uk
tel: 01905 855057
Qualifications
PhD - University of York
MSc Health Sciences
Post-Graduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
BSc Hons (Clinical Nursing Studies)
Registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council
Teaching & Research
Teaching
Anatomy and physiology
Pathophysiology
Medicines Management
Nursing assessment
Long-term conditions
Research
Nurses decision-making
Medications use
Professional experience
Member of the Royal College of Nursing Education Forum.
Ten years experience on acute medical wards at various bands.
Research assistant on project funded by West Midlands Health Innovation Cluster. Developed e-learning tool to inform Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) workers about living with heart failure. The tool aimed to improve knowledge and understanding of heart failure in IAPT workers, allowing them to promote self-care behaviours in referred patients.
Publications
Ford H (2013) Use of statins to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in adults. Nursing Standard. 27, 39, 48-56.
Ford H (2011) How can registered practitioners be supported to maintain competence in the administration of drugs to their patients? Literature review undertaken for Royal College of Nursing.
Randall S, Ford H (eds) (2011) Long-term Conditions. A Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals. Oxford, Wiley- Blackwell.
Ford H (2011) Nutrition. In: Randall S, Ford H (eds) (2011) Long-term Conditions. A Guide for Nurses and Healthcare Professionals. Oxford, Wiley- Blackwell.
External Responsibilities
External examiner at De Monfort University, BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing programme.