Mrs Helen Francis-Wenger
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Mrs Helen Francis-Wenger

Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice

School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)

Biography

Biography

I am an nurse by back ground and have had the most wonderful opportunity to share my time between being an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Emergency Medicine in ED at Treliske as well as teaching on the Advanced Practice Programme here at UoP. I sit on the Association of Advanced practice Educators (UK) (AAPEUK) committee and the RCN's ANP forum at a national level. I have recently achieved Fellow of the Higher education Academy status after completing my PGCert in Academic Practice.


I am currently lecturing on the Advanced Professional Practice (Clinical Practitioner) and Advanced Clinical Practitioner apprenticeship programmes within the Faculty of Health under the School of Nursing and Midwifery. I lead on the clinical assessment skills module APP710. I have a passion to drive forward clinical roles within nursing, para-medicine and other allied health professions to equip learners, who are experienced clinicians within their own right, with advanced consultation skills, decision making and diagnostic skills to help the progression of non-medical advanced practice within the NHS. I am still actively working in the NHS as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Emergency Medicine which ties in nicely with frameworks such as Heath Education England's (HEE) advanced practice agenda, the RCN Advanced Clinical Practice credentialing service and the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) ACP curriculum.

Qualifications

PGCert (Academic Practice) University of Plymouth, 2020

MSc Contemporary HealthCare (Advancing Practice) University of Plymouth, 2018
BSc Specialist Studies (Urgent and Emergency Care) City University, London 2011
Dip(HE) Registered Nurse. Anglia Polytechnic University, Essex 2005

Professional membership

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

RCN Credentialed ANP
Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Adult Part 1
Non-medical Prescribing (NMC NMP)
Association of Advanced Practice Educators (UK) APPEUK

Roles on external bodies

Committee Member of the Association of Advanced Practice Educators (UK) (AAPEUK)

RCN Advanced Nurse Practitioner National Forum Steering Committee Member RCN (ANP Forum)

Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

Taking advanced practice for nursing and allied health professionals to the next level for the next generation of Advanced Clinical Practitioners.


Module lead for APP710 Advanced Clinical Assessment skills
I have undertaken my own learning in the form of a PGCAP (apprentice) to gain my PGCert in academic practice.

Senior Fellow of Higher Education Academy (SFHEA)

Association of Advanced Practice Educators (AAPEUK) committee

Research

Research

Research interests

For the purpose of my personal MSc, I focused on the effect of compassion fatigue of nurses working in Emergency Medicine and how this links into the phenomenon of burnout and associated resilience.

Publications

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Wenger H & Cole E (2011) 'Pain relief in the treatment of shoulder injury' Emergency Nurse 19, (1) 16-19 , DOI
Chapters
Francis-Wenger H & Phipps O (2022) 'Scope of Practice in Advanced Clinical Practice at a Glance' in Diamond-Fox S; Hill B Advanced Clinical Practice at a Glance John Wiley & Sons 4-5