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- R.Carter@plymouth.ac.uk

Profiles
Miss Rachel Carter
Associate Professor (Education)
School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health)
- Nursing
- Safeguarding children
- Childcare in the community
- Family public health
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Biography
Biography
Associate Professor in Education, Programme Lead for MNurse Pre-registration Nursing, Lecturer in Nursing (Child Health).
Qualifications
My background is in children's nursing and health visiting. RGN (adult and child), registered health visitor, diploma in professional nursing (Dist), post-graduate certificate in education, MEd.(Dist)..
Professional membership
Royal College of Nursing, Steering Committee Member RCN.
Roles on external bodies
Steering Committee member, Children's Community Nursing Forum RCN
Nursing and Midwifery Council, Chair of Fitness to Practice Panel.
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
My teacning interests are safeguarding children and child issues in the community.
Staff serving as external examiners
External examiner to community children's nursing course (L3) University of Glamorgan
External examiner to community children's nursing course (L3) Oxford Brookes University
Research
Research
Research interests
I am interested in research and chldren and am involved with the the diabetes clinical research unit at Tamar Science Park. I am responsible for measurement of children and preparing children to have venepuncture and other tests.
Publications
Publications
Carter R, McEwing G (1996). "A Short Course not a Short Cut". Paediatric Nursing, Oct 1996.
Carter R, (1997) “PNs: Facilitators of Learning”. Practice Nursing, 18 Nov 1997
Glasper, McEwing, Richards 2006 Oxford handbook of children’s and young people’s nursing. Section on Safeguarding children. Oxford University Press
Jeffery K, McEwing G, Doman M, Kelsey J, Chambers M, Carter R. (2007) Theory Focused Practice: enhancing student learning in children’s nursing practice. Paediatric Nursing July vol 19 no 6 pp36.
09.96 International Paediatric Conference. A Short Course for Nurses Caring for Children in Adult Areas.
09.98 International Paediatric Conference ENB N82: A Review
Poster Presentations
HIRR Dipmab March 2005
Jeffery K, McEwing G, Doman M, Kelsey J, Chambers M, Carter R. (2007) Theory Focused Practice: enhancing student learning in children’s nursing practice.
Personal
Personal
Conferences organised
Safeguarding Children: A Contemporary View. March 2008. University of Plymouth