Profiles
Mrs Sharon Jones
Deputy Head of School
School of Nursing and Midwifery (Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences)
Qualifications
My nursing background is within Acute Trauma Orthopaedics, although I have experience in many other settings. These include elective orthopaedics, general surgery, urology, vascular surgery, community hospital nursing & medical nursing.
I became involved with teaching through clinical practice, I was the Clinical Orthopaedic Practice Development Sister and implemented the Orthopaedic Partnership Modules between the Orthopaedic Directorate and the University of Plymouth.
Teaching interests
My main teaching interests are with Acute Care in Adult Nursing; Tissue Viability; Clinical Skills; Mentorship.
However, I have many other interests that focus on contemporary nursing issues, such as Leadership in practice & delivery of healthcare in a changing society
Research interests
Learning in Practice Environments
Chapters
2009
'Blood Pressure'
in Glasper A; McEwing G; Richardson J
Foundation Skills for Caring
Hampshire
Palgrave Macmillan
164-171
2009
'Oxygen therapy and suction'
in Glasper A; McEwing G; Richardson J
Foundation Skills for Caring
Hampshire
Palgrave Macmillan
370-382
2009
'Pulse Oximetry'
in Glasper A; McEwing G; Richardson J
Foundation Skills for Caring
Hampshire
Palgrave Macmillan
172-179