NOTE ON CONTRIBUTORS

Susan Beaumont, BSc Speech Pathology and Therapeutics, MSc Advanced Practice, MRCSLT, HCPC Reg

Principal Speech and Language Therapist, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, UK

Sue Beaumont has worked in the field of dysphagia (swallowing disorders) for 18?years and leads this specialism for the pediatric speech and language therapy service across Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust. During this time, she has significantly developed the service. She is well known for her clinical expertise and as a resource for advice within the Trust and regionally through her links with other Acute and Community NHS Trusts. She chaired the Speech and Language Therapy Clinical Excellence Network and continues to serve as a member. She is passionate about improving both care for children with dysphagia and support for their parents. She is fascinated by the challenges presented by increasingly complex cases and the ethical dilemmas they present in health and social care.

Andrew Campbell, BSc (Hons) Pharmacy, PG Dip. Clinical Pharmacy, PG Cert. Psychiatric Therapeutics, MSc Clinical Pharmacy, PG Cert. Independent Prescribing, Professional Doctorate in Pharmacy

Chief Pharmacist, Dudley & Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust, UK

Andrew Campbell is currently the Chief Pharmacist for Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership Trust and is a qualified non-medical prescriber. He has several years' experience as a visiting lecturer on the non-medical prescribing program at Birmingham City University, and was formerly the West Midlands regional Non-Medical Prescribing Lead. Andrew is committed to education and training and has recently completed his professional doctorate, which explored attitudes to prescribing practice in a mental health context.

Jonathan Downham, RN, ACCNP, MSc

Advanced Critical Care Nurse Practitioner, Intensive Care, Warwick Foundation NHS Trust, UK

Jonathan Downham holds a Master's degree in anesthetic practice and provides a wide range of educative materials for critical care practitioners at Critical Care Practitioner, www.criticalcarepractitioner.co.uk.

Mary Hutchinson, RGN, BSc (Hons), MSc, FFEN

Senior Lecturer, Birmingham City University, and Advanced Nurse Practitioner, BADGER Medical Services, UK

Mary Hutchinson has a dual role as a Senior Lecturer in Advanced Clinical Practice and an Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP) with an out-of-hours service co-located with a local Emergency Department. Her clinical career encompasses many aspects of urgent and emergency care, from Staff Nurse in a community hospital Casualty Department to eight years as Sister in an Emergency Department, during which time she project-managed development of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner role. Mary has been Service Manager/Professional Lead of two long-established Minor Injury Units and a Community Rapid Response Team. She served for two years as an ANP in primary care, and latterly has worked as Clinical Lead in a nurse-led Urgent Care Centre. As a Founding Fellow and Board Member of the Faculty of Emergency Nursing (FEN), and a committee member of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Advanced Nurse Practitioner Forum, she continues to work to update the FEN career and competence framework, and is an active participant in the RCN ANP credentialing process.

Chris Inman, RN, DEd, MSc

Former long-standing Program Director, Master's in Advanced Practice, Birmingham City University, UK

Having consolidated her nursing qualification for 18?years with experience in a variety of clinical and educational settings and locations, Chris Inman completed an MSc in Sociological Research Methods at Warwick University and became a lecturer at Hull University. She then accepted a post as Head of Nursing developments at the Open University, and was subsequently appointed Program Director for the first MSC Advanced Practice course in the UK. This course developed dynamically over several years, expanded to recruit students from The Netherlands, and continues to produce high-flying graduates, many of whom have become non-medical consultants and leaders in healthcare. Christine's doctoral research at King's College London explored the learning needs of senior healthcare professionals undertaking PhD study. Later investigation involved exploration into the syllabi of advanced practice programs in the UK, which challenged the assumption that courses were consistent across the country. Her recent interest is in exploring the assessment of advanced practitioners and variations in examination. Chris is a long-standing committee member of the Association of Advanced Practice Educators UK.

Lesley Kavi, MB ChB, DRCOG, DFSRH

General Practitioner (primary care physician), Birmingham, UK.

Lesley Kavi obtained her medical degree at Glasgow University in 1983 and undertook GP training in the Lake District. Having previously worked as a GP partner in inner-city Dundee, she is currently practicing in Birmingham. Lesley holds postgraduate diplomas in syncope and related disorders, obstetrics and gynecology, and contraception. In addition, she has an interest in heritable connective tissue disorders. She currently teaches physical examination techniques and differential diagnosis on the MSc in Advanced Practice at Birmingham City University. Lesley is a volunteer managing trustee and chair of PoTS UK, a charity that supports patients with postural tachycardia syndrome. She has written a number of journal papers on PoTS and syncope in primary care.

Grainne Lowe, RN, PhD

Lecturer, Deakin University, Australia

Grainne Lowe is a Nurse Practitioner in the specialty area of emergency nursing. She has over 30?years' experience in a variety of nursing positions, including clinical practice, research, and education, with her current role as a Lecturer at Deakin University. Grainne has researched the Nurse Practitioner role over a number of years, including completion of her doctoral thesis specifically focusing on the integration of Nurse Practitioners into the Australian healthcare system.

Paula McGee, RN, RNT, PhD, MA, BA, Cert. Ed.

Emeritus Professor of Nursing, Birmingham City University, UK

Paula McGee has researched and published about advanced practice for many years and is committed to advancing expertise in this developing field of nursing. She has launched and edited several professional journals, including the British Journal of Nursing, Research Ethics, and Diversity in Health and Care. She has also been an associate editor of the Journal of Transcultural Nursing and has guest edited other journal publications.

Virginia Plummer, RN, RM, PhD

Associate Professor, Director of International Engagement, Monash University and Peninsula Health, Australia

Virginia Plummer's research interests include local and international approaches to health service management, the nursing workforce, and costing studies. During her PhD she undertook an analysis of nearly two million nursing hours in three countries in a study of patient dependency and nurse-patient ratios. Virginia received an Australian Research Council Linkage grant toward enhancing patient management at point of care using electronic-based clinical pathways. She has supervised more than 50 Honors, Master's, and PhD students to completion in research related to midwifery, emergency care, critical care, disaster management, advanced practice roles, and health service evaluation. Virginia is Chair of the Human Research Ethics Committee at Peninsula Health; Executive Member of the Nursing Section, World Association Disaster and Emergency Medicine; and Associate Editor, BMC Nursing and on the International Emergency Nursing Editorial Board.

Madrean Schober, PhD, MSN, RN, ANP, FAANP

President, Schober Global Healthcare Consulting, International Healthcare Consultants, Indiana, USA

Madrean Schober is President of Schober Global Healthcare Consulting. She is a nurse practitioner, educator, writer, lecturer, and consultant with an aim to promote insightful healthcare services to diverse populations, which includes strategic planning for improved access to all. Her consultancy experience extends to over 40 countries in the process of developing advanced practice nursing roles with expertise?in healthcare policy, curriculum design, and program development.

Nicola J Stock, RN, MPhil, MSc, BSc, PGDip, PGCert

After completing nurse training with the British Army, Nicola Stock worked in various locations throughout the world, but predominantly in the UK. Her experience and post-registration in the UK were in orthopedics. Whilst studying for a BSc (Hons) in Military Nursing Studies with the University of Portsmouth, she developed a greater interest in healthcare law and clinical ethics as drivers to promote standards of patient care, following up her degree with a PGDip in Healthcare Ethics from King's College London and an MPhil in Medical Law from the University of Glasgow. With a conviction that education was another key to the delivery of good patient care, during this time Nicola also qualified as a Practice Educator and spent 10?years working between Birmingham City University and military deployments, before leaving the army in 2011. Since then she has continued to work as a sessional lecturer and in clinical practice, dividing her time between the UK and an oil and gas project...