Mrs Jackie McBride

Biography

I have had a varied career as an Adult Nurse spanning over 20 years. My background has included Acute Medicine, Critical Care Outreach and Practice Development.  During the last 7 years I have specialised in cancer care; working as a Ward Sister in Haematology and Oncology and for Macmillan in the Central South Coast Cancer Network undertaking project work. I have been fortunate enough to be involved in a number of strategic initiatives locally and nationally in support of improvements to the delivery of patient care. There are two common themes in relation to my career to date; Developing innovative ways of working and influencing practice by teaching and facilitating. Within my role as a Cancer Tutor I continue to work at my local Cancer Centre in the Chemotherapy unit in order to maintain my clinical skills and keep updated.

Research Interests

Particular interest in Acute Oncology
Cancer patient experience; including survivorship, informational and communication needs of patients undergoing cancer treatment.  

Publications

2001 Presentation on the “Reality of Outreach” delivered at the World Critical Care     Conference Sydney, Australia.

2002 Co-authored article entitled “Setting up an Outreach Team in the UK”. Critical care Nursing in Europe (Vol 2 no 1 spring 2002)

2004 Co Authored article entitled “long term effects of introducing an early warning score on respiratory rate charting on general wards”.  Resuscitation (65) 41-44 Elsevier  

Teaching

Chemotherapy Nursing Practice: Issues in Care and Management Module
Caring for the Acutely Ill Cancer Patient
Learning Through Professional Practice – Care of the Cancer Patient in the General Setting
Learning Through Professional Practice – Exploring Cancer Nursing Practice
Cancer Pathway modules (Undergraduate)
Cancer Pathophysiology and Treatment
Teaching across a range of pre-registration modules