Melanie Webb

Senior Lecturer in Children's Nursing

Melanie Webb

I am a Paediatric Advanced Nurse Practitioner with experience in caring for children with a wide variety of conditions.

I have worked in general paediatric care since I qualified in 1995 – I have worked at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Northampton General and Bedford Hospital.

In my spare time I enjoy going to the theatre; I have been to Stratford-Upon-Avon for the past few years to see the various Shakespeare performances there. I also attend my local theatre in Milton Keynes to see musical and drama productions.

A few years ago I attended a four-day course at the School of Artisan Food and have enjoyed making bread and pastries since then. I also love making cakes for my church coffee mornings.

Qualifications

  • PG Cert Medical Simulation - ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2017
  • Senior Fellow - HEA, 2017
  • RN (Child) – Diploma in Nursing – Oxford Brookes ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ (was Carshalton and Croydon College), 1995
  • ENB 998 - Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice - ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Luton (now ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½), 1999
  • BA (Hons) Literature – Open ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2004
  • Certificate in Health Promotion - Open ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2004
  • Certificate in Reflective and Evidence-Based Practice - Open ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2005
  • BSc (Hons) Health and Social Care – Open ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2005
  • Certificate in Natural Sciences - Open ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2007
  • RCN accredited Paediatric Nurse Practitioner Programme - St Martin's College, Lancaster, 2007
  • Non-Medical Prescribing - ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2007
  • Certificate in Information technology and computing - Open ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2008
  • Certificate in Contemporary Science - Open ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2008
  • Diploma in Life Sciences - Open ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2009
  • MSc Advanced Practice - ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2011
  • Practical Paediatric Oncology Programme - ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ of Birmingham, 2012
  • PgCert Teaching in Higher Education – ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½, 2016
  • HEA Fellow - 2016

Teaching Role

I teach on the Undergraduate Programme for Nursing (Child).

Research Interests

  • Feverish illness in children
  • Children's ambulatory care
  • Children's emergency care
  • Risk management

Recent Research Projects

  • 'The Use of Propranolol in Reducing Childhood Haemangiomas' – Bedford Hospital

Recent Publications

  • Henderson, B; Kofinas, A; Clements, A; Webb, M. (2019) "Wardopoly: Game-based Experiential Learning in Nurse Education". James, A; Nerantzi, C. (Eds.) The Power of Play, Palgrave Macmillan. (In press).
  • Henderson, B; Webb, M; Kofinas, A K. (2017) "Nurse Clinical Leadership Simulation Board Game". European Conference on Games-Based Learning. Graz, Austria, 5-6 October
  • 2016 Poster presentation with Bernadette Henderson at RCN International Centenary Conference - Abstract Title: Gamification: Student feedback and pedagogical reflexivity, creation of a bespoke board game, served as a universal nursing pedagogical intervention. (Won presentation)
  • In 2011 I was able to contribute to the development of an RCN competencies document relating to Sickle cell 'Caring for people with sickle cell disease and thalassaemia syndromes - A framework for nursing staff'.

Conferences

  • RCN/RCPCH Conference May 2017 - poster presentation 'Gamification: Student feedback and creation of bespoke board games'.

Contact Details

E: melanie.webb@beds.ac.uk

telephone

ÌìÃÀ´«Ã½ switchboard
During office hours
(Monday-Friday 08:30-17:00)
+44 (0)1234 400 400

Outside office hours
(Campus Watch)
+44 (0)1582 74 39 89

email

Admissions
admission@beds.ac.uk

International office
international@beds.ac.uk

Student support
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Registration
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