Dawn Firth

Dawn Firth

Lecturer in Nursing

+44 (0)1482 462213 | D.H.Firth@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

  • Faculty of Health Sciences
  • School of Nursing and Midwifery

Related groups

  • Nursing and Midwifery

Qualifications

  • MSc (University of Huddersfield)
  • FHEA (University of Hull)
  • PCAP (University of Hull)

Summary

I am a lecturer in nursing and have worked at the University of Hull since 2018 gaining my FHEA in 2019.

I studied for an MSc in Advanced Safeguarding at the University of Huddersfield whilst working as a specialist nurse in children's safeguarding within a multi-agency team. Prior to this i worked as a school nurse with a public health role. I gained my RGN status at the Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham.

Since joining the university i have become the programme director for the Nursing Associate Apprenticeship supporting the development of this new programme and working closely with employer partners. I teach across all programmes, including the University Certificate, Apprenticeship, BSc Adult Nursing and Post Registration SCPHN programme.

Undergraduate

Learning for the Workplace (University Certificate)

Introduction to health and social care practice (University Certificate)

Fundamentals of Professional Practice (BSc nursing)

Fundamentals of Academic and Professional Practice (FD Nursing Associate)

Promoting Health Preventing Ill Health (BSc Nursing)

Promoting Health and Preventing Ill Health for Nursing Associates (FD Nursing Associate)

Developing Professional Practice (FD Nursing Associate)

Contemporary practice for Nursing Associates: an evidence based approach (FD Nursing Associate)

Practice Module 1 and 2 (FD Nursing Associate)

Post Graduate

Working in families and communities to safeguard young people: Domestic Abuse

Developing Effective Interagency and Partnership Working

Recent outputs

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Journal Article

The trainee nursing associates' experience of academic learning: the first 6 months

Firth, D. H. (2023). The trainee nursing associates' experience of academic learning: the first 6 months. British Journal of Healthcare Assistants, 17(10), 362-370. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjha.2023.17.10.362

Research interests

Domestic Abuse, Trainee Nursing Associates experience of academic learning, Trainee Nursing Associates understanding of their clinical role.

Awards and prizes

RGN

1981

Registered nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council

Conference presentation

Healthcare Conferences UK

2024

Conference presentation title is Developing and ensuring competence in practice and is part of the Developing the role of the nursing associate conference day.

CPHVA conference

2018

Presentation of academic poster with outcomes of MSc research titled 'Public health nurse' lived experience of domestic abuse: implications for practice'

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