Staff profile

staff list  BackMs Karen Lumsden

  • Job title: Senior Lecturer
  • Dept: Nursing and Applied Clinical Studies
  • Tel: 01227 782105
  • Campus: Canterbury
 

I qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1988 at St Thomas's Hospital, London.  Since then I have held senior clinical positions in a variety of emergency care settings, including most recently as a Senor Nurse/ Emergency Nurse Practitioner.  In May 2002, I was appointed as a Lecturer Practitioner for Emergency Care at Canterbury Christ Church University.  I continue to work both in the clinical environment and as a Lecturer Practitioner, dividing my time equally between nursing practice and nurse education.

I am responsible for the management of both Pre and Post Registration modules focusing on the field of Emergency and Critical Care.  I am also the Resuscitation Lead for the Faculty of Health and Social Care, which incorporates the co-ordination of providing basic, intermediate and advanced life support training to both students and staff across the faculty. For personal development,  I am currently undertaking Masters Studies in Teaching and Learning and Critical Care.

In my spare time, I undertake consultancy work teaching Major Incident management both in the Pre Hospital and Hospital settings and also Trauma Care.  Voluntary work at the local race circuit as a Nurse Practitioner ensures that my pre hospital care knowledge remains current.

Recent publications

  • Currently completing a chapter for Howatson-Jones, L and Ellis, P on Minor Illness and Minor Injury Settings
  • Reviewer for Emergency Nurse Journal
  • Reviewer for Elsevier Publications
  • Commencing book editing for Lippincott, Wilkins & Williams. Emergency Nursing Made Incredibly Easy Series April 2008