Carol Cross

Teaching Fellow and Pathway Lead in Community Nursing and Director of Studies for Specialist Practice

State Registered Nurse (SRN) 1982, District Nurse Certificate (DN) 1988, Community Nurse Prescriber (2000), Professional Practice Teacher (2001), BSc(Hons) in Professional Practice (Tissue Viability) 2010, PGCert in Education (2014)

c.cross@surrey.ac.uk

Academic and research departments

School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences.

About

Biography

Having trained as an adult nurse at Manchester Royal Infirmary in 1982, I qualified as a district nurse in 1988 and my experience includes working in GP attached and corporate teams along with the wider multi/interdisciplinary team to manage patients with complex care needs within primary and community care. I became a practice teacher in 2001 and supervised district nurse students through their programmes as well as becoming a clinical lead for district nursing and tissue viability. Before joining the university I was working as a Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist which included the development of work based learning programmes, teaching and assessing practice, developing guidelines and implementing new ways of working.

I have an honorary contract with a local community provider organization where I still practice.

I was awarded the Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) award 2010 & 2012 for Partnership Working.

I was a Finalist for National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) award in the Education and Training in Patient Safety category (2016).

I am an external examiner for Oxford Brookes University for the Community Specialist Practice modules (PG Dip in District Nursing)

University roles and responsibilities

Personal Tutor

Practice Liaison Tutor

Programme Leader for MSc Primary and Community Care (Community Children's Nursing) (SPQ)

Programme Leader for MSc Primary and Community Care (District Nursing) (SPQ)

Programme Leader for MSc Primary and Community Care (General Practice Nursing) (SPQ)

Research

Research interests

My research interests include long term conditions, pressure ulceration. multiple sclerosis and formal care workers role/education

I am currently undertaking an MSc Research in Health and Social Care.

Supervision

Postgraduate research supervision

I am involved in dissertation supervision at both level 6 and 7.

Teaching

I am the Module Leader for the following modules:

Community Practitioner Nurse Prescribing (V100)
Leading & Managing Long Term Conditions
Primary & Community Care Policy
Specialist Practice Portfolio.

I teach across the following programmes and modules:

Adult Nursing
District Nurse Pathway
Leading and Managing Long Term Conditions
Prescribing V100 & V300
Primary & Community Care Policy
Public Health
Specialist Practice Portfolio
Wound Care.

I teach at a range of levels from 4 – 7.

Publications

Highlights

Cross C (2011) Pressure Ulcer Audit in the Community [Poster]. Exhibited at Kettering UK, Tissue Viability Conference. 4 April 2011 to 5 April 2011.

Cross C, Hindley J, & Carey N (2017) “Evaluation of a formal care worker educational intervention on pressure ulceration in the community” Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26: 2614-2623. doi:10.1111/jocn.13688

Poster presentations

Carey, N., Mold, F., Westwood, S., Cooke, D., Peacock, M., Cross, C. and Embrey, N. (2017) Barriers and facilitators in the coordination of care for people with multiple sclerosis: a systematic review.

Cross, C., Cooke, D., Kidd, T., Embrey, N., Sterr, A., Brown, D. and Carey, N. (2017) Development of a remote delivery self-management program for people with secondary progressive multiple sclerosis.

Cross, C., Hindley, J. and Carey, N. (2017) Evaluation of a formal care worker educational intervention on pressure ulceration in the community. Exhibited at ICCHNR conference, South Africa, 20th – 22nd September 2017.

Cross C (2011) Pressure Ulcer Audit in the Community. Exhibited at Kettering UK, Tissue Viability Conference. 4 April 2011 to 5 April 2011.

Articles

Cross, C., Hindley, J. and Carey, N. (2017) Evaluation of a formal care worker educational intervention on pressure ulceration in the community. Journal of Clinical Nursing, Vol. 26, Issue 17-18, Version of Record online: 9 FEB 2017.

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