Mary Edmonds

Mary’s clinical area of expertise is teaching in the field of cardiac patients with acute and chronic diseases/disorders.

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Background

Mary finished her nurse training in 1988. She spent the majority of her clinical career working in acute Cardiology. Previous appointments involved Mary working a Ward Sister in the Coronary Care Unit at Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge, in Intensive Care and Cardio-Thoracic nursing.

Since 2003, Mary has worked as a Senior Lecturer at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. She has been involved in the delivery of modules relating to Cardiac care, Respiratory & Thoracic care, Intensive Care and Return to Practice. Mary is currently responsible for the design and delivery of CPD cardiac modules delivered as classroom and/or distance learning.

Research interests

• Service users experiences
• Cardiac care
• CPD
• Acute nursing

Mary is studying towards a PhD. Her research involves collecting narratives from service users and nurses to understand about the experience of Primary Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PPCI). Recently she was involved in evaluating the impact of CPD in the East of England: collecting the experiences of qualified and non-qualified nurses. Other research projects include the evaluation of the impact of a post-registration cardiac module from the perspectives of nurses and managers and gathering the experiences of patients who have had an acute myocardial infarction.

Areas of research supervision

Undergraduate Major Project students for pre-registration and post-registration nurses.

Teaching

Mary is Course Leader for the Post Graduate and BSc cardiac modules. She is a personal tutor for pre-registration students and responsible for CPD students undertaking the UGMP module. Alongside this, she teaches cardiac physiology and clinical skills in acute care. As an Education Champion, Mary provides support to mentors and students in practice.

Qualifications

• Master of Science, Anglia Ruskin University
• Post Graduate Certificate in Education, University of Cambridge
• BSc (Hons) Health Studies, Anglia Polytechnic University
• Registered General Nurse, Cambridgeshire College of Health Studies
• Cardio-Thoracic Nursing, ENB 162, Papworth Hospital
• Enrolled Nurse, West Norfolk & Wisbech School of Nursing

Memberships, editorial boards

• British Cardiac Society
• British Association of Cardiac Nurses
• Anglia Nursing Research Unit
• Reviewed for the Nursing Standard

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

Impact of CPD within East of England (2014)

Selected recent publications

Edmonds, M. and Gelling, L. (2010). The complexities of grounded theory: a commentary. Nurse Researcher, 17 (4), pp.4-7.

Edmonds, M. and Adams, J. (2009). Evaluating the impact of a cardiac module for post-registration nurses. Nursing Standard, 24 (2), pp.35-41.

Recent presentations and conferences

Edmonds, M. (2013). Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for acute myocardial infarction: exploring the experiences of patients, carers and nurses at the Developing Leading-edge Cardiac Services: Evidence from the front line, Manchester, 12^th November 2013

Edmonds, M. (2012). Treatment for Acute Myocardial Infarction: Listening to Experiences of Patients, carers and Nurses. The Sixth Annual Research Student Conference, Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, 13 June 2012.

Edmonds, M. (2011) The challenges of conducting research in the acute clinical setting. The Fifth Annual Research Student Conference, Anglia Ruskin University, Chelmsford, 17 June 2011.

Edmonds, M. (2010) Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for acute myocardial infarction: exploring the experiences of patients, carers and nurses at the Qualitative research in the NHS, The Moller Centre, Cambridge, 1, October 2010.