Dr Jane GriffithsPhD, BNurs, RGN, NDNCert

Overview

I have been a lecturer in the School of Nursing Midwifery and Social work since 1998.

Biography

I graduated from the Bachelor of Nursing degree at Manchester University in 1988. On graduation I worked as a Sister at Styal Prison and then as a District Nursing Sister in East Cheshire. I completed a PhD at Liverpool University in 1996 entitled An Ethnographic Study of District Nursing Work. After this I worked at Hull University and East Yorkshire as a lecturer and Lead District Nurse. I returned to Manchester University in 1998 where I worked as unit Leader on the District Nursing pathway of the Community Specialist Practitioner degree until 2002. Following this I was seconded for two years to the Macmillan Research Unit. I am now a lecturer on the Bachelor of Nursing degree.

Qualifications

Degree                        1988  Bachelor of Nursing (Iniveristy of Manchester) First Class Honours

Professional                1988  Registered General Nurse

                                  1988  National Certificate of District Nursing

PhD                             1996  Liverpool University: An Ethnographic study of District Nursing work