Ingvar Ingvarsson

Biography

I have worked in healthcare for nearly 23 years. I had started off as a Healthcare Support Worker in a nursing home/healthcare centre in my native country of Iceland. Working pre-dominantly with patients who had Alzheimers.

When I moved to the UK in 2003 I started working in nursing homes as an Auxillary Nurse. In 2006 I started working in secure Mental Health as a Healthcare Assistant. I stayed there until 2012 when I went to University of Cumbria to become a nurse and I qualified with DipHE in Adult Nursing in 2015.

Since qualifying I have worked as a staff nurse in Accident & Emergency and Medical Assessment, as well as doing extra shifts in other units to gain further experience. I became a charge nurse within a Secure Mental Health Unit that provided specialist care to patients with Acquired Brain Injury.

Through all of this I have continued with my professional development with view of gaining a BSc in Adult Nursing, which I was awarded in 2021.

Qualifications and memberships

DipHE in Adult Nursing (2015)

BSc in Adult Nursing (2021)

 PgC Learning and Teaching for Higher Education (2022)

Academic and research interests

Current academic interest are towards:

 

• Public Health in particular in preventative healthcare
• Acute and Emergency Medicine
• Clinical Supervision
• Staff development and ongoing personal and professional development
• Epilepsy, in particular with people who have Acquired Brain Injury
• Diabetes and diabetic care
• The role of the personal tutor in development of student nurses
• Clinical Skills and nursing assessments

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