Nicola Matthews
Nicola Matthews trained as a Registered General Nurse in Warwickshire and then as a Registered Midwife at what is now the University Hospital of Coventry and Warwickshire.Nicola worked as a Matron of a large Nursing home prior to having her five children, then set up the position of College Nurse at South Warwickshire College.
Nicola has been a lecturer in Health and Social Care and managed to juggle practising both surgical and medical nursing around bringing up her family.
She has worked on many charitable committees over the years. A recent stay in hospital as an emergency admission left her in no doubt that in certain areas there was vast room for improvement in care and it wouldn't take a genius and it needn't cost a fortune to put it right! She is still nursing currently.
- A room with a view - Surroundings
- Are you sitting comfortably - Physical comfort
- Cleanliness is next to godliness - hygeine
- Food glorious food - Appetising food
- Getting to know you - Communication
- It's childsplay - All about children
- Let me entertain you - Coping with boredom
- Pleased to meet you - The welcome
- Relatively speaking - Relatives and carers
- The waiting game - Waiting rooms
- There's no place like home - Going home
- Trumpet voluntary - All about volunteers
- A death in the family - Empathy and compassion
- Long Term Care - The long and winding road
- Mobility - Getting there