Desi Tait is lecturer and team coordinator for critical care nursing in the Department of Nursing, School of Human and Health Sciences in Swansea University. Desi has 30 years experience in the practice, theory and education of adult acute and critical care nursing and facilitates critical care education at both undergraduate and post graduate levels. She has a particular interest in the use of blended learning strategies in critical care undergraduate education and is involved in developing and evaluating innovative ways to facilitate student learning by adopting a practice based approach to education. Desi completed her doctorate in the study of nurses experience of recognizing and managing clinical deterioration in patients in hospital in 2009 and this continues to be an area of clinical interest. Jane James is a Nurse Tutor and Admissions Tutor in the School of Human and Health Sciences in Swansea University. Janes nursing career began in 1980, working in critical care and medical nursing. Her main role as a nurse tutor is in pre-registration nursing, supporting students throughout the adult programme. She has a particular involvement in clinical skills, with an emphasis on simulation and practical scenarios, and she is also module leader for specialised adult practice.
She is also involved in post-registration teaching in critical care and discharge planning; and acts as admissions tutor for the pre-registration adult nursing programme. Catherine Williams is a Nurse Tutor, coordinator for clinical skills education and Common Foundation Programme Manager in the School of Human and Health Sciences in Swansea University. She began her nursing career in 1996 and through the following years she has gained a vast array of knowledge and skills in critical care and burns/reconstructive surgery. Catherines role demonstrates her commitment to teaching and coordinating clinical skills education for an undergraduate pre-registration nursing programme that reflects her research interests, and she maintains her high level of clinical skills by retaining strong links with clinical practice. Dr David Barton is Academic Lead in the Department of Nursing, School of Human & Health Science, Swansea University. David qualified as an RGN at Kings College Hospital and then specialised in critical care nursing. He worked in Intensive Care in both Carmarthen and Swansea before becoming a Nurse Lecturer at the University of Wales Swansea in 1989. Davids academic and scholarly interests have focused particularly on advanced clinical nursing and he has worked to develop nursing networks in Wales and the UK.
He is the Chair of the Association of Advanced Nursing Practice Educators (AANPE), and is actively involved with the Modernising Careers agenda at a strategic level both in Wales and nationally. He has also published widely in journals and textbooks. Recently David has taken the lead in managing the Department of Nursing at Swansea University, promoting the educational and research agenda students at pre and post registration level, and from undergraduate to doctoral level. Throughout his career as a lecturer he has maintained his clinical practice, working regularly in Intensive Care.