RN, MSc, Clinical Nurse Specialist/Continence Service Manager.
Valerie been working in the field of continence care for 27 years has always been interested in research and improving clinical skills. She values collaborative projects as it provides the opportunity to benchmark services against each other.
On a day to day basis Valerie’s workload consists of running nurse lead clinics, teaching, visiting patients at home and managing the service. Her clinical work consists of undertaking full medical history, assessing symptoms, diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
Valerie develops Care Pathways for Continence which are presented at major conferences and have been requested from as far away as Australia. In 2009, she jointly published the “Continence Care Pathways Handbook” though Wiley-Blackwell.
Other projects have included:
- Benchmarking services with West Wiltshire PCT
- Reviewing clinic settings and efficiency with Mendip PCT
- Urine testing competencies with Mendip PCT
- Meeting the needs of carers with Swindon PCT
Publications
A private problem – incontinence
Community Outlook 1988 November 24-26
Female Incontinence – The Basingstoke Project
Journal of the Royal Society of Health 1988 Vol108 Issue 6 207/208
Pathways for Continence Care: background and audit
British Journal of Nursing 11 May 2000 Vol 9 No 9 590-596
Pathways for Continence Care: Development of the Pathways
British Journal of Nursing 28 September 2000 Vol. 9 No 17 1165-1172
Care pathways for urinary continence problems
Nursing Times 2000 11May Vol 96 No 19 7-10
Pathways for Continence Care: the validation process
British Journal of Nursing 25 January 2001 Vol 10 No 2 87-90
Pathways for Continence Care: an audit to see how they are used
British Journal of Nursing Jul 24 2003 Vol 12 No 14 857-863
Pathways for evidence based continence care
Nursing Standard November 10 2004 Vol 19 No 9 45-54
The Continence Care Pathways Handbook co-authored with ME Salter and RB Locke
Published by Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford 2009