Meet the Team

Melissa Beaumont

Pauline Carson, MSc PGCHE, BSc (Hons), RN (Canada), RGN RSCN

Pauline is a lecturer in (Education) Children and Young Peoples Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery at Queens University Belfast in Northern Ireland.

Pauline trained as a general nurse and then a children's nurse before following a clinical career in paediatric cardiology in both the UK and Canada. Pauline's career in nurse education has spanned sixteen years and includes her roles as as a senior lecturer in Children's Nursing at Coventry University, the University of Wolverhampton and Queen's University Belfast.

During this time Pauline has been involved in both pre-registration and post registration children and young people's nurse education. Her of teaching include all aspects of the pre-registration children's nursing curriculum; research; adolescent health and critical care/high dependency care of children and young people. Pauline's areas of interest include all aspects of children and young people's nursing; adolescent health care; family centered care; reflection; nurse education; enquiry based learning and the use of simulated learning.

Nina Heighington

I am a qualified children's nurse and trained at Birmingham university, I currently working as a wellchild transition nurse, leading improvement on transition from children's to adult's services.

Previously I have worked as a pathway coordinator for children with medical complexities and a staff nurse on a busy medical ward. 

I have a passion for ensuring young people have a voice in the NHS and that healthcare meets their needs. My main area's of interest in nursing are young people's health, participation and transition, CYP with medical complexities and MDT working. 

Julie Hulls