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Staff profile: Dr Gillian Pedley

Position: Principal Lecturer
School: Nursing
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8417 5728
Email: g.pedley@sgul.kingston.ac.uk

Biography

Gillian is a registered nurse (adult nursing). She specialised as a neurosciences nurse, has worked with the elderly and as a research nurse. She is currently a principal lecturer within the Acute Care Division of the School of Nursing.

Gillian’s main teaching and research interests are in the area of chronic wound prevention and management. She runs modules in leg ulcer management and in the prevention and management of pressure ulceration, and is pathway leader for the Tissue Viability Pathway within the undergraduate CPD Diploma / BSc healthcare programmes.

Her research activities are in the area of pressure ulceration, in particular risk assessment, and she is currently conducting research into the predictors of pressure ulceration in elderly orthopaedic patients. She also is a reviewer for the Journal of Clinical Nursing.

Interests

Tissue viability and chronic wounds, particularly pressure ulcer prevention and risk assessment; dementia care.

Publications

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Number of items: 4.

Article

Pedley, Gillian E. (2004) Comparison of pressure ulcer grading scales: a study of clinical utility and inter-rater reliability. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 41(2), pp. 129-140. ISSN (print) 0020-7489

Pedley, G. (2000) Is blood pressure a clinical predictor of pressure ulcer development? Journal of wound care, 9(9), pp. 408-412. ISSN (print) 0969-0700

Pedley, Gillian E. and Arber, Anne (1997) Nursing students' response to self-directed learning: an evaluation of a learning process applying Jarvis' framework. Journal Of Advanced Nursing, 25(2), pp. 405-411. ISSN (print) 0309-2402

Book Section

Pedley, Gillian E. (2006) Maintaining healthy skin. In: Redfern, Sally J. and Ross, Fiona M., (eds.) Nursing older people. 4th ed. Edinburgh, U.K. : Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. pp. 373-412. ISBN 0443074593

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Grants

  • Pedley G E (2001). The prediction of pressure ulceration in elderly orthopaedic patients. European Wound Management Association Research Award. £12,679: 2001
  • Pedley G E (1997). The prediction of pressure ulceration in elderly orthopaedic patients. Coloplast Charitable Trust Scholarship Award. £3,000: 1997