Gary J. Jones, (born 1953
) is a British nurse and author. He is a Fellow of the
Royal College of Nursing, the
Florence Nightingale Foundation
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and the Faculty of Emergency Nursing. He is the editor and/or author of a number of journals and published articles about nursing.
In 1969, Jones began his nursing career as a hospital cadet at
Orsett Hospital
Orsett is a village, former civil parish and ecclesiastical parish located within Thurrock unitary district in Essex, England, situated around 5 km north-east of Grays. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1771.
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, Essex. He qualified as a nurse in 1974. He then trained as an
ophthalmic nurse at
Moorfields Eye Hospital, London, before returning to Orsett Hospital.
He was chair of the
Royal College of Nursing's (RCN) Accident & Emergency Forum UK from 1987 to 1990, and then chair of its successor, the RCN's Accident & Emergency Nursing Association UK from 1990 to 1995.
From 1994 to 1997, he was honorary consultant nurse advisor to the
Chief Nursing Officer
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at the
Department of Health (DoH).
He was made a Fellow of the
Royal College of Nursing in 2002.
He has advised on many aspects of
emergency care, including
paramedic training, expert
nursing practice and emergency community care, on a national level. He owns and operates his own medical care company, Health Care Training & Development Services Ltd.
In the
2003 Queen's Birthday Honours
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Knight Bachel ...
, Janes was appointed
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to emergency nursing.
Selected works
Some of his publications include:
* ''Learning to care in the A&E department'' (1986), Hodder & Stoughton, London
* ''Accident & emergency nursing: A structured approach'' (1990), Faber & Faber, London
* ''Emergency Nursing Care: Principles and Practice'' (2003; co-editor, along with Ruth Endacott and Robert Crouch), Greenwich Medical Media, London (/)
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References
External links
RCN Biography
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British businesspeople
British non-fiction writers
English nurses
Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
Living people
People from Essex
Fellows of the Royal College of Nursing
Place of birth missing (living people)
British male writers
1953 births
Male non-fiction writers
British nurses