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Deborah Flynn is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Nursing at Northumbria University since November 2017. She teaches across undergraduate and postgraduate nursing programs and coordinates a Year 2 nursing practice module. Previously, she held teaching roles at the University of Bedfordshire and worked in NHS trusts. Her nursing career spans South Africa, Germany, Switzerland, and the UK, with clinical experience in neurology, surgery, theatres, and stroke care. Her research focuses on nursing education challenges, student wellbeing, and the role of humor in clinical settings.
Her educational background includes a Nursing Diploma (General, Community Health, Psychiatry) and Midwifery from South Africa (1990). Research interests include anxiety among Generation Z nursing students, assessment challenges, and innovative teaching methods like forum theatre and multisensory learning environments (The WISE Room). She co-authored studies on unconscious bias mitigation and student nurse support strategies.
Publications span topics from subglottic stenosis management to social prescribing barriers. She actively reviews for journals like Practice Nursing and British Journal of Nursing, and participated in conferences like the RCN Education Forum.
