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Expert Witness Profile
Liverpool
Areas Covered: UK
Languages Spoken: English
Christine Makin
Registered Nurse (RN)
Advanced Nurse Practitioner (ANP)
Accident and EmergencyAcute IllnessAcute MedicineAllergiesAlzheimer's/DementiaAmputationBrain Injuries (Traumatic and Acquired)CannulationCare Homes (Residential & Nursing)CatheterisationChronic DiseaseChronic PainDialysisFallsFrailtyGeneral PracticeIndependent & Supplementary PrescriberLoss of ServiceMesotheliomaMotor Neurone Disease (MND)NephrologyNeurologyOrthopaedic and Limb InjuryPressure UlcersRenalRespiratorySepsisSpinal Cord Injury
- Venepuncture (1995)
- Intravenous medication administration (1995)
- ENB 136 Renal Nursing (1996)
- ENB 998 Teaching and Assessing (1996)
- BSc (Hons) Health Studies (2001)
- Leading and Empowering (2002)
- Cannulation (2002)
- Clinical Examination (2007)
- Non-Medical Prescribing (2007)
- Diagnostic Reasoning (2008)
- MSc Healthcare Practice (2013)
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
- I have over three decades experience as a Registered Nurse spanning a wide variety of nursing specialties including trauma and orthopaedics, major trauma, acute medicine, emergency medicine, general practice, specialist renal services and weight loss services.
- I am a qualified Advanced Nurse Practitioner and autonomously manage episodes of care. I have experience in secondary and primary care.
- I have extensive experience in hospital, community and primary care settings within specialties including general practice, renal, nephrology, acute medicine, dialysis, end of life care. I have a Masters Degree in Advanced Clinical Practice and an independent prescribing qualification.
I am an experienced registered nurse and advanced nurse practitioner with vast experience across hospital and primary care settings.
I am skilled in complex care assessments, identifying needs and implementing individualised plans of care to meet patient need. I am passionate about promoting high quality patient care and continuing professional development.
- A comparison of stress triggers and coping mechanisms between Renal Nurses and Nephrologists on a busy renal unit - Nursing Times
- The Development of a Haemodialysis Central Venous Catheter Care Bundle to Reduce Methicillin Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) - Journal of Renal Nursing
- Stress and coping strategies in renal staff - Nursing Times, 05.03.14