Gary Jones (nurse)

Gary J. Jones, CBE, FRCN (born 1953[1]) is a British nurse and author. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing, the Florence Nightingale Foundation 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, 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.[2] 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.[1][3] From 1994 to 1997, he was honorary consultant nurse advisor to the Chief Nursing Officer at the Department of Health (DoH).[1] He was made a Fellow of the Royal College of Nursing in 2002.[4]

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, Jones was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to emergency nursing.[5]

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 (ISBN 18411-0081-1/ISBN 978-18411-0081-4)
  • Jones, Gary J. (2019). It's not all blood and guts: my amazing life as an A&E nurse. ISBN 978-1527248014.
  • Jones, Gary J (2021). The history of emergency nursing 1972-2007 : my memoirs continue. ISBN 9798719854106.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gary Jones CBE". www.amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ Critchell, Matthew (11 March 2020). "Ex-nurse Gary shares memories with new published book". Thurrock Gazette. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  3. ^ Jones, Gary (28 March 1990). "A&E nursing: today and the future: Gary Jones identifies the issues that will have significance for A&E nursing in the 1990s". Nursing Standard. 4 (27): 51–52. doi:10.7748/ns.4.27.51.s51. PMID 2111502.
  4. ^ "RCN Fellows and Honorary Fellows". Royal College of Nursing. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
  5. ^ "No. 56963". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 2003. pp. 7–8.