Beverley Anderson is a Macmillan Uro-Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist (MUCNS) at Epsom and St. Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust, UK. She works within Secondary Care at a multi-site District General Hospital, as a member of the Urology department. This role involves working in a multi-disciplinary context within the Tertiary Care and the Primary Care sectors and the Community. Her professional background encompasses a range of abilities, including nineteen years in-depth experience of nursing patients with both urological dysfunction and urological cancers, at various stage of progression.
Her academic achievements comprise:- MSc Advanced Practice; BSc Hons Nursing; Diploma in Higher Education (Dip HE Nursing). Another aspect of her role has resulted in the delivery of nurse-led services, provision of mentorship to her colleagues and nursing students. The undertaking of projects requiring management, audit, research, and analysis, through to their conclusion.
As an MUCNS, her role is pivotal in the diagnosis and management of those patients diagnosed with urological cancers. As such, she has a keen interest in increasing an individual’s cancer experience, and practice outcomes. Central to achieving this objective have been her observations and reflections on practice, identifying problems and concerns and taking steps to address them. Various Modules and Case Studies within the book are used to explain and highlight key issues, and to enhance content and visual acuity.