Expert Witness Profile
Essex
Areas Covered: UK
Stella Ettah
Registered General Nurse (RGN)
Spinal
Orthopaedics
Paediatrics
Birthing Injury
Complex Traumatic Injury
Palliative Care
Neurological
Alzheimer's
Catheterisation
Holistic Care
- Master of Medical Law (MML) - University of Glasgow, Scotland (2009)
- BSc Nursing (Upper Second Class) - University of Calabar, Nigeria (1998)
- Registered Midwife Certificate - School of Midwifery, Calabar, Nigeria (1991)
- Registered Nurse Certificate - School of Nursing, Itigidi, Nigeria (1988)
- Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
- 14 years' experience as an independent agency nurse specialising in caring for patients (both adults and paediatrics) with various conditions including end of life care, birthing injuries, spinal cord injuries, tracheostomy and ventilation management.
- 1 year experience as a Healthcare Assessor (Band 6) at NHS Waltham Forest Primary Care Trust.
- 5 years’ experience as a staff nurse at NHS Redbridge Primary Care Trust specialising in delivering care for individuals with profound learning disabilities.
- 5 years' experience as a registered nurse at various hospitals specialising in general medical and surgical patient care.
- 3 years' experience working with children with special needs.
My childhood dream was to become a lawyer. But at the time when I completed my high school education, lawyers in my country were not well paid and most of them were unemployed.
So, my parents encouraged me to study nursing because they believed I was a very caring person and I would also get a job as soon as I graduated. I obeyed them and got admitted into a nursing school and graduated as a nurse. I discovered that being a nurse is so rewarding that I decided to study Midwifery as well.
To catch up a bit with my childhood dream, I eventually gained a Master’s Degree in Medical law.