Manda Dunne

Manda started her nursing career at the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital in 1976 with her ONC and then went on to qualify as an SRN at Greenwich District Hospital in 1980. She then found herself in the operating theatre as a scrub nurse but soon discovered anaesthetic nursing. She completed her ENB 182 at Kings College Hospital in 1982.

Manda is currently a Senior Anaesthetic and Recovery Sister at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, London, where she works in an all nurse operating theatre. Manda has been an anaesthetic nurse for over 30 years and has seen many changes in anaesthesia during that time. Manda is also an Advanced Life Support Instructor, which enables her to spend some time in a completely different role but still enhances her anaesthetics skills both clinically and in a teaching capacity.

Manda strongly believes in the recognition development of anaesthetic and recovery nursing and has had the privilege of serving on the BARNA committee since 2003.