About

I am an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Emergency and Acute Medicine and a Senior Lecturer in postgraduate programmes at the University of Derby, teaching advanced practice skills. With over a decade of nursing experience, I have made notable contributions to clinical research, including leading pivotal studies during the COVID-19 pandemic. This work earned my team a Chief Nurse Officer Silver Award and launched me as a published author. My focus is on addressing racial bias in healthcare and education through research and teaching, integrating her clinical expertise to enhance patient care and advance healthcare education.

Teaching responsibilities

• Non-Medical Prescribing Programme
• Applied Clinical Decision Making (Module Leader)

Professional interests

• Non-Medical Prescribing
• Advanced and Enhanced Clinical Practice
• Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) 
• Frailty and Geriatric Emergency Medicine 
• Emergency Medicine

Research interests

• Racial Bias in Healthcare and Healthcare Education
• Clinical Research in Emergency and Acute Medicine, Geriatric Emergency Medicine, and COVID-19

Qualifications

• MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (University of Derby)
• Generic Instructor for ALS (Resuscitation Council Advanced Life Support (ALS)) Qualification
• Non-medical Prescriber (Postgraduate Practice Certificate in Independent and Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses and Midwifes)
• BSc in Adult Nursing 

Recent conferences

• 23/09/2024: Presented at ACP Conference (Barts Health NHS Trust, London)

International experience

• Adult Nurse (Practiced and still registered in Italy)

Recent publications

• European Taskforce on Geriatric Emergency Medicine (ETGEM) collaborators (2024). Prevalence of Frailty in European Emergency Departments (FEED): an international flash mob study. European Geriatric Medicine, 15. doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s41999-023-00926-3
• Sorice, V. and Ekumah, N.-T.D. (2024). Navigating conflict mitigation and reduction: critical insights on Safewards models implementation across healthcare settings. Evidence Based Nursing, p.ebnurs-2024-104135. doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-104135
• Sorice, V. and Mortimore, G. (2024). Burning out in silence: unmasking the impact of microaggression and racial bias in the workplace. Gastrointestinal Nursing, 22(2), pp.84–86. doi:https://doi.org/10.12968/gasn.2024.22.2.84
• Sorice, V. and Mortimore, G. (2024). Silenced voices: addressing racial bias in palliative care in Afro-Caribbean communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence Based Nursing, p.ebnurs-103852. doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103852
• Sorice, V. and Mortimore, G. (2024). Striking the balance: addressing the results of supportive work environments on stress and conflict management in emergency care. Evidence Based Nursing, p.ebnurs-103986. doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2024-103986
• Sorice, V. and Ireland, S. (2023). Universities and industry stakeholders must collaborate to address racism faced by healthcare students. Evidence Based Nursing, p.ebnurs-2023-103710. doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2023-103710
• Sorice, V. and Herring, L. (2022). Addressing implicit racial bias: do they affect nursing education? Evidence Based Nursing, p.ebnurs-2022-103548. doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103548
• Sorice, V. and Neal, A. (2022). Nurses perceived institutional double standards in education and application of evidence-based practice. Evidence Based Nursing, p.ebnurs-2022-103515. doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/ebnurs-2022-103515