Editorial Role
Okpua Chidinma Nelson serves as editor for Journal of Healthcare Quality and Safety.
Biography
Dr. Okpua Nelson Chidinma is a Nigerian-trained nurse, midwife, public health nurse and academic with extensive experience in nursing education, public health, clinical practice and university administration. He holds a Bachelor of Nursing Science from Ebonyi State University, an MSc in Public Health from Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom and a PhD in Community and Family Nursing from Universiti Sains Malaysia. He currently serves as Dean of the Faculty of Health and Allied Sciences at Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), Nigeria, having previously served as the pioneer Head of the Department of Nursing Science.
Dr. Nelson has contributed to nursing education, research, curriculum development, research ethics and professional development. He also serves as the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) South-East Zonal Coordinator for the Mandatory Continuing Professional Development Programme. His research interests include nursing, community health, epidemiology, infectious diseases, cancer, environmental health and occupational health. He has published numerous scholarly articles and contributes to academic publishing as an editorial board member and editor.
Research Interest
Nursing; Community Health; Epidemiology; Infectious Diseases; Cancers; Environmental Health And Occupational Health