Emma Rikards

Consultant Respiratory Nurse, Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital

Emma qualified as a nurse with a Bsc (Hons) in Nursing studies then soon after, completed her Msc in Professional Practice with a pathway of difficult asthma. As a keen researcher/ practitioner Emma is PhD student studying End of Life Care for patients with COPD in ED and as part of her studies has undertaken her Mphil. For this Emma has received the Florence Nightingale research scholarship 2017/2018 and again 2018/2019. Emma is also currently undertaking her MBA. She also has a variety of publications and abstracts surrounding different elements of respiratory care. Emma is the Vice Chair of the Respiratory Disease Sub Committee and Respiratory Nurse Acute Lead for ARNS.