Aby Mitchell is a Senior Lecturer in Nursing Education in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's College London with an education portfolio relating to teaching primary care, health promotion and public health and simulation and immersive technologies.

Aby started her nursing career in her local general hospital, initially working within a burns and plastics and head and neck cancer unit. In 1999 she embarked on a career in district nursing with a special interest in wound care and leg ulcer management. Latterly, she worked as a Senior Physical Health Lead for Community Mental Health. Aby has an MSc in Advanced Practice (healthcare education).

Aby's publications cover a broad scope of topics from tissue viability to the use of virtual reality in nurse education. She has a particular interest in the use of theatre in education both for student education and population health. Her recent work has examined the role of forum theatre in anti-bullying health promotion education for young people, virtual interprofessional learning and the use of patient stories for undergraduate healthcare students and the use of drama-based patient pathways to improve perceived self-confidence in holistic activities of daily living assessments for first-year undergraduate nursing students.

Aby is a member of the British Journal of Nursing editorial board and the BJN inform advisory panel. 

Latest publications

• Peate, I. Mitchell, A. (2022) Nursing Practice Knowledge and Care. 3rd Edition. Wiley
• Hill, B. Mitchell, A, (2023) Independent and Supplementary Prescribing at a glance. Wiley
• Mitchell, A. Leontino, G (2023) Learning disability simulations for all student nurses. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 32, Issue 3
• Mitchell, A. (2022) Breaking bad news. Nursing Standard. Oct 5;37(10):43-49. doi: 10.7748/ns.2022.e11898. Epub 2022 . PMID: 35989552.
• Mitchell, A. Elbourne, S. (2022) Pressure ulcers at the end of life. British Journal of Community Nursing. 1;27(Sup3): S14-S18. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2022.27.Sup3.S14. PMID: 35274986.
• Manley, S. Mitchell A. (2022) The impact of nutrition on pressure ulcer healing. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 31, Issue 12
• Mitchell, A (2022) Training in a virtual world. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 31, Issue 8
• Mitchell, A. (2022) Skin assessment in adults. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 31, Issue 5
• Mitchell, A. Assadi, G. (2021) Using Simulation exercises to improve students’ skills and patient safety. Vol 30, Issue 20
• Mitchell, A. Pearce, R. (2021) Prescribing practice: an overview of principles. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 30, Issue 17
• Mitchell, A. (2021) Self-harm wounds: assessment and management. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 30, Issue 12
• Mitchell, A. Llumigusin (2021) The assessment and management of hypergranulation. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 30, Issue 5
• Mitchell, A. Assadi, G. Langran, C. Sabbah, S (2021) Virtual IPE: a brave new world of learning. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 29, No 3
• Mitchell, A. (2020) Assessment of wounds in Adults. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 29, No 20 Tissue Viability Supplement
• Mitchell, A. (2020) Pandemic Inspires innovative use of virtual simulation to teach practical skills. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 29. No 20
• Mitchell, A. Elbourne, S. (2020) Advanced care planning and syringe drivers in palliative and end-of-life care. British Journal of Nursing. Vol 29, Issue 17
• Mitchell, A (2020) Young people’s experiences of an antibullying Drama in Education workshop six months post-participation. British Journal of Child Health. Vol 15 No 2
• Principles of Wound care In: Neale, N. Sale, J. (2022) Developing Practical Nursing Skills 5th Edition. CRC Press, Taylor & Frances Group
• Professional, legal and ethical issues. In: Hill, B. Mitchell, A, (2023) Independent and Supplementary Prescribing at a glance