Dr Fiona Cust is an Associate Professor at Staffordshire University in Children's Nursing and Collaborative Practice. She is an RGN, RN (Child), and a Health Visitor. Prior to moving into academia, Fiona worked in a variety of settings as a children's nurse - predominantly paediatric intensive care and accident and emergency with a specialist interest in cardiothoracics. As a Health Visitor, she specialised in safeguarding and child protection and worked for several years with the homeless and travelling communities. Her current interests are focused upon student mental health, peer support, interprofessional education and collaboration, simulated learning, and peer to peer teaching.