A graduate at the University of Cumbria has named his daughter after celebrated nursing academic Jeanne Landon-Campbell.

Eight students completed the accelerated MSc (pre-registration) Adult and Mental Health Nursing programme, designed by Ms Landon-Campbell.

These nurses were undergraduates who had 500 hours of care experience and it allowed them to train as a nurse in two years rather than three.

One of those who took part in the course was Valentine Eze, who was so inspired by Ms Landon Campbell and her 40+ years as a nurse, that he named his youngest daughter after her."

Mr Eze said: "I had to name my daughter after Jeanne because I want my daughter to grow up and be as an amazing as a nurse like Jeanne."

Ms Landon-Campbell was the creator of the successful programme.

Mr Eze graduated with his mother Juliana watching after coming over from Nigeria.

He has been hired as a scrub nurse by the North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust in Carlisle.

He initially wanted to enrol in a masters in social work but was encouraged to try the nursing course created by Ms Landon-Campbell.

"Even after an unplanned family event, Jeanne was always there to provide mental and emotional support."

A fellow MSc graduate on the course was Louise Slessor. Following the completion of her studies, she is now working to assist people with their recovery from surgeries.

After seeing the palliative care for her grandfather, Ms Slessor wanted to help others in similar situations.

The University of Cumbria works in association with the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne, and Wear NHS Foundation Trust to plan for students' professional placements.

Chloe McKeating is another of the graduates. The 26-year-old from Workington is now a registered mental community health nurse, working in a crisis resolution and home treatment team.

She said that her role offers deliveries a lot of growth.

"I love my job and work with an amazing team," she said.

"I’m exposed to every adult with a range of both functional and organic mental health diagnosis and symptomology.

"My role is to safely manage risk in the community preventing hospital admission. No two days are the same and the service is consistently evolving."

Ms Landon-Campbell said: "It is part of the portfolio of education programmes for aspiring nurses delivered by our team in the Institute of Health along with courses for those who want higher-level skills to work in midwifery and in allied health professions."

Ms Landon-Campbell is a retired children's nurse, spending 12 years at the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and an academic in the UK for 44 years.

She added: "Designing this programme is something that I had wanted to do for years and I’m delighted to see this first cohort graduate.

"They are now all in nursing roles, all very varied indeed."