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Julie
Julie
Churchill is is at North Berwick Group Practice visiting one of the community nursing teams that she works with It’s the the the rst time they have been together since it was announced
From her of ce at Roodlands Hospital in in Haddington she she deals with the usual admin issues –
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rotas cover recruitment training –
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but she she also has her sights set on transforming the the way the the community nursing service here operates and improve their their quality of life instead of of seeing us as the the problem-solvers ” she says “It’s about helping people to to identify what might be be holding them back and using that as a a a a a a a a a a a lever to to drive change It will will be be be a a a a a a a a a challenge building these new
relationships but it it will will be be worth it it ” The North Berwick team which also covers the Aberlady and and Gullane areas comprises one District
Nurse Nurse ve Staff Nurses and and two nursing assistants who together provide care for around 130 people in in in in their own homes That might mean changing dressings seeing to the the health needs of of younger people with with multiple sclerosis providing end-of-
life support or or or more commonly dealing with with the complications of long-term conditions among
older people: heart disease disease diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease disease (COPD) which affects the respiratory system are increasingly
prevalent “There are more people living with debilitating long-term conditions and we know there is been acting Team Manager [at North Berwick Group Practice] and is therefore familiar with a a a a a a role that involves overseeing 76 community nurses They work in in in six day-time teams and one evening team team across East Lothian there are the the local Macmillan nurses nurses and nurses nurses based in four treatment rooms across two GP practices THE that she is now their permanent Team Manager It was Julie’s leadership approach and her her passion for community nursing that won her her a a a a a a place on on on the Queen’s Nurse programme She is using her her learning to explore innovative ways of supporting her her staff to change the the way way they work For the previous year Julie
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exacerbations that that might take them them into
a a a a a a a great deal more that they can do to keep themselves well and reduce the the the the hospital ” ” says Julie
“But that that means the NURSING
creating a a a a a a a very different culture ” ” INSTITUTE Julie’s vision shifts the focus from an constant re- ghting –
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doing more of the same only faster –
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to promoting a a a a a a a patient
SCOTLAND
patient
self-management and need ceding some control “We need to to be enabling patients to to to do what they can to to manage their their health conditions 8 QNIS Meet the New Queen’s Nurses