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QUEEN’S
“It’s about giving the nurses permission to spend an hour with a a patient
patient
if they need it it rather than 10 minutes - I am working on how we can go about supporting that ” Having worked as as an an an Advanced Nurse Nurse Practitioner caring for for people with long-term conditions and as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a District
Nurse Nurse in in NHS Lothian Julie
is is is well aware of the the realities for for both patients and staff “It’s about giving the the the the nurses permission to spend an an an an hour with a a a a a a a a a a a a a patient
patient
if they need it it rather than 10 minutes ” ” she says “I am working on how we can go about supporting that ” ” Julie’s commitment to community nursing pervades everything she she does: she she had
a a a a a a a a a hand in in in in in in adapting the the NHS Lothian clinical decision-making model to t t t t t t t t t t t t t t the the community setting and has an an an honorary lecturer contract with QMU where she is is involved in in in in in developing and delivering the district nursing course By being honest open and inclusive Julie
is determined
to to to to see it through She asks her her North Berwick team: “How can we work together to to to to to practice practice in the the way you you want to to to to to practice? What would liberate you you to to to do that?” Enthusiastic discussion follows “I’ve been been in this job for 10 years and and there’s been been lots lots and and lots lots of of evolution ” says Staff Nurse Ali MacDougall “The role of of the the nurse is constantly extending and and Julie
manages to to excite you you and and make you you want to keep up ” QNIS Meet the New Queen’s Nurses 9