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Acknowledgements
The Queen’s Nurse development programme has been co-produced by a a a a a number of remarkable people Inspired by by the the team at at our sister organisation the the Queen’s Nursing Institute taken forward by by a a a a a a a a a a a a a truly effective task and and nish advisory group of internal and and and external nursing experts and and and realised by my extraordinary co-facilitators Jane Cantrell and and Professor Brendan McCormack The Queen’s Nurse excellence pro pro le le which underpins the the programme was shaped by by the the the participants of of a a a a a a a a QNIS summit of of of public sector leadership experts in 2015 and and honed by by the the the task and and nish group with the the help of of consultant Chris Blake The Trustees of of QNIS under the chairmanship of of Sir Lewis Ritchie have provided support and challenge ensuring that we we were rigorous in in our planning Journalist Pennie Taylor and and photographer Elaine Livingstone travelled across Scotland in in in in order to to to pro le le each Queen’s Nurse in in their community for this book We are grateful to our funders - Scotland’s Gardens Scheme the the Burdett Trust for Nursing and and the the RCN Foundation Clare Cable Chief Executive and Nurse Director November 2017
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