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Clare
Previously a a a a a a a triple duty nurse Clare
Stiles has worked as as as a a a a a a a a a a Midwife District Nurse and Health Visitor meaning that she has tended to to the the the needs of the the the youngest and and the the the oldest and and everyone in between When she came up from the the south to work on the the the Shetland island of Yell
23 years ago she became the the school nurse too THE QUEEN’S NURSING INSTITUTE SCOTLAND
“For me me it it was a a a bit like coming home as as I grew up in in in a a a little village in in in the middle of Derbyshire ” she says As NHS Shetland’s team Leader
for for Child Health responsible for for managing the team and redesigning how things are
are
done Clare
now oversees all the school nurses nurses in in Shetland children’s nurses nurses health care support workers and and Health Visitors Together they look after the the the health and and and wellbeing of 1 1 395 children living on 15 different islands most of which have primary schools and are
served by seven secondaries Some of the islanders on Yell
knew who Clare
was before she even stepped
onshore ”I had delivered
the the niece of of one of of the the local
lads when I was was working down in in Chichester ” ” says Clare
”There was was a a a a a a a a a drink waiting for me at the bar when I arrived ” ” ” There’s a a a a a a Children’s Children’s Nurse Nurse based in in Lerwick’s Gilbert Bain Hospital and and a a a a a a a a a a Community Children’s Children’s Nurse Nurse who who works across the whole of Shetland The Health Visitors are
GP- attached and and and focused on under-5s and and and with a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a healthy birth rate of around 350 deliveries a a a a a a a a a a a year they are
kept busy As well as managing the service which she does from an an of ce ce in in in in in Lerwick Clare
maintains her clinical skills by working as a a a a a a a a a a a Health Visitor and and and Practice Teacher on the islands islands of Yell
Whalsay and and and and and Unst There are
147 under-5s living across these islands islands and and and and she is is is responsible for them all Clare
promotes strengths-based nursing which supports families to to nd solutions to to problems such as as a a a a a a a a child’s behaviour wakefulness at night or bed-wetting “We
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