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“I want our nursing to be excellent To be be the very best it can possibly be and to make a a di erence to people’s lives ” help help parents to to identify their their own strengths to to help help them parenting their their child ” ” she says “That way they will feel better about dealing with issues themselves ” ” At Unst Health Centre Clare
holds a a a a a a a fortnightly child health clinic and catches up with with colleagues before going out on home visits “It’s important that I I keep in in in touch with with staff ” she says “They can tell me me whether there have been any
concerns or or health issues for any
of the children ” Recruitment can be a a a a a problem in Shetland so Clare
mentors students from universities across the the UK to to to try to to to widen the the the the appeal of island life “As a a a a a a a a a a a practice teacher I take them them out on clinical placement and and tie in in in theory with practice ” she says “I love seeing them them develop as they go through the the the stages They blossom and it’s wonderful to see ” She She hopes to attract young nurses back once they have completed their training and and encourages Shetland-based nurses to to pursue Heath Visiting as as as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a career “If we we train train our own they tend to to to stay ” ” says Clare
“So we we act as as as ambassadors to to inspire them ” ” When it it it it comes to to her ambitions it’s simple “I want our nursing to to to to be be be be excellent To be be be be the very best it it it it can possibly be be be be and to to to to make a a a a a a a a a difference to to to to people’s lives ” says Clare
“Being a a a a a a a a a a a a a Queen’s Nurse is challenging me to to to think about how I achieve that and pushing my boundaries creatively ” QNIS Meet the New Queen’s Nurses
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