2018

Meet Lesley Lesley Wylie is the manager of a dementia specialist home in Bishopton run by the charity Erskine, who have been caring for Scotland’s veterans since 1916. Proud of the relationship-centred culture within the Erskine Park Home, Lesley is motivated to promote care home nursing role as an innovative and developing area of practice.…

Meet Madeline Madeline Wilson works as a Clinical Team Lead for District Nursing and is committed to ensuring that the people of Renfrewshire receive the highest quality and standard of community nursing care and treatment. My Journey As far as I can remember, I had always wanted to be a nurse. My parents used to…

Meet Margaret-Ann In her role as Health Visitor Team Lead for NHS Forth Valley covering Clackmannanshire, Margaret-Ann Williamson has been responsible for supporting staff through a period of change with the introduction of the Universal Health Visiting Pathway over the last few years. My Journey When I was in sixth year at school, deciding the…

Meet Elizabeth In her role as a community infant feeding nurse, Elizabeth Smith provides support to mothers across NHS Ayrshire & Arran while also promoting cultural changes within the community to encourage breastfeeding. My Journey I knew I wanted to be a nurse from quite a young age. I went to the University of Glasgow…

Meet Cathanna Cathanna Smith is an Advanced Nurse Practitioner working in the small harbour village of Tarbert in Argyll and Bute, where she feels privileged to be at the heart of the local community. My Journey I was born and raised in Stornoway in the Western Isles. When I was just three years old, I…

Meet Keri Keri Ratter works as a school nurse in Shetland and is passionate about delivering the right care for children and young people across the islands. My Journey I grew up reading the Twinkle comic and I cherished my Nurse Nancy badge I received as a little girl – I still have it to…

Meet Rachel Rachel Pulman is a Child Protection and Looked After Children’s Nurse for NHS Borders who is known for her extensive knowledge and expertise in supporting the health needs of vulnerable children and young people. My Journey I have always wanted to be a nurse. My grandmother and my aunties were nurses and I…

Meet Caroline Caroline Porter works for Children’s Hospices Across Scotland – better known as CHAS – as a Diana Children’s Nurse, named in honour of Princess Diana to commemorate her life and work. Caroline brings palliative care nursing expertise to babies, children and young people and their families. My Journey Nursing wasn’t always something I…

Meet Brigid Brigid McMaster is Clinical Nurse Coordinator for Out of Hours District Nursing at the Ayrshire Urgent Care Service based at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock and uses her wealth of experience to assess the need for change to services to meet the healthcare needs of people across Ayrshire. My Journey I came into nursing…

Meet Coleen Coleen Mcleod works as a Substance Misuse/Mental Health Liaison Nurse for NHS Western Isles and is persistent in her approach to providing and enhancing recovery care across Lewis and Harris. My Journey I didn’t start off wanting to be a nurse. My family are all nurses and I thought I wanted to do…