Cardiac specialist nurse Debra Vickers has completed a professional development programme which allows the right to use the coveted title.
She is among a group of 20 in Scotland to become a Queen’s Nurse.
Each of the community nurses were nominated for the Queen’s Nursing Institute Scotland scheme for providing high quality, compassionate nursing care.
Debra Vickers took up a British Heart Foundation-
When the heart failure service was up and running from the Butt of Lewis to Barra, NHS Western Isles took over the funding from the British Heart Foundation and developments have continued.
Debra said: “As a service we are achieving a great deal. It’s about identifying what people need to make their lives better, and doing your very best to get it for them.
“Becoming a Queen’s Nurse and going through the development programme has made me even more passionate about community cardiac nursing, and is helping me to find ways to meet challenges head on.”
Western Isles nurse awarded Queen’s Nurse title
1 December 2017
Debra Vickers
A Western Isles nurse has been awarded the title of Queen’s Nurse, marking the first time the honour has been made in Scotland for almost 50 years.