Debbie is one of those amazing nurses who retire and cannot keep away and comes back in a different role and continues to be passionate about nursing. Debbie trained at the John Radcliffe and was the first to be part of an education competency based nursing programme.
She then undertook a rotation and then left after 3 years to pursue a specialist ENB 199 A&E course.
Debbie then worked in Nottingham at the largest A&E trauma centre in Europe. She then developed itchy feet and wanted to travel. Her travels took her round the world and worked in the United States.
On return to the UK she worked in Cheltenham and Bath. Debbie married and moved to Dorset and has been in Dorset ever since. She worked in Poole in A&E and then as a lecturer and clinical assessor on the Bournemouth University ECP course taking her experience with her to teach others.
Debbie became a Consultant Nurse in 2012. Debbie was and is still Dorset HealthCare’s NMP lead. She has developed our prescribing academy and supports other nurses in prescribing organising conferences and celebrating the difference non-medical prescribers make.
Debbie has shared below
My passion, principles and future plans:
• Support progressive professional nursing and education
• Help facilitate colleagues to meet their potential • Continue to promote Advanced Community care
• Ensure safe high quality Non-Medical Prescribing • Continue to enjoy the ability to nurse and stay patient focussed
• Simply make a difference for patients during my onward career…
‘The best way to find you is to lose yourself In the service of others’ Mahatma Gandhi
Debbie is a fantastic role model for advanced nursing practice and is a fantastic advocate for nursing. Never fully retire Debbie!