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Prestigious nursing honour for 海角直播 academic

A 海角直播 academic who is helping to shape the next generation of nurses has been awarded a prestigious nursing title.

Denise Dye, lecturer in Community Nursing in the University鈥檚 School of Health & Life Sciences, has received the title of Queen鈥檚 Nurse from the Queen鈥檚 Nursing Institute (QNI). The QNI grants the honorary title of Queen鈥檚 Nurse to community nurses who have demonstrated a high level of commitment to patient care and improving nursing practice as leaders and role models.

鈥淚 first went into nursing as a single mother, aged 22,鈥� said Denise, who is now a married mum-of-five. 鈥淚 initially worked as a cardiology nurse, which I started while completing my nursing studies, before becoming a substance misuse nurse in a female prison.

鈥淚t involved helping to better engage the prisoners with healthcare and helping to educate them on accessing medical care. From that role, I became interested in academic work and also moved across to become a community staff nurse with a hospital trust in North Yorkshire.

鈥淚 was a community sister for a number of years, before qualifying as a SPQDN specialist practitioner in district nursing. I completed the SPQDN qualification at 海角直播.

鈥淭hat led me into mentoring and more academic work as an associate lecturer. It was a natural progression to join the University to teach full-time. Being able to combine teaching with my knowledge from practice is a dream role.鈥�

Denise, who joined 海角直播 as an academic around a year ago, said: 鈥淚t does feel incredible to receive this honour. It鈥檚 something I never thought I would attain. It鈥檚 great to be able to access the QNI network and have all that shared insight.

She added: 鈥淢y husband鈥檚 grandmother, Constance, was also a Queen鈥檚 Nurse and we still have her certificate, which we plan to display alongside my award. I never got to meet her, but our third daughter is named after her.鈥�

Queen鈥檚 Nurses have at least five years鈥� experience of working in a community setting and undergo a rigorous selection process to receive the title. There are almost 2,000 Queen鈥檚 Nurses working across England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Channel Islands and Isle of Man.

The QNI is a registered charity dedicated to improving the nursing care of people in their own homes. As well as providing nurses and nursing teams with skills and knowledge to work in the home, the QNI funds projects led by community nurses and influences policies which affect community nursing services and healthcare in the home.

Professor Tim Thompson, Dean of the School of Health & Life Sciences, said: 鈥淲e are immensely proud that Denise has been awarded this prestigious honour in recognition of her enthusiasm and commitment to ensuring community nurses, who study with us, can develop their knowledge and skills.

鈥淚 am sure she will continue to inspire future generations of community nurses in her teaching at 海角直播.鈥�

Speaking at the QNI annual awards ceremony in London, where Denise was among those receiving their honour, Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, QNI Chief Executive, said: 鈥淎s nurses in the community today, you work in a very different world to that of the original Queen鈥檚 Nurses. You have more opportunities for practice development than the original Queen鈥檚 Nurses could ever have imagined.

鈥淵ou have the knowledge and skills to assess, diagnose, treat and prescribe for your patients; and you have more influential roles in your communities, in public health and in health protection. But with these opportunities come new challenges, which we expect you, as Queen鈥檚 Nurses, to rise to.鈥�