Being awarded the Queen’s Nurse title is a great honour and one I would not have received if I had given up general practice nursing three and a half years ago.

We have to remember that life is a journey and not a destination, which is why I think I was ready to give up and have a change of career. A chance meeting with an army reservist at our annual CPR update changed the course of my nursing journey, but not where I thought I would end up.