News / Graduation joy for Lerwick nurse
LERWICK nurse Joan Sandison has added a new qualification to her name after graduating with a distance learning postgraduate degree from Robert Gordon University (RGU).
Sandison, 61, graduated with an MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice at His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen, last week.
Born in Liverpool and brought up in Kirby, she moved to Inverness in 1972 aged 18 to train to be a nurse and midwife.
She moved to Lerwick in 1980 to work for NHS Shetland as a midwife and has been in general practice for 26 years latterly in the new role as advanced nurse practitioner (ANP) at the Lerwick health centre.
Sandison said: “The degree will give greater credibility to my role in what is a relatively new service and it’s important that the public and other health professionals have confidence in it.”
The dedicated nurse has developed her skills throughout her career and holds several qualifications from RGU. She also holds a BSc (Hons) Nurse Practitioner degree from Lancaster University.
“I’ve studied at RGU several times in the past so I know that the standard of the courses and the lecturers at the School of Nursing and Midwifery is very high.
“Now that I have completed this degree I plan to continue in my role supporting our newly appointed front line advanced nurse practitioner service as lead ANP for NHS Shetland.”
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