Louise qualified as a Registered Nurse in 1988, working in acute medicine and then a Ward Manager in Care of the Elderly medicine. She was then used as a ‘trouble shooter’ on a number of problematic wards at the request of the Head of Nursing for Medicine. In all these areas she was instrumental in ensuring that the quality of care significantly improved, resulting in raised staff morale thus leading to a reduction in sickness and improvement in retention of staff.
She has been a Clinical Nurse Specialist for Parkinson’s disease since 2003. Louise gained a Masters degree in 2004 in Care of the Older Person, she is an independent prescriber.She is an honorary lecturer in Swansea University and co- facilitates and teaches on the Parkinson’s disease course – ‘Nursing Management of Parkinson’s disease and related disorders’. She is vice-chair of Parkinson’s Disease Nurse Specialist Association (PDNSA).
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