\n Naomi Smith has been presented with the Queen’s Nurse Award for excellence in patient care.\n<\/p>\n
\n Titled Queen\u2019s Nurse (QN), the award recognises nurses who have provided outstanding healthcare.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mrs Smith, a clinical general practice nurse manager at New Otley Road Medical Practice, is thrilled with her award.\n<\/p>\n
\n Her colleagues are all very proud of her. (Image: T&A)\n<\/p>\n
Nurse ensures patients feel ‘valued, listened to, and supported’<\/p>\n
\n “I was honoured to be awarded the title of Queen\u2019s Nurse, recognising my commitment to excellence in patient care and nursing practice,” she said.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Since joining New Otley Road Medical Centre and The Family Practice, I have continued to focus on improving patient experiences, ensuring individuals feel valued, listened to, and supported.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Mrs Smith at her colleagues in Bradford. (Image: T&A)\n<\/p>\n
What is a Queen’s Nurse title?<\/p>\n
\n The Queen\u2019s Nurse title is granted to nurses, health visitors, and midwives who have showcased a high level of commitment to patient care and nursing practice after a minimum of five years working in the community, primary care, or social care.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mrs Smith at her practice. (Image: T&A)\n<\/p>\n
‘She did not judge silly questions’<\/p>\n
\n One patient, who wishes to remain anonymous, said: \u201cNaomi was able to tailor the care I needed after surgery to me and did all she could to keep me comfortable whilst in pain and always available if needed.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Mrs Smith offered “great advice on aftercare and genuinely cared, took the time to listen and understand what I needed to help me heal after surgery,” the patient added.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cShe did not judge silly questions but answered them ensuring I left comfortable and satisfied.\n<\/p>\n
\n “She even followed up about a scan relating to surgery after effects and helped me get an appointment.”\n<\/p>\n
\n New Otley Road Medical Practice is a well-established NHS GP surgery in Bradford. (Image: T&A)\n<\/p>\n
‘She is everything a Queen’s Nurse should be’<\/p>\n
\n What also stood out to this patient in particular was Mrs Smith’s ability to actually remember her patients.\n<\/p>\n
\n “She even remembers you each appointment whereas some nurses just want you in and out without looking at you,” they added.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cShe is everything a Queen’s Nurse should be.\n<\/p>\n
\n “She should be recognised for who she is and the extra mile she will go.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naomi Smith has been presented with the Queen’s Nurse Award for excellence in patient care. Titled Queen\u2019s Nurse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":417030,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-417029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=417029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/417029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/417030"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=417029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=417029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=417029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}