When Charlotte McArdle was appointed chief nursing officer for Northern Ireland she never imagined she would have to do the job without a health minister. Now she wants nurses to help to transform health and care services
Charlotte McArdle can’t remember a time when she didn’t want to become a nurse. ‘My mother tells me I always wanted to be a nurse. She says I used to play with dolls and syringes, and practise doing injections into oranges,’ says Professor McArdle. ‘I don’t come from a particularly medical background or family, so it’s not in my genes.’
Nursing Standard. 34, 8, 14-17. doi: 10.7748/ns.34.8.14.s10
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