Nurse proud to be given prestigious title
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustA Wolverhampton nurse has been given a prestigious title for her work with patients.
Carolyn Musgrave, 60, drugs and alcohol team lead at The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, has been made a Queen's Nurse.
The title is open to any nurse with at least five years' experience working in the community, and is a formal recognition of being part of a network of nurses committed to giving outstanding care, according to the Queen's Nurses Institute.
"I am very proud to be awarded the Queen's Nurse title. It is a real honour and privilege," she said.
Ms Musgrave joined the NHS in 1982 when she was 18, and was the youngest in her group.
She qualified as an adult general nurse at St James's Hospital, Leeds, before going on to become a mental health nurse, health assessor and non-medical prescriber.
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustShe is also a trained counsellor and clinical supervisor.
Ms Musgrave joined the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust in 2012, and set up the alcohol and drug service, taking on various roles within it.
"I directly lead a team of eight staff and aim to be an inspiring role model as an active member of the team," she said.
"I am still very clinically driven and spend most of my time with clients, as this brings me the most joy and reward.2
She said she hoped becoming a Queen's Nurse would help her to investigate how addiction and mental health issues were jointly tackled across the country, with the aim of improving treatments in Wolverhampton.
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