Who cares wins as Trudi takes SAS title
Summer fun day Nurse is also top super trooper
Volunteers were being sought for a fun day in Cleland.
Cleland Community Council have organised the event in the village’s park after the school summer holidays.
And Cleland Primary School is likely to be used for hot food, tea and coffee.
The event will be held on Saturday, August 26.
And the fun-packed day will include a bouncy castle, traditional games, hot dogs, tearoom, DJ and stalls.
Last month, the community council held a quiz night in the Cleland Club to help raise funds for the fun day.
A profit of £ 381.75 was raised and that will be used to pay for the fun day which will be free to the public.
A top nurse from Cleland has revealed that skills refined at the frontline of health and social care steeled her through a punishing SAS challenge – and saw her crowned the event’s super trooper.
Ultra fit Trudi Marshall won the ‘ most outstanding participant trophy’ for physical fitness, resilience and leadership shown during the gruelling 48- hour Border Reiver challenge.
The event saw military fitness enthusiasts from a variety of backgrounds endure lung-busting wilderness marches with heavy packs, sleep deprivation, river crossings, mock capture and interrogation.
Of the 23 athletes who set out, only 13 - including tough nut Trudi, one of two female contenders - managed to successfully complete the challenge.
And she’s put it down to her caring touch.
Trudi said: “Because of my profession, I’m trained and able to respond rapidly to a change in any situation.
“I was definitely able to draw on that and tap into those strengths when the going got tough.”
Among many aspects of care she has been involved in, Trudi has played a leading role in the development of Hospital at Home which spans North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships.
The award- winning service provides safe, effective personcentred care, equivalent to the acute hospital, in the patient’s own home.
Trudi, who has recently been appointed associate nurse director for Health and Social Care North Lanarkshire continued: “In my nursing capacity, you may be in a situation where a patient’s condition changes rapidly, for example. You need to assess, set down a plan and implement really, really quickly – with a calm focus.
“I think I was able to translate those skills across to the situations we encountered during the weekend.”
During the two- day event, participants had to set up camp in the wilds overnight and establish a rota of sentry duty – which Trudi, who also manages the discharge planning hubs at Wishaw General and Monklands as well as all the acute care of the elderly nurses across Lanarkshire, organised.
In the early hours Trudi, during her own stint on watch, along some of the other participants, were captured by ‘enemy’ forces, blindfolded and taken to an unknown location for questioning.
Trudi is well used to working in team and partnership scenarios.
Hospital at Home is made up of NHS Lanarkshire consultants, advanced assessment nurses, allied health professionals and community psychiatric nurses.
The team will link in with the respective North and South Lanarkshire Council Social Work Resources who will provide additional community support to patients when required.