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Nurse Diane Palmer is Nurse of the Year 2022!

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Nurse Diane Palmer is Nurse of the Year 2022!

We are delighted to see that the incredible Diane Palmer, clinical advisor to PANS PANDAS UK and amazing advocate for the PANS PANDAS community has been awarded ‘Nurse of the Year 2022’ by the British Journal of Nursing

Diane says, “I cannot believe I have just been made the ⁦British Journal of Nursing, Nurse of the year! I’m completely overwhelmed, and I will use this to continually raise awareness of important clinical issues in mental health for veterans, staff support, trauma informed care and, of course, PANS and PANDAS”

Huge congratulations Diane! You are an inspiration!

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Glossary

  • ADHD
    Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • AE
    Auto-immune Encephalitis
  • ARFID
    Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder
  • ASD
    Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • CAMHS
    Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service
  • CBT
    Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Dysgraphia
    difficulty writing by hand
  • EHCP
    Education, Health and Care Plan
  • Emotional Lability
    Rapid, and dramatic changes in mood (for example uncontrollable laughter to crying)
  • Enuresis
    wetting
  • GAS
    Group A Streptococcal infection
  • NHSE
    NHS England
  • NICE
    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
  • OCD
    Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
  • PP
    PANS PANDAS
  • PPUK
    PANS PANDAS UK
  • PPN
    PANS Physicians Network
  • PPSG
    PANS PANDAS Steering Group
  • SENCo
    Special Educational Needs Coordinator
  • SIGN
    Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network to the glossary
  • Tic
    Sudden repetitive movement (motor tic) or sound (vocal tic) which is difficult or impossible to control