Congratulations Lucy Stopher

Congratulations to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital Nurse Practitioner Lucy Stopher who was awarded the prestigious Nurse of the Year Award at this year’s Australian New Zealand Society for Vascular Nurses/Surgery (ANZSVN/ANZSVS) meeting which was held in Cairns in October.

Lucy has pioneered the nurse practitioner role in vascular surgery, after being the appointed the first ever in Australia. In this expanded role, Lucy runs her own clinics, prescribes, assesses, and manages her patients.

She has also paved the way for others to follow in this rapidly expanding discipline, where many patients present with serious limb or life-threatening conditions.

Lucy has driven many improvements to service delivery, patient care and outcomes through adopting and integrating new tech, multidisciplinary care, and nurse-led vascular clinics.

Lucy is intensely passionate about improving patient care and quality of life. Described as an absolute pleasure to work with by her co-workers, Lucy is thoroughly deserving of this award.

The ANZSVN Nurse of the Year Award was established in 2009 to publicly acknowledge the achievements of vascular nurses and encourage professional development. All nurses within the Australian or New Zealand Registering Authority who work in any vascular related clinical field are eligible to be nominated.