Inside the Life of an Allergy Nurse: Managing a Paediatric Multidisciplinary Team

In this RUclips video, you'll learn what it's like to be an allergy nurse specialist. This interview with Anne Biggs, a matron for all of the paediatric clinical nurse specialists at North Middlesex Hospital, explores the day-to-day workload and responsibilities of managing a team of 14 paediatric clinical nurse specialists. The speaker shares her motivation for getting into allergies, citing her personal experience with eczema, asthma, and food allergies. Anne explains how she upskilled herself to support families who needed help managing their children's allergies and how she helped to set up the allergy service at the hospital. You'll also hear about the evolution of the service over the years, the different clinics and initiatives they offer, and the multidisciplinary team approach they take to care. Finally, you'll learn about the teenage group education sessions they run to help teenagers manage their allergies and the importance of being courageous in dealing with allergies.