Meet the nurses working in some surprising places

Clinical practice and leadership are not confined to conventional healthcare settings, which is why nursing offers such diverse career pathways

• As healthcare needs to be delivered wherever there are people, nursing roles exist in seemingly unlikely environments
• Nursing outside the NHS, social care or independent sector offers opportunities across primary and acute care, and in senior leadership roles
• Be inspired by nurses who used a change in direction to broaden their professional development or regain work-life balance

From monasteries to oil rigs, nursing skills are in demand in many different settings and organisations. We talk to the nurses working in unusual places.

Karen Harrington