Led by a cuppa: the journey of an Arrhythmia Nurse Specialist

This is the accepted manuscript version of a published work that appeared in final form in the British Journal of Cardiac Nursing, copyright (c) MA Healthcare, after technical editing by the publisher. To access the final edited and published work see http://www.magonlinelibrary.com/doi/pdf/10.12968/bjca.2017.12.6.272 Originally published June 2017. As a child, I was fascinated by the heart and cardiovascular system—so you’d be forgiven for thinking that a career in cardiac nursing was part of a carefully formulated strategy. The truth, I’m afraid, is that my career has been a lot less planned than that. Like many people, my job choices have been influenced a good deal by chance, circumstance, and (in my case), a liking for tea.