Context of Practice 3: Character 2

Name: Andrea Chiltern
Nickname: Andrea
Age when they met: 45
Age now: 48
Date of Birth: 02/09/1982
Race/Ethnicity: White British
M/F: Female
Location: Abingdon, Oxford, England
Profession: Clinical Nurse Manager
Education: Degree and Masters Degree in Nursing

Hobbies/Interests: She enjoys a quiet life and is very fond of cooking and reading. She is a family person and is over protective of her children after the death of her son at an early age due to a life threatening illness. She enjoys helping people and became a nurse to do so, although she can be lazy at home when it comes to cleaning. She is also a keen gardener.

Political/Religious Beliefs: Christian

Disposition/Personality: She is a very tough person and has to be in her line of work. She is the lead nurse in the Emergency Department that she works for and doesn't take no nonsense as she has to be in charge of a number of people on her team. She can be very stubborn and hard to get to know. She doesn't deal with the war well and hates the suffering as she feels that she can't do anything about it to help. She's hard to get to be friends with and she struggles with the relationship with her husband.

Weaknesses/Faults: She is stubborn and doesn't deal well in situations that frighten her. She is calm under stressful situations but likes things to go her way which can cause conflict in a group of people.

Pet Peeves: People who do not follow what she is telling them, she thinks she is right in most situations.

Fears: She is scared of losing her children, after already loosing one before.

Guilty Pleasures: She takes pleasure on her days off going out into the garden and taking care of her plants, she grows her own vegetables and herbs and uses them in cooking.

Prized Possessions: A picture of her late son that she keeps in her purse at all times.

Bad Habits: She likes to take control of situations and when she doesn't want to do something it can put her in a bad mood.

Proudest Accomplishments: Watching her children grow up into lovely people.

Secret Talents: She is a medical expert and is an accomplished cook and gardener.

Natural Habitat: She is comfortable in her work environment and can easily take charge of a busy shift in the ED. She is also very comfortable at the other end of the spectrum and enjoys a quiet home life of reading, cooking and gardening. She doesn't like to be disturbed while doing this and gets displeased when she has to be interrupted.
Clothing/Apperance: She will usually be seen in her Nursing outfit, but when at home she opts for casual clothing of jeans and a top to go with it. She has curly blond hair that goes down to her shoulders and her face is always free from make up.
Physical Mannerisms: She does not have an physical mannerisms.
Dialogue/Interactions: She has a very well spoken accent and is from a generation of middle class families although after marrying her husband he gambled most of their money away, forcing them to live off what she can make.

Key Events Timelines:

Family Tree (as of 2027, just before the bombings):

Relationship between the character and family: She is very overprotective of her children and will stop at nothing to ensure they are safe. She has a very rocky relationship with her husband and has known for a while now that he has been cheating on her, she is just waiting for the perfect time to up and go without her children being upset.

Wants: A safe future for her family and the world to be at peace
Needs: More money as she scrimps and saves most of the time.
The single thing the character wants to most: For her children to be safe

Why were they on the airplane: She had heard rumors of the war beginning and saw this as an excuse to finally leave her husband after years of being unhappy. She was taking her children with her to Switzerland as she had heard that there were shelters from nuclear war there and saw this as her opportunity to survive.

What is their relationship with the other characters: She can grate on the other characters as she wants to be in charge of situations, even those that she doesn't understand. She does get along with them though, although her and Matt can argue a lot as they are both natural leaders and want to be in charge of the situations.