In this episode of The Handover, host Erika speaks with Stoma Care Nurse here in St James’s Hospital, Tony Galvin. Tony details the route he has taken in his nursing career to get to where he is in stoma care today, and speaks about a range of different topics. Some of the topics touched on throughout the conversation include feeling pressure to choose a nurse specialty early in your career, what he loves about stoma care in particular, and the importance of having role models.

Tune in to this conversation to get an insight into the work of a specialist stoma care nurse here in St James’s Hospital, filled with great advice for young nurses, and poorly quoted lines from Serena Williams, for some reason…

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This episode of The Handover sees host Erika speak with Thiago Silva and David Brown, two matures students currently in the second year of their pursuit of a nursing undergraduate degree.

This is an extremely interesting discussion that examines both the sacrifices mature students make when doing an undergraduate degree, as well as the reward they feel in their pursuit despite these sacrifices. David and Thiago give us an honest account of what it is like pursuing nursing as mature students, as well as discussing the recent surge in males pursuing nursing over the last number of years.

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In this episode of The Handover, host Erika speaks with Marieven Budiongan, Clinical Nurse Manager here in St James’s Hospital.

Marieven has been working as a CNM on the Private 1 ward for almost 10 years, an acute medical ward that is highly lauded by our student nurses in terms of the learning opportunities available to them and the staff that deliver those opportunities. Marieven speaks about her role as a CNM, providing great insight into all the intricacies involved in working as a nurse manager, which would be especially useful for anybody with aspirations for a career as a nurse manager.

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