Clare and Craig catch up and discuss their very personal reasons for choosing “Mental Health Matters”. And why they felt it was important to address nurses’ and healthcare practitioners’ lived experiences of mental health issues and challenging professional and societal stigma. They are humbled and privileged to have three fantastic guests join them to discussContinue reading “Retaining the Passion: Mental Health Matters.”
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Retaining the Passion: Series 3 Teaser.
WE’RE BACK! Series three! Clare and Craig are back, discussing what they’ve been up to and what’s coming up in this series. They also let you know how you can get involved in helping shape the upcoming episodes. Oh, and there might be a surprise or two. We’ve missed you. Follow the podcast on: https://podrtp.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodRTP Continue reading “Retaining the Passion: Series 3 Teaser.”
Retaining the Passion: Leaders and Followers.
First, Clare and Craig catch up and discuss their reasons for choosing this fortnight’s episode “Leaders and Followers”. Next, they are joined by two fantastic nurse leaders at different stages in their leadership journeys: Paul Jebb and Charlotte Jakab-Hall. Paul is an Associate Chief Nurse for Patient Experience and Engagement at Lancashire and South CumbriaContinue reading “Retaining the Passion: Leaders and Followers.”
Retaining the Passion: Reflections on a Year of Registration.
Clare and Craig share what is quite possibly their most frank, honest and open episode ever. No guests, just them turning the mic on each other. As they reflect on their first year of registration, they discuss their major milestones this year and their best and most challenging days as newly registered nurses. Also, whatContinue reading “Retaining the Passion: Reflections on a Year of Registration.”
Retaining the Passion: Covid-19 – the Effect on Nursing.
Clare and Craig, both who became newly registered nurses as the Covid-19 pandemic broke, and we entered lockdown in the United Kingdom, catch up and discuss their reasoning for choosing this episode “Covid-19 – the Effect on Nursing. They want to know what the short and long-term effects of Covid-19 will be on individual nursesContinue reading “Retaining the Passion: Covid-19 – the Effect on Nursing.”
Retaining the Passion: When Mistakes Happen.
Clare and Craig catch up and discuss their reasoning for choosing the episode title, “When Mistakes Happen”. They discuss whether universities prepare new registrants for WHEN they make a mistake rather than IF, how the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) can be used as a punitive tool, and how new registrants can become so paralysedContinue reading “Retaining the Passion: When Mistakes Happen.”
Retaining the Passion: Nursing Families – Living with a Nurse.
Welcome back! And hello to all our new podcast family and listeners! Clare and Craig are truly delighted to return for series two, and cannot wait to delve into many new topics with you as they journey through nursing. In this, our first episode back, they discuss nursing families, in particular, living with a nurse,Continue reading “Retaining the Passion: Nursing Families – Living with a Nurse.”
Retaining the Passion: Season One Finale – Happy Holidays and New Year’s Reflections.
Clare and Craig cannot quite believe they have reached the end of season one, where has the time gone? We truly hope you have enjoyed following our journey as much as we have. And have been inspired by and learnt so much from our many amazing guests. We will miss you all so much, andContinue reading “Retaining the Passion: Season One Finale – Happy Holidays and New Year’s Reflections.”
Retaining the Passion: Global Nursing
Clare and Craig are both passionate advocates of global nursing and as student nurses were fortunate to experience international exchange placements to China and the United States, respectively. While our podcast is unaffiliated to any trade union or professional body, due to the nature of our discussions and guests during this episode, we will beContinue reading “Retaining the Passion: Global Nursing”
Retaining the Passion: Person-Centred Care.
Clare and Craig very much wanted to release this episode a day early to coincide with #WorldMentalHealthDay. They share their reasonings for choosing the theme, “Person-Centred Care” and their new experiences since we last heard from them. Together, they then interview Professor Brendan McCormack from Queen Margaret University, one of the co-creators of the person-centredContinue reading “Retaining the Passion: Person-Centred Care.”
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