Nursing Standard Podcast

Nursing leadership skills are in the spotlight in this episode of the Nursing Standard podcast. RCN Nursing Leadership Academy associate director Emily McWhirter discusses essential leadership skills, from active listening to conflict resolution and emotional intelligence.

She also offers tips too on how to develop these. This podcast was recorded at the RCNi Nursing Careers and Jobs Fair Birmingham on 3 March 2025.

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NHS pay, changes to funding for advanced practice programmes and a petition to recognise nursing associates in their own right – these are some of the issues getting nurses talking this week.

In our latest podcast, RCNi content editor Alistair Mason and senior journalist Shruti Sheth Trivedi bring you fresh insights on the nursing headlines grabbing our attention.

They also discuss RCNi subscriber content, including next steps and key dates for the 2025-26 pay award and an article on continuing professional development (CPD) using the national Paediatric Early Warning System (PEWS) for England.

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Sepsis treatment continues to evolve. In this episode of the Nursing Standard podcast Suman Shrestha, a consultant nurse in critical care at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, looks at best practice guidelines and discusses why traditional thinking on various aspects of care, including the use of antibiotics, is changing.

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Pay, legislation on the use of the nurse title and a fitness to practise case feature in the latest episode of the Nursing Standard podcast.

Content editor Alistair Mason and senior journalist Shruti Sheth Trivedi discuss the issues getting nurses talking, including changes to pensions and how it will soon be a criminal offence for someone to claim they are a nurse if they are unregistered.

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What can you do to support yourself when you’re feeling totally overwhelmed? And, crucially, how can your manager help you cope with stress via their leadership style? In the latest episode of the Nursing Standard podcast, Caron Sanders-Crook – a Queen’s Nurse, coach and nurse educator – argues for a trauma-informed approach to leadership. She discusses how leaders who understand their own nervous system responses can model stability for their teams, and demonstrates two exercises that nurses can use to help prevent emotional exhaustion [go to 12:51 in the episode].

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In the latest episode of the Nursing Standard podcast, RCN general secretary Nicola Ranger discusses the latest on NHS pay, recruitment freezes and cuts to bank pay with RCNi senior journalist Shruti Sheth Trivedi. She also talks about the hot topics set to be discussed at the college’s annual congress from 12-15 May, and shares what she loves about RCNi’s Nursing Live event.

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Compassion, kindness and authenticity: these are some of the fundamentals of end of life care, according to Marie Curie clinical educator Maria Sinfield.

On the latest episode of the Nursing Standard podcast, Ms Sinfield tells RCNi content editor and podcast host Alistair Mason about the skills nurses need to provide person-centred end of life care, and how to build confidence in an area of practice that some can find challenging.

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Uniforms, recruitment freezes, changes to compulsory training and improved career progression for nursing staff – our latest podcast delves into the issues getting nurses talking.

This week, RCNi content editor Alistair Mason and senior journalist Shruti Sheth Trivedi bring you fresh insights on the nursing headlines grabbing our attention.

They also discuss RCNi subscriber content, including how cutbacks at trusts are hurting nursing staff and the nursing skills you need to demonstrate when going for a promotion.

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Listening is a key skill for nurses to be able to develop effective therapeutic relationships with patients and service users.

In this episode of the Nursing Standard podcast, senior lecturer Sophie Waters at Nottingham Trent University’s Health and Allied Professionals Centre discusses the features of active listening, addressing key listening skills and offering tips for overcoming barriers to listening.

A shorter CPD article on the topic of listening and therapeutic relationships by Ms Waters also touches on ‘unconditional positive regard’, a concept that is explored more fully in the podcast.

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Pay for nursing staff, the success of a flexible working degree and a different way to do CPD – our latest podcast delves into the issues getting nurses talking.

This week, Nursing Standard content editor Alistair Mason and senior journalist Shruti Sheth Trivedi bring you insights on nursing headlines that have caught our attention. They also discuss RCNi subscriber content, including who decides what pay award nursing staff get, and how.

Our latest stories on pay include news of an 8% pay offer for nursing and other NHS staff in Scotland, and a delay to the pay offers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Meanwhile, we also look at the NHS Pay Review Body process for healthcare workers’ annual pay rises.

In other news, a flexible nursing degree has been hailed by students as a ‘lifesaver’ for work-life balance.

Finally, our CPD editor Nick Lipley talks about new CPD content, which offers nursing staff shorter online learning sessions to fit in with busy schedules.

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