In this takeover episode, Barry Hill, Professor of Nursing and Head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery at Buckinghamshire New University talks to Samina Hashimi about the drop in applications to nursing degrees as well as the high rates of attrition. In the episode, Barry shared his three key actions targeted at students, academics and practicing nurses on improving the landscape and supporting student nurses in their degrees. At the end of the episode, Barry shares his insights into how to support students who are struggling with their workload and overcoming challenges in teamwork.

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In this episode, our guest speakers, Alyson Laws, Queen’s Nurse and Community Lead at Newcastle Specialist Continence Service, Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and Marilyn Ngwenya, Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist at St. James University Hospital, will discuss intermittent catheter technology, spotlighting the pressing clinical challenges that drive the need for continual innovation. Moreover, we’ll gain invaluable insights as patient Judith Prosser shares her first-hand experiences during the discussion.

In this episode, Brian Webster and Geoffrey Walker discuss what it takes to be an effective leader. 

In this episode, Adrian Byrne,Chief Information Officer at the University Hospital Southampton, discusses how 3M M*Modal speech-recognition software can provide fast and cost-effective clinical documentation and how this innovative technology is freeing up nurses’ and doctors’ time so they can focus on patient care.

In this episode, Michelle Croston, Associate Professor of Nursing at the University of Nottingham takes over the podcast to interview Marco Tomietto, Professor of Nursing at Northumbria University and Charlotte Gordon, Assistant Professor of Adult Nursing at Northumbria University about the findings of the Sigma impact vaccination study. 

In this episode, Sophie and Angela Grainger, Professor of Nursing, BPP University School of Nursing disuss the importance of compassion and empathy in nursing.  

In this episode, Sophie speaks to Anna Jones, the Director for Children's Services at Chestnut Tree House in West Sussex about the nurse's role in hospices. 

Welcome back to the BJN podcast, series 2. In this episode, Sophie and Kendra Schneller (Nurse Practitioner, Health Inclusion Team - Vulnerable Adults and Prevention Services, Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust) discuss inclusion health and what this means. 

To celebrate 40 years of HIV nursing and a new supplement in association with the National HIV Nurses Association, this episode of the BJN podcast discusses where we were and where we are now. We are joined by supplement board members, Ian Hodgson, Liz Foote and Michelle Croston.