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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In this episode of The Handover, host Erika speaks with recently qualified nurse Nicole, who is working as a Staff Nurse in the Intensive Care Unit here in St James’s Hospital.

Nicole offers her perspective on the journey to becoming a qualified nurse, certain challenges she faced and how COVID made things particularly difficult during what was already a challenging time for her and her peers. Packed full of insight, advice and anecdotes, Nicole lets the listener step into her shoes to get a personal account of what makes her so passionate about nursing.

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