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4. Episode 4 - Marieven Budiongan, Clinical Nurse Manager
54:59In 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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3. Episode 3 - Anne Nicole Gallegos, Staff Nurse
46:23In 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.
2. Episode 2 - Graham King, Student Counsellor at Trinity College Dublin
33:30In the second episode of The Handover, host Erika speaks with Graham King, Student Counsellor in the academic partner of St James’s Hospital, Trinity College Dublin. Erika posits the unique position student nurses find themselves in, navigating the world as both new adults and new healthcare workers. Graham offers unique insight into this position from the perspective of a psychotherapist, discussing topics such as mental health and burnout, perceptions of normalcy, the importance of work/life balance, recognising when to ask for help, and the services offered by the student counselling service in Trinity College Dublin.
1. Episode 1 - Emily McCarthy, Staff Nurse
22:29Welcome to the first episode of St James's Hospital's 'The Handover', a podcast made for student nurses, by student nurses. The first episode is a conversation between host Erika, Clinical Placement Coordinator, and Emily McCarthy, a recently qualified Staff Nurse working here in St James’s Hospital.Emily speaks about a range of topics in this episode, including her nursing journey to date and what inspired her to begin it in the first place, the impact COVID had on her experience, managing her first experiences with death, what she deems the most valuable parts of training for nurses, as well as going through some essential skills she believes every good nurse should have.