Foundations of Nursing

On todays podcast we have the great pleasure of welcoming Dr Ron Daniels, Ron is an NHS Consultant in Intensive Care, based in Birmingham. As well as being Executive Director and Founder of the UK Sepsis Trust, Ron also sits on the Executive board of the global Sepsis Alliance. Ron’s expertise lies in translational medicine and leadership. He leads the team responsible for much of the policy and media engagement around sepsis in the UK, and globally, including the adoption of the 2017 Resolution on Sepsis by the WHO. Ron has worked closely with the NHS over the last 5 years to ensure that in England, more than 80% of patients presenting with suspected sepsis now receive appropriate antimicrobials rapidly.

In celebration of Men's Health Week (14th - 20th June 2021), this weeks guest is JJ Smyth. JJ is an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) with the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) and in this weeks podcast he discusses his experience of mental ill health and how mindfulness helped him to overcome this.

Listen to episode 2 which involves a discussion around Nursing Care for People with a Learning disability. Todays guest is experienced Learning Disability Nurse Joanne Blair, who currently works as a Lecturer in Learning Disability Nursing within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast.

Episode One involves a discussion around Cancer Nursing and the role of Holistic Care for people with cancer. Todays guests are experienced cancer nurses who currently work in various academic posts within the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen's University Belfast.