Why We Care: The Nursing Career Podcast

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Welcome to Why We Care, the nursing career podcast from the people of Cygnet Health Care. We created this podcast to help and inspire nurses with advice, insights into working practices, and stories from our staff, service users, and patients. We called this podcast Why We Care because caring for others is at the heart of nursing. It truly is a life changing career. Thanks for listening, it means a lot to us.

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S3|E4 Nurses reflect on the challenges and opportunities facing the profession

Feb 21 2024 15 mins  
Welcome to Why We Care: The Nursing Career Podcast. Nursing has it's challenges but there are a lot of opportunities to develop your career and help the people you care for. We take time out with some of the wonderful nurses here at Cygnet to talk about the challenges they've faced in the profession, and what they've learnt. And what's required of the modern-day nurse.In this episo

S3|E3 How great collaboration helps your nursing career

Feb 21 2024 19 mins  
Welcome to Why We Care: The Nursing Career Podcast. What does great collaboration mean for your nursing career and, ultimately, the people you care for? We take time out with some of the wonderful nurses here at Cygnet to help your find the answers. In this episode Jo [Deputy Director of Nursing at Cygnet] is joined by Richard [Ward Manager] and Sonya [Clinical Team Lead].Find out

S3|E2 Being a mental health nurse - what gets you through the tough times?

Feb 19 2024 5 mins  
Mental health nursing has its challenges. But what gets you through the tough times?We asked some of the nurses here at Cygnet. Find out more about nursing at Cygnet here: https://join.cygnetgroup.com/nursing/

S3|E1 Mental health nursing - Stories about the impact we have

Feb 19 2024 6 mins  
Nursing is driven by a simple aim with a big impact.To make life better for the people we care for. There are many stories. We spoke to some of the nurses here at Cygnet about theirs.Find out more about nursing at Cygnet here: https://join.cygnetgroup.com/nursing/

S2|E5: Celebrating Nursing Support Workers

Dec 07 2021 12 mins  
The role of support workers is so important in nursing. We all know someone who really makes a difference day in day out. And we all know someone who could become a support worker. Recently we celebrated National Nursing Support Workers’ Day for the amazing work that all support workers do across all organisations.Graham Staddon, one of our support workers at Cygnet Hospital Kews

S2|E4: Creating a sense of belonging in teams

Oct 15 2021 20 mins  
During the summer we launched the Changing Lives Podcast for the staff here at Cygnet Health Care. We had some great chats for Season 1, so we’ve decided to share some of them here on Why We Care - The Nursing Career Podcast.Creating a sense of belonging is really important, especially in a new service like Joyce Parker Hospital. In this episode, Stacey chats about belonging with

S2|E3: Resilience

Oct 12 2021 24 mins  
During the summer we launched the Changing Lives Podcast for the staff here at Cygnet Health Care. We had some great chats for Season 1, so we’ve decided to share some of them here on Why We Care - The Nursing Career Podcast. In this episode, Barry and Albert talk about resilience. At the time of recording, Barry Swire is Operations Director for the South East and National Lead f

S2|E2: Organisational culture during Covid

Oct 08 2021 6 mins  
What can organisations and teams learn about culture during the challenges of Covid? We cover this in our second episode of Season 2 of Why We Care - The Nursing Career Podcast. We chat with Jo, Keeley and Katie about the experiences and learnings they’ll take into the future. Jo is a Regional Nursing Director, Keeley is a Clinical Manager and Katie is a Hospital Manager at Cygne

S2|E1: Building a nursing network

Sep 29 2021 20 mins  
What’s the value in having a nursing network and what does it take to set one up?We cover this in our first episode of Season 2 of Why We Care - The Nursing Career Podcast. During the summer, Jo, Keeley, and Katie chat about their experiences and share some advice.Jo is a Regional Nursing Director, Keeley is a Clinical Manager and Katie is a Hospital Manager at Cygnet Lodge Brigh

S1|E5: Jaden’s parents

Dec 17 2020 22 mins  
“You get a chance to breathe. You sleep in a way that you haven’t slept for in years.” This is what care means to Jaden’s parents. Andrea and Andrew share their son’s story and the challenges they face. We dedicated a whole episode to Andrea and Andrew because they have so much to share. This heartfelt conversation brings home to us why we care.