Nursing Care of the Recipient Immediately After the Transplant Operation
Interviewer: Quentin Cooper
Interviewees: Paulette Williams-Jones, Senior Nurse at University Hospitals Birmingham and Lead Nurse for TLC, Mr Andrew Ready, Trustee and Lead Surgeon of TLC
Welcome to this TLC podcast in which science journalist, writer and TLC Patron Quentin Cooper is joined by the TLC team to discus the nursing care required for a patient after having a transplant.
They discuss topics including what happens when a patient wakes up after a transplant, how patients feel after a transplant including pain levels and analgesia, key monitoring of the patient after the transplant, concerns of the patients, building a rapport with patients, the importance of adapting to local conditions, the importance of teamwork and the challenges faced all over the world.
Special thanks to the Creative Media team in Birmingham for the recording of this podcast.