Anne Marie Rafferty on women in nursing

<p>In a special episode marking 2020 as the Year of the Nurse, Julia talks to Anne Marie Rafferty, President of the UK’s Royal College of Nursing and Professor of Nursing Policy at King’s College London. They discuss the incredible sacrifices nurses have made during Covid-19, why the heavily female-dominated profession is so undervalued, and how the pandemic should mark a turning point in how we treat nurses – especially since there is a shortfall of&nbsp;6 million of them worldwide.</p><p><br></p><p><em>If you enjoyed this episode or any others, please&nbsp;</em><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcasts.apple.com%2Fau%2Fpodcast%2Fa-podcast-of-ones-own-with-julia-gillard%2Fid1466658814&amp;data=01%7C01%7Clizzie.ellen%40kcl.ac.uk%7C554704f090f743fae49e08d7f754a78d%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&amp;sdata=Df8lfY61TG8QrYTKxY1xkhoyF3%2BXYSuHGkDcQWRp1mg%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>rate and review us</em></a><em>&nbsp;on your preferred podcast provider. It really helps us reach more listeners with our message of a more gender-equal world.</em></p><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><em>Any earnings from the podcast go back into funding for the&nbsp;</em><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcl.ac.uk%2Fgiwl%2Findex.aspx&amp;data=01%7C01%7Clizzie.ellen%40kcl.ac.uk%7C554704f090f743fae49e08d7f754a78d%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&amp;sdata=7zbcGFZmgBonhtEIX3y0NLkutVq2UXc1yPyU9Q3I5W0%3D&amp;reserved=0" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Global Institute for Women’s Leadership</em></a><em>, furthering the work we do to create a world in which being a woman is not a barrier to becoming a leader.</em></p><p><em>&nbsp;</em></p><p><a href="https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.kcl.ac.uk%2Fgiwl%2Fjoin&amp;data=01%7C01%7Clizzie.ellen%40kcl.ac.uk%7C554704f090f743fae49e08d7f754a78d%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356%7C0&amp;sdata=nY%2BNco0B%2BvNzLTCYAJXrfEZ9dZan7qks