EPISODE

When the specialist becomes a patient

Joy Tickle
6 March 2025
In this podcast, Karen Ousey and Joy Tickle, a tissue viability nurse consultant, explore Joy's remarkable career, from her early days as a student nurse to becoming a nurse consultant and her recent experiences as a patient. Joy talks passionately about her dedication to wound care and her 27-year journey as a tissue viability lead. She candidly reflects on her recent time as a patient, sharing her feelings of identity loss, guilt, and paranoia. Joy emphasizes the importance of appreciating the patient's perspective and the necessity of providing clear, easily comprehensible information to patients.

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