A shortened version of the editorial 'Traumatic Times' appearing in the 27.4 (2022) issue of the Journal of Research in Nursing, read by the author, Ann McMahon, JRN Co-Editor in Chief

This JRN podcast poses the question – are we living in traumatic times? Ann McMahon, co-editor in chief of the Journal of Research in Nursing calls on fellow nurses to recognise that their actions are political. Ann argues that nurses should be fully engaged in political decision making at a personal, local, national and international levels because political decisions impact on both the nursing workforce and the communities they serve.