In this episode, Liz and Jesse are joined by Heather So, Occupational Therapist, PhD Candidate and author researching spirituality in healthcare. This episode gets right to the intersection of Heather's clinical and academic expertise and also how profound personal experiences draw on, and often reshape our own spirituality. Heather shares her own experience of the loss of their daughter, so please consider this when choosing when and where to listen.

Heather's Five Things:

This is a special edition of Five Things recorded in front of a live audience at the Metro North Health Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Showcase in November 2025. In this episode, Jesse flew solo as host and was joined by Kim Alexander a Professor of Cancer Nursing with Metro North and Queensland University of Technology. Kim's abstract for the showcase was related to her research work into nurses position in genomics and future individualised therapies. We used this as a case study to explore nurses role in innovation and adapting to unprecedented pace of change.

Please enjoy Kim's Five Things:

1. The importance of embracing innovation

2. Evidence-based evaluation

3. Stakeholder engagement

4. Contextual fit and value

5. Implementation and evaluation

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Darren McMillan, Nurse Educator Medical Emergency Response in the Resuscitation Education team at RBWH. Darren talks through a highly requested topic – the scribe role in a medical emergency or cardiac arrest.

Darren’s Five Things:

In this Episode Liz an Jesse are joined by Edwina Egan, a new greaduate nurse who has now started her career in Central West Queensland. Eddie joined us to share her experiences through university and hospital work that enriched her student learning. 

Eddie's Five Things:

This special episode serves two purposes:

1. Spotlight the October publication of the Council of Deans of Nursing and Midwifery (CDNM) of Australia and New Zealand Position Statement on Artificial Intelligence in Nursing and Midwifery Education;

2. Feature an AI tool that Jesse is using regularly to produce draft mind maps, make annotated notes and generate podcast synopsis of complex materials for high level pre-meeting or workshop overview - Notebook LM by Google.

We aim to pick up on key pillar concepts from the CDNM Position Statement to drive future guest episodes.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Maddison Carroll, Nuclear Medicine Scientist and Educator. This episode is not about nuclear medicine, but instead about Maddie's lived experience, and lessons for all about neurodivergence.

Maddie’s Five Things:

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Dr Claire Muller, stroke neurologist at the RBWH, and clinical director of the Queensland Tele-Stroke Service. No surprises here… it’s all about stroke!

Claire’s Five Things:

Five Things About Translational Simulation with Laura Owens

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by second time guest on the podcast, Laura Owens. Laura works in the RBWH Emergency and Trauma Centre as a Nurse Navigator and, more specific to this episode, as the Clinical Nurse Consultant with the RBWH Teamwork and Collaborative Training (TACT) service. Laura gives us great insight into Translational Simulation.

Laura’s Five Things:

In this episode of Five Things Liz and Jesse are joined by Dr Kate McCarthy, Infectious Disease Physician and Microbiologist at RBWH and Associate Professor with the University of Queensland. We take a quick refresh and snapshot of the ARI landscape as we head into our “virus season” in the Southern Hemisphere.

Kate’s Five Things: