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In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by physiotherapist and stress and tactical performance researcher, Professor Rob Orr from Bond University.

Rob's Five Things:

1. Not all stress is bad.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Cath Willis, Physiotherapy Team Leader for the Babies, Obstetric and Pelvic Service at RBWH. Cath comes on to teach us a lot about the pelvic floor and why it is probably relevant for a lot of our inpatients.

Cath’s Five Things

1. What is the pelvic floor?

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Esther Cohen. Esther works as a nurse practitioner for HIV and sexual health. This episode is a must listen to both improve our own health literacy as staff and to provide better care for our patients.

1. What IS sexual health and why is it relevant to the bedside nurse?

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Julia Brownlie for the 3rd time! Julia works as a nurse practitioner in emergency at RBWH and is currently working in a practice in novation role with the Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer (OCNMO) Qld. Julia came by to lay the foundations about nursing scope of practice. This episode will be a launchpad for the conversations about expansion of scope to be undertaken throughout Queensland by OCNMO.

1. What IS scope of practice?

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In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Anthony Carr, CNC with the Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service at RBWH. We discuss personality disorders, with a particular focus on emotionally unstable (borderline) personality disorder.

Anthony’s Five Things:

1. What is personality (disorder)?

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Liz and Jesse are joined by Jelena Senic, Domestic & Family Violence Workforce Specialist at RBWH. We discuss Five Things to help us recoignise and respond to DFV.

Jelena’s Five Things:

1. DFV is disproportionately a gendered issue.

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Liz and Jesse sit down with Melanie Proper, the pain management Nurse Practitioner from RBWH to try and understand a little (LOT) more about pain. We go deep on this topic. This is likely to be one you listen to more than once.

Here are Melanie's 5 Things:

1. What pain IS and how to treat

2. Pain is connected to stress

3. The brain can be reassured and remodelled to perceive pain differently

4. Pain and analgesia effects are best assessed through function and wakefulness

5. The bedside nurse is the coordinator of a team approach to pain

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Liz and Jesse are joined by Heike Krausse, Clinical Nurse Consultant for Diabetes at RBWH, in a MASSIVE episode to explore five things to deepen our knowledge, and make us better at supporting and providing education for our patients with diabetes.

Heike’s Five Things

1. Know your (patho)physiology

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined once again for a great part 2 by Professor Ian Coombes. Ian is the Director of Pharmacy at RBWH and an expert in safety thinking. Ian looks at the what and why of the most common error prone medication types.

Ian’s Five (Plus One) Things:

1. Paracetamol and other analgesics,

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Professor Nicole Marsh. Nicole is the Nursing and Midwifery Director of Research. Nicole’s principal research agenda is focused on vascular access devices and infusion practice. This is an excellent, sharp (pun intended) episode about IV Cannulas.

Nicole’s Five Things:

1. Right device.