This week we meet ADON for the Rural and Remote Generalist Nurse Program in Queensland Health. Jodie Turvey is a Nurse Educator who now leads a pilot program partnered with the Office of the Chief Nursing and Midwifery Office and The Office of Rural and Remote specifically designed as a tailored pathway for Rural and Remote nurses. 

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*WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander listeners are warned that the following episode of A Nurse Out Where contains names and references to deceased persons*

This week we meet Operations Manager for comprehensive care Kerry Wilcox. Kerry shares stories from her time in Lenora in Western Australia as well as her passion for sustainable and retainable workforce planning for nurses and midwives. Kerry has recently published her research about experienced nurses working in rural and remote areas. Titled "Practice Readiness in very remote hospital: perceptions of early career and later career registered nurses. C+You can check out her research https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1fSQA_U4uXM0ek

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This week we meet Clinical Nurse Consultant for Child, Youth, and Family Health within Central QLD Hospital and Health Service Marissa MacDonald. Marissa talks about her experience in Central Queensland and the innovative practice to ensure all community members have access to health care. 

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This week we meet agency nurse Karyn Wilson. Karyn talks about her experience as a rural and remote agency nurse out wherever she's needed.

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This week we catch up with Pauline Calleja again after her recent reconnection with rural and remote nursing providing clinical support to the iconic Birdsville Races. As a self-confessed academic, Pauline talks about the ease of returning to clinical and how this has rekindled her love of rural and remote nursing.

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This week we meet Clinical Midwifery Consultant Rukhsana Aziz who talks of her time as a midwife in rural and remote areas. In her words "you can't beat" working as a midwife on Thursday Island.

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This week we meet registered nurse and station cook Sophie Black. Sophie tells of how she is living the dream of blending both nursing and station life in remote Australia. Sophie also has a small side hustle where she makes scrub tops. You can follow her adventures on Instagram Grub and Scrub (@grubandscrub) and also check out her online store www.etsy.com/au/shop/GrubAndScrub.

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This week we meet the President of Family Health and Development Foundation in Cameroon, NGNEDJOU FRANCOISE FOUTE NWABUFO. Francoise is a community implementer and a public health specialist interested to grow knowledge to be at best practice. Her area of expertise is in maternal and child health. Francoise talks about the work of her foundation to lead contributions that will impact the community and the nation.

If you would like to learn more about the Family Health and Development Foundation go to www.fahedef.org or check out their Facebook page (4) Family Health and Development Foundation "fahedef"

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This week we meet Registered Nurse Elliott Ventress who talks about his passion for Indigenous health and comprehensive primary health care. We discuss opportunities to push yourself further to experience all the weird, wild and wonderful situations both professionally and personally rewarding in the rural and remote context.

If you would like to look into the meditation app discussed in this episode, go to: Waking Up - A New Operating System for Your Mind or check out Sam Harris' book Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion : Harris, Sam: Amazon.com.au: Books. 

If you are interested in the works of Richard Trudgen; following link for the book "Why Warriors Lie Down and Die" by Richard Trudgen. https://www.whywarriors.com.au/services/why-warriors-lie-down-and-die/

Please note I am in no way affiliated with Sam Harris or Richard Trudgen, their book, the app or Amazon.com.au and suggest if you are interested to explore for yourself.

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This week we meet Clinical Nurse Tiki Baker-Pearson who originally came to Australia for a 'bit of a holiday' and ended up staying. She talks about her experiences in rural nursing across Queensland as "some of the most beautiful times" in her career and taking each day as an opportunity to learn something new by 'doing what you do with what you have'. 

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