Critical 2 Your Success

In this podcast Tom and I discuss what it is like, as a nurse, to be a patient in the ICU and how this has led him to research this experience.  To participate in an online survey to understand the experiences and challenges of caring for a healthcare professional-patient, and the challenges of being a nurse-patient in a hospital setting use this link

https://redcap.sydney.edu.au/surveys/?s=33R43LK3JRND93HK

In this podcast, Amy and I discuss how long term patients needs differ significantly to other ICU patients, the importance of individualising care and ways to provide meaningful education for nursing staff caring for this unique patient cohort in the ICU. 

In this podcast we talk about tele critical care and the e-ICU and her experience of living in the United States during COVID-19.

In this podcast Claire and I talk about what it’s like to be a long term patient in the intensive care unit and what we as nurses should think about and do. We also hear what it is like to be a relative in the ICU.

In this podcast we talk about paediatric oncology and palliative care services in Aotearoa New Zealand and Gemma’s doctoral studies around being a work family, looking at resilience in staff working in children's blood and cancer services in Aotearoa/New Zealand.

If you would like to read some of her work here are the titles of a couple of her papers:

Aburn GE, Hoare K, Gott M. “We are all a family” Staff Experiences of Working in Children’s Blood and Cancer Centers in New Zealand—A Constructivist Grounded Theory. Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. April 2021.

Aburn GE, Gott M, Hoare K. Experiences of an insider researcher - interviewing your own colleagues. Nurse Res. 2021 Jun 17

Aburn, G., Gott, M. & Hoare, K. (2016) What is resilience? An Integrative Review of the empirical literature. Journal of Advanced Nursing 72( 5), 980– 1000

In this podcast I describe the background, rationale and methods for this study and then talk with some of my co-investigators who will tell you why they are involved in this project and why they see it as important.

If you are an ICU nurse or ex-ICU nurse and live in Australia or New Zealand, please follow this link to access more information and to participate in the study https://auckland.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0ifFmVXnrT4Kmiy  

If this study has caused you distress or you need further help, please contact any of the following:

New Zealand

Need to Talk? Call or text 1737

Samaritans 0800726666

Lifeline Aotearoa 0800 543 354 or text message 4357

The Human Rights Commission, New Zealand. For more information or to make a complaint under the Human Rights Act call Infoline on 0800 496 7877 (toll free)

Australia

Lifeline Australia 13 11 14 or text message 0477 13 11 14

Beyond Blue 1300 224 636

The Australian Human Rights Commission. General enquiries: 1300 369 711. Hours are 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM AEST

Police or Ambulance Dial 000 in Australia, dial 111 in New Zealand

 Listen while I talk to Iris Fontanilla, Health psychologist from Auckland New Zealand.

Some of the support Iris mentions includes:

The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand https://www.mentalhealth.org.nz/

Free call or text 1737 any time for support from a trained counsellor.

Lifeline 0800 543 354 or (09) 522 2999 Free text 4357 (HELP)

Youthline 0800 376 633

Samaritans 0800 726 666

https://depression.org.nz/

Listen while I talk to Kimberley Haines, Physiotherapy Research Lead and Senior Critical Care Physiotherapist at Western Health, Melbourne, Australia.

Listen while I talk to Alison Pirret, Nurse Practitioner within the ICU outreach service, Critical Care Complex, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland.

Listen while I talk to Andrea Marshall Professor of Acute and Complex Care Nursing at the Gold Coast University Hospital and Griffith University and Editor-in-Chief Australian Critical Care. @AndreaM_au