From the east coast to the west, the team trek through the heart of Oz to bring you Heartbeats.Discover: Remote Area Nursing, promoting healthy hearts, the Festival of Nursing, and the latest in infection prevention & control.

Plus, in healthcare news: AHPRA probe stuns, Bird Flu in full flight, D-day for Aged Care, and deadly fungus wreaks havoc. Recorded on location in Moreton Bay, Queensland & East Pilbara, Western Australia.

Hosted by: Matthew St Ledger & Mitch Wall   Produced by: Leith Alexander & Matthew St Ledger   

The latest Nursing Australia News (04:42) 

AHPRA probe stuns, Bird Flu in full flight, D-day for Aged Care, and deadly fungus wreaks havoc. 

Remote Area Nursing in East Pilbara WA (07:12) 

Meet TJ Howe, a Nurse working in the remote Gibson Desert of Western Australia.

Healthy Hearts (17:13) 

Make a difference and change the future: promoting healthy hearts as a health professional. Check out: hrt.how/heartweek23 

What's this Festival of Nursing? (30:03) 

 The Festival of Nursing 2023 – it’s a national nursing conference, SUPERCHARGED!   

Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 27-29 July 2023 - Abstracts open now, click here for more 

You’re invited to join hundreds of nurses from across the country at this one-of-a-kind nursing conference in Perth this July 2023!

The latest in IPC guidelines (39:23) 

• RACGP Standards for general practices (5th edition) 
• Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare 
• The National Hand Hygiene Initiative manual 
• Communicable Diseases Network Australia’s Australian national guidelines for the management of healthcare workers living with blood-borne viruses and healthcare workers who perform exposure-prone procedures at risk of exposure to blood-borne viruses 

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Hosted & Produced by: Matthew St Ledger & Leith Alexander
Produced by: Leith Alexander & Matthew St Ledger