New Grad Radio: Intensive Care & Emergency Nurse

By New Grad Radio

Season 1: Follow the Journey of a Graduate Nurse, starting in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

Season 2: Find out what it's really like to work in the Emergency Department (ED).

Season 3: Foundations... more

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April 04, 2020 Welcome to Season 3
I am proud to be an intensive care nurse. I absolutely loved starting my career within this setting. However I can only imagine the apprehension of the clinicians who are currently being rapidly 'up-skilled', in order to provide assistance to intensive care unit's across Australia, as we brace during this time period of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Over the period of a year, I was fortunate to have been eased, and guided into what was my new role as a graduate nurse in ICU. I was provided the opportunity to learn, grow, hone my skills, and develop in a controlled way.

I can only imagine what it would be like for the nurses, from a variety of clinical backgrounds, to absorb as much as possible, in order to feel 'safe' to work in what can be an intense, and highly stressful work environment.

THIS is the purpose of Season 3 of the New Grad Radio podcast.

I do not profess whatsoever to be an 'expert' in ICU. Two years is not a lot of time. There is SO much more to experience and learn to get to that stage. However for the purpose of 'starting' in ICU, and the challenges that come from starting in ICU, I know those feelings intimately.

Over the course of Season 3, I hope to develop content that is relevant for these nurses about to step into this new role.

I will speak of concepts that I feel confident and competent to talk about....and for more advanced concepts....I will be interviewing guests with far more exposure and experience.

So welcome back to the New Grad Radio podcast. If you, or someone you know would like to request topics, please send through to the New Grad Radio Podcast facebook page.
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December 15, 2019 Final Episode
Welcome to the FINAL episode of the New Grad Radio podcast.

It has been an absolute privilege to document my journey with you all over the past two years. Thank you so very much for following my progress. You have experienced the nerves of starting; hearing what I struggled with, what I found exciting, difficult, and new. Each step of the way, you see what I was thinking at the time. I truly hope I was able to capture the essence of what was my graduate experience.

I wanted the emphasis to really be on 'documenting'. To not only provide the new and exciting; but also of the things that are realistic about starting at a registered nurse. As you have heard, being a nurse is not always easy. But I wouldn't have traded my experiences for anything!

In this final episode, I talk about my final week; the opportunities that are available in both ICU and ED that I haven't experienced yet; and I make a BIG announcement of what i'm up to next.

(Spoiler alert; you'll be able to follow my progress next year on another podcast...listen for more details).

Thank you again for listening. This has been Ben Jenkins with, the New Grad Radio Podcast.
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December 10, 2019 Final Shift in ICU
Well, yesterday was my final shift within the Intensive Care Unit. I knew it was going to be an emotional day. Knowing this was the last day, within the unit where I started my career. But as you’ll hear, I couldn’t have had a more pleasurable, or validating experience to finish my time in the unit.
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December 02, 2019 Royal Flying Doctor Service - Special Guest: Nick Coleman-Hicks - Flight Nurse
We are incredibly fortunate as registered nurses to work within a profession that can offer so much diversity. Whether you’re working in critical care areas such as intensive care, or emergency; in the operating theatre; on a cruise ship; in a prison; in rural and remote areas; as an educator; and the list can go on and on.
There is one area of nursing that I believe a lot of people have thought of at one time or another; I know I certainly have; that can offer excitement, travel, autonomy, challenge and diversity, career progression, you name it, this job has it.
On today’s episode, I'll be interviewing Nick Coleman-Hicks, who currently works as a Flight Nurse, with the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
Hailing from Sydney, Nick has worked within areas such as Intensive Care, and Emergency, and has completed a variety of post graduate qualifications including a Graduate Certificate in Critical Care Nursing; and a Graduate Diploma of Midwifery, and has gained some relevant experience practicing as a midwife, which is a vital skill to work with the RFDS.
Today, Nick elaborates on how he got into nursing; his incredible career thus far; his experiences as a student midwife; the benefits of working in both ICU and ED; and goes into detail of what his job entails as a Flight Nurse with the RFDS.
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46min
November 30, 2019 An Interview with a Doctor - Special Guest: Lewis Robinson (SHO)
Starting off as a registered nurse is a daunting experience, for a variety of reasons. Over the last two years, i’d like to think i’ve shared many of my own first hand experiences of these challenges with you.
A particular area, that I struggled with, and I find a lot of graduate nurses struggle with, is understanding how to work with doctors. Now what I mean by that, is that it can often be an intimidating experience, of understanding how to present information to medical staff; knowing what doctor to relay information onto; understanding at what stage they would like to be notified; and exactly what they would like to be notified about. Even the simple act of picking up the phone, and speaking with the doctor is a lot harder than you’d think. So, that’s the purpose of today’s episode. Today, I'll be interviewing Lewis Robinson.
Lewis Robinson studied a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Queensland, and is currently working as a Senior House Officer (SHO) within the Emergency Department, and has now started a rotation within the Intensive Care Unit.
I’ve worked besides Lewis for the past year now, and I've seen first hand just how motivated, caring, and switched on he is as a doctor. And a big reason i’ve asked Lewis to share his experiences on the podcast, is how approachable he is, and how well he works with nursing staff, and the entire interprofessional team.
In today's episode, we cover:
- What motivated Lewis to become a doctor
- Lewis's journey through medical school, including the types of placements all medical students must complete
- Lewis's Intern Year; with an explanation of the different 'levels', or the 'hierarchy' of doctors throughout Australia
- The expectations placed upon said levels of doctors
- and we round out the episode, with Lewis providing some golden tips for how nurses and doctors can work cohesively as a team.
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43min
November 24, 2019 Working in Resus: Update
With 3 weeks left to go, I’ve started to be allocated into more resus shifts. In today’s episode, I outline why I’ve been enjoying my time in this area, and break down an actual patient presentation to highlight what it is we actually do day-to-day.
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14min
November 19, 2019 International Men’s Day - Special Guest: Luke Yokota- ‘Men in Nursing’ campaign
Welcome back to another episode of the New Grad Radio podcast! November 19th marks International Men’s Day. In celebration, I interview Luke Yokota. Luke is a third year RN, and a fellow ICU nurse. Luke is the driving force behind the ‘Men in Nursing’ campaign through the Australian College of Nursing (ACN). Luke has also recently been nominated for Queensland Young Australian of the Year awards. Luke is a passionate nurse, and top bloke, and I can’t wait for you to hear from him today.

Here is the link to check out Luke's Initiative: The Men in Nursing Campaign - www.acn.edu.au/men-in-nursing

If you have any questions for either Luke, or myself, please don't hesitate to contact me via the Facebook page: search 'New Grad Radio'.
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25min
November 03, 2019 I’m Back in ICU (and still in ED)
A few weeks prior to leaving for my previous military nursing course, I commenced one day a week back into the ICU I worked in last year. In today’s episode, I detail my experiences of working in both areas, and provide some of my thoughts of some of the challenges, and positives, of working in ICU and ED.
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13min
November 03, 2019 Military Nursing Course
Welcome back to another episode of the New Grad Radio podcast! What an incredible few weeks it’s been; I’ve recently returned from another 3 week military course. This time, it was specific to Nursing Officers. In today’s episode, I detail my experiences from the course, and briefly mention some facts about military nursing, in order to demystify what we do.
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16min
September 25, 2019 First Resus Shift
In today’s episode, I talk about my recent experience of working for the first time within the Resus area of the Emergency Department. I detail what happened on the day; along with mentioning a few similarities to acute and ICU, as well as why I’m thankful it’s been 9 months before heading into this area.
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19min

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