Nursing Australia

Monday Evening - The news, nurses doing amazing things and we announce our daily winner.

Today we started with a little laugh, at lunch we learnt all about modelling and now it's time to wind wind down and take it all in. 

Show note links for this episode:

COVID home care guidelines: https://www.racgp.org.au/clinical-resources/covid-19-resources/other-health-issues/covid-19-home-care-guidelines

APNA Nursing Jobs page: https://www.apna.asn.au/nursing-jobs

Health Professionals Bank: https://www.hpbank.com.au/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=text_link&utm_campaign=APNA

"You Didn't Have to" by Brown & Gray: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JT_G2T5nVQ



Sound effects & instrumental music from Zapsplat, Bensound and Adobe Sounds 

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

Click here to get in touch with Nursing Australia (send a text for free from anywhere in the world) #askusanything

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

Welcome to Nursing Australia Week - a week of entertainment, education and energy. 

Each day of Nursing Australia Week, you will receive: 

• A morning wake me up to put a spring in your step and a laugh in your belly. 
• The latest information at lunchtime, giving you everything you need to know from COVID and nursing experts. An easy way to top up your CPD.  
• An uplifting evening wind down, designed to inspire and share the stories of nurses doing amazing things. 

In this, your Monday morning episode, we join hosts Suzanne Blackeby, Matthew St Ledger and Georgie Carroll for a bit of fun!

Show note links for this episode:

Learn more about primary health care nursing: https://www.apna.asn.au/profession/what-is-primary-health-care-nursing 

Register for the APNA Conference Roadshow: https://www.apna.asn.au/education/roadshow 

Learn more about APNA Membership: https://www.apna.asn.au/membership/member-benefits 

Buy ‘Aspire’ by nurse Shirley-Ann Rowley and The Jazzuleles: https://www.thejazzuleles.com/product-page/aspire-1 

Enter our ‘spill your guts’ competition!

Each day enter to win a $500 gift voucher and a signed copy of Georgie Carroll’s book ‘Off the Charts’. Today we want you to tell us: ‘What is your best nursing joke’

To enter, simply click reply to this email or send a text message 0417 366 831. 


Sound effects & instrumental music from Zapsplat, Bensound and Adobe Sounds 

Click here to get in touch with Nursing Australia (send a text for free from anywhere in the world) #askusanything

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

Join nurses from across the country in a week of entertainment, education and energy - just for you! Register here: https://www.apna.asn.au/education/nursing-australia-podcast/nursing-australia-week 

Each day of Nursing Australia Week, you will receive: 

• A morning wake me up to put a spring in your step and a laugh in your belly. 
• The latest information at lunchtime, giving you everything you need to know from COVID and nursing experts. An easy way to top up your CPD.  
• An uplifting evening wind down, designed to inspire and share the stories of nurses doing amazing things.  

All this, FREE for every nurse, and delivered to you in audio podcast format. No sitting in front of a computer screen, join on your smartphone wherever you are and whatever you’re doing.  

This is a week for you, to help put some wind back in your sails after a tough 22 months. There'll be prizes and giveaways - it’ll be the pick me up that you need right now! 

Register here: https://www.apna.asn.au/education/nursing-australia-podcast/nursing-australia-week 

In this milestone episode of Nursing Australia, hosted by Matthew St Ledger, we hear:  

• The latest Nursing Australia News (02:39) 

Australia braces for ICU surge; avatar technology emerges for melanoma; Pfizer for school aged children on the horizon; and Nursing Australia Week is coming. 

https://www.apna.asn.au/education/nursing-australia-podcast/nursing-australia-week 

       -   What is Primary Care Nursing (04:24) 

Primary health care is any medical service that is provided outside the four walls of a hospital, let's visit some of its heroes. 

https://www.apna.asn.au/ 

• Enrolled Nurse (EN) Supervision (06:50) 

APNA Nurse Educator Suzanne Blackeby discusses Enrolled Nurse (EN) supervision: scope of practice, delegation and tackling common challenges. 

https://www.safetyandquality.gov.au/  

https://www.nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au/codes-guidelines-statements/frameworks.aspx 

https://www.apna.asn.au/product/detail/289bbc31-4823-e811-80d4-005056be66b1  

http://healthypractices.apna.asn.au/  

• Nurse Spotlight: Meet a Nurse Practitioner (21:51) 

We caught up with Nic, a Wound Care Nurse Practitioner (NP) who shared her NP story. 

https://www.acnp.org.au/ 

• Episode Outro (29:56) 

https://www.apna.asn.au/education/nursing-australia-podcast/nursing-australia-week 

Subscribe to The Connect (our weekly newsletter): https://www.apna.asn.au/workflows/subscribe 

Learn more about ABBVIE https://www.abbvie.com.au/  

Click here to get in touch with Nursing Australia (send a text for free from anywhere in the world) #askusanything

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

In this special episode of Nursing Australia, Matthew St Ledger discusses voluntary assisted dying (VAD) with very special guest Andrew Denton. 

Links & Resources:  
If you support the idea that we should have a full range of compassionate end of life choices, and that we need a better conversation around death, dying and patient-centred care, then please visit Go Gentle Australia

Go Gentle Australia https://www.gogentleaustralia.org.au/  

For the latest on Nursing Australia subscribe to our newsletter: https://www.apna.asn.au/workflows/subscribe 

Discover APNA https://www.apna.asn.au/ 

Global Crisis Support Contacts 

AUS: https://www.lifeline.org.au/131114/  

AUS: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/  

USA: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ 

UK: https://www.samaritans.org/ 

NZ: https://www.samaritans.org.nz/ 

KOREA: http://www.counsel24.com/ 

INDIA: https://icallhelpline.org/  

PHILIPPINES: https://doh.gov.ph/NCMH-Crisis-Hotline  

Click here to get in touch with Nursing Australia (send a text for free from anywhere in the world) #askusanything

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

In this episode of Nursing Australia, hosted by Matthew St Ledger, we hear:  

• The latest Nursing Australia News (01:33) 

ATAGI continues to ponder boosters; rapid antigen tests green-lighted; heart heath on the back burner; and thousands of extra health practitioners to join surge workforce. 

• LONG COVID (03:52) 

Professor Gisli Jenkins joined us from London to discuss 'Long COVID' 

https://bmjopenrespres.bmj.com/content/8/1/e001049  

http://www.imperial.ac.uk/news/218933/new-national-study-long-term-impacts-lung/ 

• APNA Student Nurse Placement Program (18:17) 

Developing the primary nursing workforce and enriching the student nurse experience.  

https://www.apna.asn.au/profession/student-nurse-placement 

Subscribe to The Connect: https://www.apna.asn.au/workflows/subscribe 

• Smoking Cessation & Vaping (23:17) 

Dr. Sarah White joins us from Quit Victoria to discuss the health promotion activities surrounding smoking cessation. 

https://www.quit.org.au/landing/helping-others  

https://www.quit.org.au/resources/quit-education/  

• Episode Outro (31:17) 

https://www.gogentleaustralia.org.au/  

https://www.apna.asn.au/ 

Click here to get in touch with Nursing Australia (send a text for free from anywhere in the world) #askusanything

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

In this special episode of Nursing Australia we hear the latest on COVID across Australia as APNA presents: the Current COVID Landscape webinar featuring: Dr. Ginni Mansberg (@Dr_Ginni); APNA President Karen Booth and RN Sara Drew. 

Links:
Slides from the webinar: https://www.apna.asn.au/files/DAM/1%20Education/COVID%20Webinar%207%20-%20Current%20Covid%20Landscape.pdf 

Subscribe to The Connect: https://www.apna.asn.au/workflows/subscribe

https://www.apna.asn.au/

Click here to get in touch with Nursing Australia (send a text for free from anywhere in the world) #askusanything

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

In this episode of Nursing Australia, hosted by Matthew St Ledger, we hear:  

• The latest Nursing Australia News (02:14) 

Nurses sitting ducks without boosters; self-administration of ivermectin appears to spike; ANMF warn against planned re-opening; and APNA postpones conference roadshow until 2022. 

https://www.apna.asn.au/education/roadshow 

• Women's Health Week 2021 (04:30) 

Brenda Jones & Janet Michelmore from the Jean Hailes Foundation are here to chat Women's Health Week 2021. 

https://www.womenshealthweek.com.au/  

https://www.jeanhailes.org.au/  

• APNA on the ground in western NSW (14:19) 

APNA President Karen Booth on the ground in Broken Hill as surge nurse workforces rollout across rural NSW. 

 Western NSW COVID Response EOI 

Subscribe to The Connect: https://www.apna.asn.au/workflows/subscribe 

• Every Nurse's Business (23:36) 

Professor Nathan Wilson addresses the gaps in nurse curricula in relation to intellectual disabilities and ASD. 

https://learning.pandda.net/ 

• Next time on Nursing Australia (32:12) 

https://www.gogentleaustralia.org.au/  

https://www.apna.asn.au/ 

Click here to get in touch with Nursing Australia (send a text for free from anywhere in the world) #askusanything

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

In this episode of Nursing Australia, hosted by Matthew St Ledger, we hear:  

• The latest Nursing Australia News (01:45)

Pharmacists to join the party; Primary care to bolster Pfizer rollout; experts warn Delta could devastate Indigenous communities; and faeces transplants to treat Parkinsons patients. 

• Inside School Nursing  (03:54)

Lisa Chalmers joins Nursing Australia to discuss the role of a school nurse, the scope, challenges and opportunities in this space. 

https://www.schoolnurses.com.au/  

• UPDATE: APNA Conference Roadshow (16:08) 

The APNA conference roadshow is set to be the largest ever nursing event held by APNA but there has been a slight change of plans. 

https://www.apna.asn.au/education/roadshow  

• Victorian Infection Prevention Helpline (19:00)

As healthcare professionals It is always handy to keep across current infection prevention & control practices. An exciting pilot initiative has launched in Victoria, we caught up with the nursing masterminds operating an infection control hotline. 

Infection Prevention Helpline https://www.infectionpreventionhelpline.com.au/ 

APNA Nurse Support Line https://www.apna.asn.au/contact 

RACGP - Infection Prevention and Control Standard 5th Ed (Sterilisation)   https://www.racgp.org.au/FSDEDEV/media/documents/Running%20a%20practice/Practice%20standards/Infection-prevention-and-control.pdf 

DHHS Coronavirus (COVID-19) cleaning guidelines for workplaces https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/coronavirus-cleaning-guidelines-for-workplaces-doc 

• Episode Outro (27:57)

Subscribe to The Connect: https://www.apna.asn.au/workflows/subscribe 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9uwgPtdq_g 

Click here to get in touch with Nursing Australia (send a text for free from anywhere in the world) #askusanything

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