5 Things Nursing Podcast by RBWH

Ep 11: Five Things About Oh The Places You’ll Go In Your Career With KristyJackman

Liz and Jesse sat down with Kristy Jackman, a nurse, who is now the Director of Administration Services for her Five Things about how you can have a diverse and fulfilling career.
Kirsty's Five Things:
1. Be brave and take every opportunity that comes.
2. Have a curious mindset about work, and life.
3. Understand your value as a nurse and what this brings to other roles.
4. Communication and building relationships are key to growth and career expansion.
5. Stay motivated by keeping the patient / common goal at the centre of your choices and decisions.

Ep 10: Five Things About Chest Pain With Laura Owens

In this episode, Liz and Jesse are joined by Laura Owens, Nurse Educator with the Emergency and Trauma Centre at the RBWH. We jump in to one of our most requested topics from our new nurses on the ground – chest pain!
Laura’s Five Things:
Be wary of assumptions, don’t close the door early on chest pain.
Perform a thorough assessment using a consistent framework.
Learn and identify chest pain red flags for serious threats.
Escalate using available resources to help.
Commence treatment or progress assessment while awaiting help.

Ep 9: Five Things About Delirium With Margaret Cahill

In this episode, Liz and Jesse are joined by Margaret Cahill, Clinical Nurse Consultant with the Eat, Walk, Engage program from the RBWH. We hear about her amazing career journey and get a lot wiser on the topic of delirium and how to prevent and manage in the acute hospital setting
 
Margaret’s Five Things:
Delirium is common, dangerous and distressing for patient and family.
Importance of screening and recognition and some features and tools.
Delirium has a huge impact (up to 30% increase) on nursing workload, prevention is key.
Delirium is often preventable through maintaining hydration, vigilance around high-risk medications, environment and mobility and nutrition and hydration.
Delirium management is a team sport and the nurse is positioned well to captain the multidisciplinary prevention and management.

Ep 8: Five Things About Nurse Practitioners (Bonus)

This is a bonus episode to celebrate our awesome Nurse Practitioners during Australian NP week. We hear from five NPs practicing in diverse areas from pain to vaccine preventable diseases, from trauma to oncology, and also in emergency.
Jesse finishes off with a reflection on his 5 things from the wisdom of the guests.

Ep 7: Five Things About Eye Health With Brenda Fleming

In this episode, Liz and Jesse are joined by Brenda Fleming, registered nurse from the RBWH Eye Clinic. We hear about her amazing (global) career journey and fill in some knowledge ‘blind spots’ (Dad Joke) about eye health and care.
 
Brenda’s Five Things:
Vision is so important for independence
The common forms of eye disease we will see
Therapy for acute eye infections
Supportive eye care in hospitalised patients
The importance of rest in recovery from acute eye injury and infection

Ep 6: Five Things About Being a Nurse Researcher With Professor Fiona Coyer

Liz and Jesse explore the inquiring mind of Professor Fiona Coyer, ICU nurse (never really stop being that), chair of nursing research with RBWH and holding conjoint position with Queensland University of Technology School of Nursing & Midwifery. This episode sets a platform for nurses to consider 5 Things that lay the foundation for a career that includes research.
 
Learning never stops
Communication is key, and requires resilience
Find a good mentor, or two or three.
Get involved, start to learn the skills
Learn and understand Good Clinical Practice Principles

Ep 5: Five Things About Pain Management With Melanie Proper

Liz and Jesse sit down with Melanie Proper, the pain management Nurse Practitioner from RBWH to try and understand a little (LOT) more about pain. We go deep on this topic. This is likely to be one you listen to more than once.
Here are Melanie's 5 Things:
1. What pain IS and how to treat
2. Pain is connected to stress
3. The brain can be reassured and remodelled to perceive pain differently
4. Pain and analgesia effects are best assessed through function and wakefulness
5. The bedside nurse is the coordinator of a team approach to pain

Ep 4: Five Things About Clinical Handover With Shania Tribel

In this episode, Liz and Jesse are joined by Shania Tribel. Shania is a registered nurse who works in the Post Anaesthetic Care Unit, or “Recovery” for the old school crew. The medium was the message with this episode – organised, succinct, and informative. This is a must listen for those developing confidence with clinical handover and those teaching it.
Shania’s Five Things:
Use a standardised and consistent template/format.
Handover should be done with a brief head to toe assessment.
The patient is a member of the clinical handover.
Take your time to save your time.
Use time management hacks to form your handover throughout the shift.