5 Things Nursing Podcast by RBWH
This a podcast produced by, for and with the amazing nurses and health professionals of the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital community. Our purpose is to inspire, educate and connect our local and global healthcare community as we collectively move from surviving to thriving in our personal and professional lives.
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Episodes
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Friday Jun 23, 2023
Liz and Jesse are joined by Alison Backler, Clinical Nurse Consultant Alcohol and Drug Service RBWH. In this episode we look at drug and alcohol addiction and considerations for the acute hospital environment.
Alison’s Five Things
Addiction doesn’t discriminate.
The role of thiamine.
Why withdrawal (particularly alcohol and benzodiazepines) is so serious.
Be wary of bias. Patient’s with addictions, still have a need for, and right to, adequate pain relief.
There is a difference between recreational substance use and addiction/dependence.
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Friday Jun 16, 2023
Liz and Jesse are joined by Sophie Lloyd, Cardiology Nurse Practitioner with RBWH and Redcliffe. Sophie lays the foundations for a series of future episodes about the heart.
Sophie's Five Things:
1. The gross anatomy of the heart.
2. The heart function as a pump.
3. Understanding cardiac output.
4. How the bedside nurse can assess heart (dys)function.
5. What is heart failure?
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Friday Jun 09, 2023
Liz and Jesse are joined by Julia Brownlie, a Nurse Practitioner in the Emergency & Trauma Centre at RBWH. Julia has a special interest in women’s health and helps us navigate through some considerations in navigating challenging and uncomfortable conversations, particularly with relation to women’s health issues.
Julia’s Five Things:
There are a series of topics clinicians struggle to talk about, particularly with gendered issues.
Avoiding placing our lived experience onto how we care for and discuss issues with patients.
Acknowledging and validating the impact of what is happening for the patient.
Be compassionate and consider the trauma or suffering that may come with this patient to where they are today.
Listen, listen, listen.
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Friday Jun 02, 2023
Liz and Jesse are joined by Angela Spencer CNC for Epilepsy at RBWH to discuss seizures. This is one of our most requested topics and we think Angela does an amazing job of breaking it down.
Angela’s Five Things:
What are Seizures?
Difference between epilepsy and seizures.
Common triggers for seizures.
Most common interventions and medications
Acute and chronic management of seizures
For loads of resources head to the Internal League Against Epilepsy website
https://www.ilae.org/
Friday May 26, 2023
Friday May 26, 2023
Liz and Jesse welcome Michelle Doidge, CNC for the RBWH Infection Monitoring and Prevention Service. We jump in to discuss the vital nature of nurses as agents to prevent infection.
Michelle’s Five Things:
Know your bugs; love your bugs.
Hand hygiene can be done so much better.
Nurses are vital in preventing antimicrobial resistance.
Respect invasive devices.
Understanding transmission-based precautions.
Friday May 19, 2023
Friday May 19, 2023
In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Anthony Carr, CNC with the Consultation Liaison Psychiatry Service at RBWH. We discuss personality disorders, with a particular focus on emotionally unstable (borderline) personality disorder.
Anthony’s Five Things:
What is personality (disorder)?
What is emotionally unstable personality disorder (EUPD)?
Guidance for the management of EUPD.
Strategies to assist a person with EUPD while they are in hospital.
Looking after yourself when caring for someone with challenging behaviours.
Friday May 12, 2023
Friday May 12, 2023
Liz and Jesse are joined by Sue Chaffey, Nurse Practitioner in Cancer Care, with a special interest and focus on emergent acute care. There is no one better to have a learning conversation about acute on chronic illness than Sue.
Sue’s Five Things
Defining acute vs chronic
(Keep) educating yourself
Patient assessment – objective
Patient assessment – subjective
Putting it all together, the patient in this context
Friday May 05, 2023
Friday May 05, 2023
Liz and Jesse are joined by Danny Hindle, Nurse Educator for Medical Emergency Response at RBWH. In this episode we explore how to master the recognition and management of the deteriorating patient.
Danny’s Five Things.
Educate yourself.
Concerned? What do you do next?
Use and trust the tools and frameworks.
After calling for help, be prepared.
Take the time to debrief.
Your Hosts
The Five Things RBWH Nursing podcast is hosted by Dr Liz Crowe (She/Her) and Jesse Spurr (He/Him). Liz has PhD in the wellbeing of healthcare professionals and is an experienced social worker with over 25 years in critical care. Liz works as the staff wellbeing consultant at Royal Women's & Brisbane Hospital. Jesse is is a critical care nurse and educator who has worked in a broad range of roles throughout the health service and has a particular interest in organisational psychology and team science. You can connect with Liz and Jesse on Twitter.
Always Was, Always Will Be
The Royal Brisbane and Women’s hospital Five Things Nursing Podcast acknowledges the Turrbal and Yugara as the First Nations owners of the lands where we now tread. We pay respect to their Elders, lores, customs and creation spirits. We recognise that these lands have always been places of healing, teaching, and learning. We also wish to acknowledge the First Nations people of the lands of our global community and encourage our listeners to seek out, listen and learn from the knowledge held in your shared spaces.
Podcast Music
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