In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Rebecca Boparai to learn from her experience of being on the “other side” of healthcare. Rebecca works a Nurse Practitioner in Diabetes, but her story is about the impact that experiencing the healthcare system as a partner who lost her husband to cancer has shaped her professionally and personally. We were so pleased to provide a place for Rebecca to chare this wisdom forged through such a heavy personal experience. Rebecca’s Five Things: The patient is a person first. Slow down and look for the small moments – they can have huge impact. Empathy is different from sympathy. Family, friends and community are incredibly important in this journey. What will be our legacy?

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Lita Jeffries to learn about occupational violence. Lita is the clinical lead for Queensland occupational violence strategy unit. Lita connects here nursing experience in the emergency department to the complex nature of violence in our healthcare workplaces. Lita’s Five Things: What is occupational violence? The multifactorial issues of occupational violence in healthcare? What are the risk factors? “Zero tolerance” and the real impacts of occupational violence on nurses? Prevention and management of occupational violence.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Dr Leisa Turkington to learn about disordered swallowing (dysphagia). Leisa is a senior speech pathologist and clinical researcher at RBWH with three decades of experience and a PhD to top it all off. This is so much more than the basics. Leisa’s Five Things: What is disordered swallowing? How do you assess for dysphagia? Why is dysphagia dangerous? Who is at risk of dysphagia? Dysphagia and the bedside nursing considerations.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Bec Russo to learn about haemodialysis. Bec is a nurse practitioner candidate in kidney replacement therapies at RBWH. Super educational episode for health professionals, patients and families and friends of someone with kidney failure. Bec’s Five Things: What is haemodialysis? Acute versus chronic Vascular access for Home dialysis. The importance of the multidisciplinary team and goals of care.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Jacob Haberley to learn about inpatient falls. Jacob is an early career registered nurse working in a busy general medical ward at RBWH. Jacob is a strong ambassador for the Eat, Walk, Engage program aimed at reducing functional decline during acute hospital admission. Jacob’s Five Things: What causes a fall in hospital? How do we screen for risk of falls? What are the impacts of a fall? How do we prevent falls? The role of stakeholders in preventing falls.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Cathy Boyle to learn about clinical supervision for nurses and midwives. This may be unfamiliar to a lot of us, but Cathy, a nurse educator with decades of experience and now working in a state-wide clinical supervision project role, had us both informed and sold on this addition to nursing professional development and practice support. We were also joined, for our first ever in episode guest cameo, by Liz Pengelly, an emergency nurse working in rural and remote Queensland. Cathy’s Five Things: What is clinical supervision? Why is it important? How often, and who leads supervision? How do you make clinical supervision a reality? A lived experience of clinical supervision from a nurse.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Associate Professor Andrew Wong to learn about headaches and migraine. Andrew is the Director of Neurology and Stroke at RBWH. This episode is loaded with knowledge that could help us, or our family and friends, and our patients. Andrew’s Five Things: Not every headache is a migraine. Migraine needed diagnosis to support specific treatments. There are always new treatments for migraines, so don’t give up. Migraine sufferers can have more than one type of headache. Sometimes the headache isn’t the worst feature of migraine.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Liz Knox to learn about gynaecological cancer. Liz is a clinical nurse consultant in gynaecology oncology at RBWH. Liz’s Five Things: What is gynaecology? Symptoms of potential gynaecological cancers. Types of gynaecological cancers. Risk factors for gynaecological cancers. Treatments for gynaecological cancers.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Liz Wilkes to learn about midwifery (our sibling profession). Liz is the first state Chief Midwife in Australia, taking the lead for the profession in Queensland. We think this is an awesome episode on so much more than midwifery. There are lessons on professional identity, scope, socio-cultural responsiveness and considered leadership through curiosity and representation. Liz’s Five Things: What is a midwife? What is the scope of practice of a midwife? Is midwifery a feminist issue? Properties for midwifery today and into the future. What people can expect from the chief midwife.

In this episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Professor Gail Robinson to help us understand memory. Gail holds a joint appointment with the Queensland Brain Institute and the School of Psychology at University of Queensland. This episode is all about memory, just in case you forgot already... Gail’s Five Things: What is memory? Memory and emotion are linked. Memory and brain injury. Memory and dementia. Can you improve your memory (or at least protect it)?