5 Things Nursing Podcast by RBWH

Jesse Spurr & Liz Crowe•fivethingsnursing.podbean.com

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

Ep 3: Five Things About Gender Diversity With Bec Cooley (Bonus)

Bonus episode for Transgender Awareness Week. Liz and Jesse are joined by Bec Cooley, a social worker who is the Gender Services Coordinator at RBWH. Bec gives us a clinician's crash course to help provide more supportive and aware care to Trans and Gender Diverse patients and be a better ally at work and in the community. Bec's 5 things: 1. Know what gender diversity is and what it means. 2. Pronouns, Names and Language. 3. Don’t make assumptions. 4. Only ask gender-related questions if/when cl...

Nov 14, 2022•29 min•Ep. 3

Ep 2: Five Things About The Story Of The Skin With Kerrie Coleman

In our second episode, Liz and Jesse are joined by Kerrie Coleman, nurse practitioner for complex wound management at Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital. Five Things was so fortunate to sit down for an amazing reflection on 40 plus years of nursing wisdom as Kerrie closes this professional chapter of her life and leaves an amazing legacy as she retires on the day that this podcast drops. Thank you to Kerrie for the inspiration and for sharing the story of the skin. The skin is the largest org...

Nov 10, 2022•40 min•Ep. 2

Ep 1: Five Things About Patient Assessment With Michael Handy

In our very first episode Liz and Jesse are joined by Michael Handy and discuss his journey from an aspiring wolf of Wall Street to Assistant Nursing Director of Trauma and Orthopaedics at RBWH. We then dig a little deeper into Michael's 5 Things on Patient Assessment. 1. Be tactile, touch your patients. Take a pulse, don’t rely on technology. 2. Trust your gut. If you feel something is wrong, it probably is. 3. Talk to your patient, ask them how they feel. 4. What can do to improve the situatio...

Nov 03, 2022•25 min•Ep. 1

Ep Zero - Teaser

Teaser intro sweep. Launches November 4th 2022

Oct 31, 2022•1 min•Ep. 1001

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