Nurse & Midwife Support Podcast

As we kickstart 2020 the Year of The Nurse & Midwife, we are delighted to share this amazing podcast with Jackie and Helen, both members of the Nurse & Midwife Support team who have broad-reaching experiences in nursing and midwifery. 2020 year of nurse posterWe shared Jackie and Helens’ stories in 2019 as part of our celebration of International Nurses Day and International Day of the Midwife. You told us how much you loved reading their stories, so we thought we'd ask them to join us for a podcast to share more about their inspirational careers. Jackie and Helen share insights, stories and pearls of wisdom about the joy and satisfaction of their chosen professions and being humbled by the fragility, strength and generosity of those they have cared for. Visit http://nmsupport.org.au for more.

In our summer podcast we discuss all things kindness and why this very important human quality matters to nurses and midwives. Our guests discuss what it means to them, the importance of being kind to yourself, the joy in working for an organisation that prioritises care and consideration and how that impacts our well-being. We share tips on bringing more acts of generosity into your life and how to infuse kindness into your workplace. We also discuss how offering kindness to students and graduates is integral to their success and happiness.

September 12 is R U OK? Day and we want to take this opportunity, today and every day, to ask — are you ok? To get the conversation started, we have recorded a podcast with writer, researcher, and former nurse Sarah Russell on her experience of living and working well with bipolar disorder.

Accredited Practising Dietitian Dianne Wintle discusses her own journey with food and weight loss, which led to a later-in-life career change to Dietetics, and why her research focused on how nurses' feelings of stress and anxiety can manifest in their relationship with food.

Amy Benn is the Registered Nurse & Director of Wholeheart Magazine. Amy shares her advice and tips on how she achieved a state of well-being while doing shift work.

Nurse & Midwife Support celebrates NAIDOC Week (7─14 July) and acknowledges the important work of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nurses and midwives.

Many nurses and midwives contact Nurse & Midwife Support seeking support to make a career change, planning their career or transitioning to retirement. We thought this would be a great podcast topic, so we’ve invited two experts who are passionate about career planning to share their wisdom with you!

In this special episode of the Nurse & Midwife Support podcast, we speak to Lisa Evans, Director of Nursing at St John of God Berwick Hospital, about the challenges that students and graduates face and tips for thriving in the early years of your career.

Australian College of Midwives CEO Ann Kinnear joins NM Support to discuss self-care, career transition, and why planning for different stages of your career can be empowering.

In this episode, NM Support's Mark Aitken is joined by Marie Louise and Kerrie Otto de Grancy from Evolve Yourself Institute (EYI) to discuss the importance of self-care for nurses, midwives and students and the program they have developed that supports nurses and midwives. EYI discuss the 5 pillars of a system of self-actions that cultivate awareness and growth: meditation, movement, education, breath and reflection.

The Mindful Nurse Lucinda Jones van-Buuren joins Nurse & Midwife Support Stakeholder Engagement Manager Mark Aitken RN to discuss how practicing mindfulness can assist nurses and midwives.

The mental health of nurses, midwives and students is important. Mental health is not only necessary to living a full life it is vital for nurses, midwives and students to ensure a well-functioning health care system.

A podcast talking about all things thriving in nursing and midwifery.