Ep 57. Heartbeats

From the east coast to the west, the team trek through the heart of Oz to bring you Heartbeats.Discover: Remote Area Nursing, promoting healthy hearts, the Festival of Nursing, and the latest in infection prevention & control. Plus, in healthcare news: AHPRA probe stuns, Bird Flu in full flight, D-day for Aged Care, and deadly fungus wreaks havoc. Recorded on location in Moreton Bay, Queensland & East Pilbara, Western Australia.Hosted by: Matthew St Ledger & Mitch Wall   Produced by: Leith Alexander & Matthew St Ledger   The latest Nursing Australia News (04:42) AHPRA probe stuns, Bird Flu in full flight, D-day for Aged Care, and deadly fungus wreaks havoc. Remote Area Nursing in East Pilbara WA (07:12) Meet TJ Howe, a Nurse working in the remote Gibson Desert of Western Australia.Healthy Hearts (17:13) Make a difference and change the future: promoting healthy hearts as a health professional. Check out: hrt.how/heartweek23 What's this Festival of Nursing? (30:03)  The Festival of Nursing 2023 – it’s a national nursing conference, SUPERCHARGED!   Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre, 27-29 July 2023 - Abstracts open now, click here for more You’re invited to join hundreds of nurses from across the country at this one-of-a-kind nursing conference in Perth this July 2023!The latest in IPC guidelines (39:23) RACGP Standards for general practices (5th edition) Australian Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Infection in Healthcare The National Hand Hygiene Initiative manual Communicable Diseases Network Australia’s Australian national guidelines for the management of healthcare workers living with blood-borne viruses and healthcare workers who perform exposure-prone procedures at risk of exposure to blood-borne viruses  Reach out to Nursing Australia  (47:02)  LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Practice in Health Care - online education module Click here to get in touch with Nursing Australia (send a text for free from anywhere in the world) #askusanything Hosted & Produced by: Matthew St Ledger & Leith Alexander  Produced by: Leith Alexander & Matthew St Ledger