Ep 60. A Nurse, an Academic, a Comedian, and a Festival all walk into a bar...

A Nurse, an Academic, a Comedian, and a Festival all walk into a bar...Episode 60 of Nursing Australia presents:  The latest Nursing Australia News (02:36) Nurses battle addiction, opioid prescribing guidelines, and bargain Uni fees for health professionals. 1. Georgie Caroll & Matt St Ledger reconvene in time for The Festival of Nursing 2023 (04:58) The Festival of Nursing 2023 is looming, and the Nursing Australia team are stoked to be on the bill the whole time. Come and join comedian Georgie Carroll, Matthew St Ledger, Leith Alexander, and hundreds of other nurses at the Festival in Perth 27-29 July. It’s a national nursing conference, SUPERCHARGED! ⚡️⚡️  2. Nurse Spotlight: Lauren's story (18:37) Meet Dr Lauren Lines RN, BN (hons), MN, PhD. Lauren has a background working clinically as a paediatric nurse for almost 10 years in acute medical and surgical environments. Her 2020 PHD, focused on nurses' experiences of responding to child abuse and neglect in child focused settings in Australia. This is some of Lauren's story. 3. Building Nurse Capacity: Wheatbelt Nurse Clinic (31:03) Current care delivery models – from acute to primary health care – are struggling to meet the increasing demands, and health care providers are looking for new and innovative ways to deliver health care. Nurse Clinics are well placed to meet these demands, and Western Australia's Wheatbelt region is reaping the rewards with a very successful nurse-lead clinical model.  Grab your Festival of Nursing tickets here   Join or Renew your APNA Membership today   Subscribe to The Connect (our weekly newsletter) 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