Tenderness for Nurses
Once a week, Nurse Practitioner Bek Woodbine will unpack issues that impact all nurses from self care to growing professionally as a nurse. With over 35 years of nursing experience and with her raw and honest style, Bek aims to offer sage advice to all nurses with help from amazing guests each week. Ordinary people performing the extra ordinary in the field of health, leadership and self care.
Episodes
Horse is a former SASR operator, military dog handler and advocate based in Australia.
Today on the podcast, I continue my conversation with Horse in part two of this powerful episode.
Horse and I discuss what happens when the uniform comes off, the impact of the documentary Bravery and Betrayal, ...
Horse is a former SASR operator, military dog handler and advocate based in Australia.
Today on the podcast, I had the privilege of talking with Horse about his time in the SASR, his work with military dogs, and his involvement in the documentary Bravery and Betrayal.
Horse and I discuss his pathw...
The following Podcast discusses Addiction and death by suicide. Please be aware that some topics may be triggering.
This 2 part discussion covers a broad range of information around depression, addiction and suicide, as can only be seen and felt by the partner of person struggling with addiction.
Jane’s open and honest approach around the death of her husband by suicide and his battle wit...
TRIGGER WARNING: The following Podcast discusses Addiction and death by suicide. Please be aware that some topics may be triggering.
This 2 part discussion covers a broad range of information around depression, addiction and suicide, as can only be seen and felt by the partner of person struggling with addiction.
Jane’s open and honest approach around the death of her husband by suicide a...
Madilyn Sonter is a Registered Nurse based in Brisbane, Australia.
Today on the podcast, I had the privilege of talking with Maddy about her business, The Functional Skin Studio, and how she is remaining compliant to the regulations in Queensland.
Maddy and I discuss her pathway from Registered Nurse to business owner, mum to skin care developer.
The ability to pivot in the cosmetic space...
Today on the podcast we chat with Sarah Elliott.
Sarah is a Registered Nurse and Registered Midwife. She has moved in to academia with an interest in midwifery, and in-particular rural and remote midwifery.
We chat about the problems of women who have to travel, due to high risk deliveries of their unborn babies, and the challenges they face.
Sarah discusses the difference around c-section and vaginal deliveries and the impac...
Today on the podcast we chat with psychologist Shannon Swales and answer questions you sent in to us.
We talk about burnout management as nurses and health professionals. Shannon gives advice on how to avoid burnout, how to care for yourself as a nurse and what to look for in yourself and your colleagues if you are concerned about burnout.
This is a common sense chat around self-care...
Today we chat with EP Alice about all things exercise, self care, and managing “nurses back”!
This has been a requested podcast and here it is!
I learnt so much from Alice about pain management, how exercise helps us all both physically and mentally.
I hope you enjoy and use the information shared by Alice.
Find an Accredited Exercise Physiologist near you.
Exercise &...
Today on the podcast we chat with Elise Bryant who is a Nurse Practitioner.
Elise is a passionate Nurse Practitioner with over 20 years experience. She specialises in Plastic and Reconstructive Nursing, Surgical Assisting, Skin Cancer & Cosmetic Skin Management, & Education.
Elise works in a variety of settings including her clinic - Skin Health Solutions - a Nurse Practitioner le...
Today on the podcast we chat with the delightful Dr Kyla Smith.
Dr Kyla is a paediatric dietitian and feeding specialist. She’s a mother of two children, has a PhD in childhood weight management and has worked with thousands of families in her online programs.
Dr Kyla is passionate about developing balanced relationships with food, and fostering positive mealtime experiences for the...
Today on the podcast we chat with Emma Hall. Emma has developed a remarkable virtual reality program, which is designed to help build self-resilience, leadership skills, and emotional intelligence.
Emma and I chatted in season 2 (episode 4) about leadership and workplace culture. Today we expand on that conversation and discuss how Brave VR can help an individual or workplace develop their leadership skills.
Brave VR is an immersiv...
Today on the podcast we chat with the amazing Dr Emma Beckett.
This chat blew me away. The knowledge and how Dr Emma imparts it for families is remarkable!
The first 1000 days on an infants life, from conception - a child’s second birthday are a time of rapid growth, especially for the gut and immune system. It also lays the building blocks for lifelong health.
Dr Emma and I chat about this. We discuss the gold standard...
Today on the podcast we chat with Nursing Professor, Elizabeth Denny-Wilson.
Elizabeth specialises in obesity prevention research with special focus on infant feeding and primary health care.
Elizabeth is on the WHO committee writing the guidelines around infant obesity prevention. She has a position on the National health and research council and is a member of their obesity committee. E...
Today on the podcast I chat with co-founder of Orange Sky, Nick Marchesi. He and his friend Lucas Patchett decided to set up a laundry service for people experiencing homelessness and hardship through access to free laundry and shower services, as well as the opportunity for regular connection.
We provide a supportive, welcoming, and inclusive space for anyone experiencing loneliness or disconn...
Today on the podcast, we chat with Justine Holloway who is the Regional Nurse Manager for Donate Life Victoria.
Justine is passionate about leadership and our chat encompasses this, management of a team nurses and being very aware of caring for her team in an area of nursing where burnout and emotional fatigue can occur.
Justine’s passion around strong leadership in nursing is injected in to every aspect of our conversation a...
Today we chat with the remarkable Donation Specialist Nurse Georgie Callaghan.
I had a wonderful chat with Georgie about her background as an intensive care nurse and how her experience in this specialty has allowed her to work within organ donation. We discuss her role in assisting families in making the often heart-rending decision to donate a loved one’s organs due to many differing circumstances. We also chat about how do...
While Bek is taking a short break, please enjoy one of her earlier episodes!
Kath Flannigan is an ADON in a large Brisbane hospital. She discusses what being a nurse means to her and the importance of care for self and staff in large hospitals.
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This episode we're joined by Nic Bignall from Therapy and Support animals Australia. Nic and Bek explore the value of therapy dogs in the health setting and the value they offer patients and nurses.
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n this episode Bek is joined by Angela Koning, a leadership coach with her own business called Equenti. Due to her own experience with burnout, Bek and Angela discuss burnout, how to avoid it and how to manage it.
You can contact Ange at www.equenti.com
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While Bek is taking a short break, please enjoy one of her earlier episodes!
Jason Harrison is a nurse practitioner in Rockhampton in the drug & alcohol space. Hear about what his work involves and what to do if you're a nurse that needs help.
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