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
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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While Bek is taking a short break, please enjoy one of her earlier episodes!
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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While Bek is taking a short break, please enjoy one of her earlier episodes!
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
Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/tendernessnurses
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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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While Bek has a short break between seasons, we thought we would release her story for those that haven't yet heard it. This is the reason Bek started Tenderness For Nurses xx
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Today on the poddy we chat with Dr Leona Yip. She is a medical dermatologist who is a huge advocate for sun sense/safety and loving the skin you are in.
We chat about all things medicine, life, being a working Mum, owning and running her practice called Skin Partners, and just taking time for herself.
Leona and I have been pen pals (sounds a little weird) for a long time. Recording ...
Today on the podcast we chat with Kayla-Jane Mooney.
7 years ago Kayla’s life irrevocably changed when she found out she was pregnant and within a matter of weeks, found out her husband, Sean, had terminal cancer.
Kayla and I talk about her journey. The joy Maxwells birth brought to her and Sean. How she coped with a newborn, Sean’s treatment and, finally how she is moving forward with her life after Sean&rs...
Today we chat with psychologist Shannon Swales about burnout.
We talk about Shannon’s own journey with burnout and through that, how she now specialises within this field of psychology.
Shannon delves in to what burnout is, and how we as nurses can care for ourselves and each other within the healthcare space.
This podcast is full of great information around burnout. What the signs are, tips and tricks arou...
Today we continue our discussion around gambling harm here is Australia.
Both Zen and Kate chat about their knowledge and personal experience around gambling harm and the impact it is having on Australians.
Gambling harm is continually brushed under the carpet as an addiction. It’s easy money for the government and I can only assume that’s why it isn’t addressed more urgently, however, the impact it is havin...
Today on the podcast we chat with two remarkable women who are helping to assist the community around gambling harm.
Zen, is a social worker and counsellor for Turning Point . Her role is to assist clients who call or reach out for assistance with their gambling concerns.
The statistics are clear; as a nation of 27 million Australians , there was a loss of 32 billion to gambling last year.
Young men are the fa...
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