Into The Blue: Swimming my way through burn-out and grief
Mental health nurse Tessa Moriarty explains how the brisk release of sea-swimming helps her manage symptoms of grief post-pandemic burnout.
Date
25 Jan 2023
News & Events
News about Nurse & Midwife Support and conferences and events where Nurse & Midwife Support will be presenting.
Podcast: Calling Racism Out with Bukwa Madzinga, Julie Ngwabi, Merilyn Homes, and Marty Williams
Bukwa, Julie, Merilyn and Marty share personal experiences of confronting racism and discrimination and how it harms culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) nurses and midwives who do so much to enrich the profession.
Date
05 Dec 2022
Podcast: Addressing the Cultural Safety Gap with Catherine Ivanfy and Helen Macukewicz
Catherine and Helen share insights on how an NSWNMA reference group is advocating for the wellbeing of culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) nurses and midwives.
Date
05 Dec 2022
Missing data obscures the hazard of racism in nursing & midwifery
Some nurses and midwives report experiencing racism daily in Australian workplaces, but many employers are not collecting data on the issue.
Date
05 Dec 2022
Black African nurses battle racism in rural Australian workplaces, study finds
A new study has revealed Black African nurses working in rural Australia experienced incidents of discrimination and disadvantage based on their race and skin colour.
Date
05 Dec 2022
Culturally and linguistically diverse colleagues deserve our support
Welcome to the Summer 2022 edition of the Nurse & Midwife Support newsletter: Supporting culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) nurses, midwives, and students.
Date
05 Dec 2022
Loss of hearing, not loss of life: Living and nursing with a hearing loss
Experienced nurse Jackie shares how she continued nursing after developing significant hearing loss.
Date
25 Oct 2022
De-stress, not distress: How to unwind after work
We all have the best of intentions to improve our ‘wind down’ time especially after an evening shift — but when it comes to it, our best intentions evaporate.
Date
13 Oct 2022
Podcast: Celebrating midwifery friendships with story competition winner Leanne O’Connor
Leanne O’Connor joins the Your Health Matters podcast to tell the story of her three-decade friendship with colleague Rowena.
Date
19 Sep 2022
Podcast: Celebrating nursing friendships with story competition winner Melinda Jesudason
Melinda Jesudason joins the Your Health Matters podcast to tell the story of her three-decade friendship with colleague Hester.
Date
19 Sep 2022
Nursing Story Competition Winner: Hester and Mel — Three Decades of Friendship
Nurse Melinda Jesudason says: “It was Hester that taught me ‘real’ nursing, More than the lectures and lab drills.”
Date
19 Sep 2022
Midwifery Story Competition Winner: My Friend Rowena
Midwife Leanne O’Connor says: “Midwifery has brought mostly joy to my life, but the most precious gift it has given me is my friendship with Rowena.”
Date
19 Sep 2022
Celebrating friendship with the winners of the NMS story competition
Read the winning entries and listen to our podcasts with writers Melinda Jesudason and Leanne O’Connor.
Date
19 Sep 2022
Nurses and Midwives, R U OK?
On R U OK Day this year we want you to ask yourself: Am I OK? The mental health and wellbeing of all healthcare workers matters.
Date
08 Sep 2022
Podcast: Asserting professional boundaries with Dr Wendy McIntosh
Dr Wendy McIntosh joins the podcast to explain how professional boundaries protect the health and wellbeing of nurses, midwives and patients.
Date
12 Aug 2022