This week Shaye is joined by a giant in Australia’s nursing history, Valda Wiles AM. Valda commenced her nursing career in 1956, and was a pioneer in the field of critical care nursing. She was also instrumental in winning today’s clinical care structure and the introduction of Clinical Nurse Specialists in our nursing teams. On top of this, she was also a union stalwart and authored a book on the history of critical care in Australia. For her work, she was awarded an Order of Australia in...

This week Shaye speaks with Deb Lang. Deb is a retired nurse and midwife, with an incredibly varied career. After training and working in hospitals in Sydney in the 1970s, Deb then spent time working in Goulburn and the Central Coast, retiring recently from her role as a rehab CNC at Gosford Private Hospital. She was a member of the NSWNMA Council for many years and still remains involved in our campaigns through our Retired Member Activist Group. Her passions include veterans health and...

On this episode Shaye speaks with Jenel Anderson, a transport nurse based in the Lower Hunter, and Sue Cameron, who is based in South West Sydney. Patient transport nurses play a critical role in our healthcare system. Whether it’s transporting patients between hospitals, to and from nursing homes to health facilities, or taking people home after their stints in hospital, they play a vital role in patient care. It’s a broad and diverse specialty – but one that is rarely in the spotlight

This week Shaye speaks with Emergency nurse, James Adams. James is an ED nurse in Western NSW, and is the President of the NSWNMA’s Bathurst Branch. On top of this, he’s a trained paramedic, a TV extra and an organ donor. He has also been awarded the Oberon Young Citizen of the Year and the St John Bravery Award, and has featured on Family Feud along with some of his ED colleagues. Talk about a full schedule! For more information on organ donation visit; https://www.donatelife.gov.au/

This episode Shaye sits down with Nursing Unit Manager, Julie Latimer and Clinical Nurse Specialist, Marge White from the Uniting Medically Supervised Injecting Centre (MSIC) in Kings Cross, Sydney. To find out more about Art from the Heart visit https://artfromtheheart.uniting.org

This week Shaye speaks with registered nurse Matt Tyson aka 'The Barefoot Nurse'

This week Shaye speaks with Lynda Balneaves, a registered nurse and cannabis researcher from Canada. Resources mentioned in the podcast; https://www.cannabisnurses.org https://ccic.net

This week Shaye speaks with Sonia Kokuro, 2021 New to Practice Nurse of the Year.

This week Shaye speaks with nurse Diane Lang, a NSWNMA Councillor and long time aged care activist about the recent Federal Election and the pre-budget announcements for health by the NSW Government.

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This week Shaye speaks to Jocelyn Hofman, an aged care nurse who knows how important the outcome of the 2022 Federal Election is to the aged care sector.

This week Shaye speaks with Kelly Falconer, an emergency clinical nurse specialist and president of the Wyong Branch of the NSWNMA.

This week Shaye speaks with Skye Romer, a mental health nurse and secretary of the Prince of Wales Mental Health Branch of the NSWNMA about her experience and the current state of mental health nursing.

This week Shaye sits down with Sarah Morton, a dual registered midwife and nurse from Wollongong, to talk about the current midwifery crisis in NSW.

This week Shaye speaks with Corey Sclater. Corey is a nurse who has stepped up to the challenge of working towards ending COVID-19 overseas. He is currently based in Papua New Guinea as part of the international response to COVID-19 in the country. Corey was the 2020 NSW Health New to Practice Nurse of the Year, a recipient of the Champions of Change Award, and is an NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association member

This week Shaye is joined by Associate Professor Martin O’Brien (University of Wollongong) to talk about the contribution of public sector wages to Illawarra’s economy during the prolonged crises of Black summer bushfires and COVID-19.

This week Shaye speaks with the ANMF’s federal secretary Annie Butler to discuss how our organisations will be working together over the upcoming year.

This week Shaye speaks with Mark Aitken, a Registered Nurse and the Stakeholder Engagement Manager of Nurse and Midwife Support (NMS). NMS is 24/7 national support service for nurses and midwives providing access to confidential advice and referral. Nurse & Midwife Support is funded by the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia and run independently by Turning Point. The NSWNMA is working in partnership with NMS on the “I’m Only Human” campaign www.nmsupport.org.au

The 1st of December marked World AIDS Day, a time for us to reflect upon the other pandemic that affects so any people in Australia, and to continue to raise awareness of the issues surrounding HIV/AIDS. Today we’re fortunate to be joined by Timmy Lockwood, who is a Clinical Nurse Consultant at the Centre for Population Health’s STI Programs Unit to talk about the importance of this day. For more information visit; https://www.ashm.org.au/

This week Shaye sit down with Natalie Lang (Secretary, Australian Services Union) to discuss the We Won't Wait campaign. In Australia a woman dies every week because of family and domestic violence. Family and domestic violence is the leading cause of death, disability and illness among women aged 15-44 years, greater than cancer or heart disease. And yet access to paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave is limited. Paid Family and Domestic Violence Leave means a woman can access support...

In this week’s episode, I speak to Steven Zorgios, an emergency nurse and NSWNMA delegate who has been working in the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss why he got into nursing, what it's been like working in emergency over the past few months, and what changes he believes our health system needs.

This week on the Shift, Shaye speaks with nurse turned NSWNMA organiser Laura McKone about their time working the emergency wards together at the start of their careers.

Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah FRACP, PhD (Consultant Physician General Medicine and Infectious Diseases, Melbourne spoke at the NSWNMA's recent Safe Work Webinar. Here she talks about fit testing and a respiratory protection program.

The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU)recently held an emergency superannuation summit to address the current situation in Australia with regard to superannuation and proposed changes to legislation by the Morrison Government. Speakers include: Michele O'Neil, Bill Kelty, Jamila Rizvi, Heather Ridout, John Hewson, Emma Dawson and Sherree Clarke.

Dr Kate Charlesworth (Environmental Sustainability Lead at SESLHD) talks about flattening the climate change curve. Kate can be contacted via email - [email protected]