Taking the time to communicate
I had surgery recently, and the nurses involved in my care were amazing. The thing is, I am hearing impaired and wear hearing aids. One of […]
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Offering support and guidance
I was fortunate enough to come across Kevin Hardy, featured in the Encounter alumni magazine, during the untimely death of my wife with cancer. I believe […]
Treating everyone with respect and dignity
I’m a new graduate nurse from Flinders University. After graduating I chose to work in aged care facilities, I found I love working as an Aged […]
Florence Nightingale inspiration
Dr David Pickles from the Renmark campus was my Florence Nightingale inspiration since day one of my studies. His influence remains with me today as a […]
Nurses understand nurses
I work in a Brain Injury Rehabilitation Unit (BIRU), a routine that rotates around behaviours that can sometimes involve verbal and physical aggression, and can sometimes […]
Appreciative of care
I have two particularly cherished memories of nurses and midwives. The first is of a nurse appearing at night out of nowhere when I was struggling […]
Empathetic and comforting
In 2004 I developed an acute leukaemia and was very ill. I left my GP and went to Ashford. I had a bone marrow biopsy at […]
Always attentive
The nurses at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the palliative care unit took care of my grandfather in his last few weeks. He passed away last […]
Kindness and compassion
While working in Darwin I came across the most compassionate, empathetic and knowledgeable nurse working in a chemotherapy suite. This nurse trained me in a completely […]