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 […]
Patience with patients
My dad went through a heart bypass surgery in February this year at Flinders Medical Centre. He cannot understand or speak English. He was admitted in […]
Care, attention, time and dedication
There’s always been a weird rivalry between doctors and nurses. I don’t get it, because without the amazing nurses out there, I would never be able […]
Nursing role model
Claire was a nursing practitioner I worked with when I was a second-year Registered Nurse. I had just started a new role in an over-300 bed […]
If you want something done - ask a nurse
My Aunty was a nurse and ever since I was little she would foster my interest in the natural world and human physiology. She would take […]