Category: NURSE LIFE
NURSE LIFE
What it’s like to nurse people accused of heinous crimes and why we do it
In the aftermath of the Bondi mass shooting, doctors and nurses at a Sydney hospital have been...
I was secretly filmed using a work toilet. Police claim there are more than 1000 victims
On Saturday morning, after a 12-hour night shift at a Melbourne hospital, I went to the police...
It was just a post-it note, but it unleashed a flood of tears and gratitude
I couldn’t seem to stop crying – on the drive home, in the shower, trying to carry on...
We’re rattled but united after junior doctor accused of filming colleagues in bathrooms
We recently learned there was an alleged predator in our midst, accused of secretly filming people...
For nurses protesting for Palestine, it’s about people not politics
Melbourne nurses and midwives will gather in the city today to peacefully protest against the...
Yes, nurses study pharmacology. That’s why we’re the people who give medications
I thought this went without saying, but after reading the comments on a story about nurses, it...
Seeing emergency response to bleeding patients made me become a blood donor
One of the positive outcomes of becoming an ICU nurse is that it triggered me to start donating...
It’s a profound moment to hold a dying patient’s hand for their last sunrise
Sunrise hits different when it comes at the end of a 12-hour night shift in ICU. For nurses, it’s...
The invisible strings tying generations of women to Taylor Swift
Every Swiftie has a story about why their favourite singer is so important to them. She’s...
I used to think nursing was a regular job, then I saw medical emergencies
There was a time, ashamedly, that I thought nursing was an ordinary profession. Just regular...
Top 10 reasons to embrace the life of a nursing night owl
We’ve seen the scary stories. How shift work exhausts your body, erodes your health, and impacts...
From journalist to ICU nurse: when life forces you to make a Plan B
In hindsight, it was only a matter of time and a wiser person might have had a Plan B. Thousands...