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Real Nurse Stories emerged as a tribute to nurses during the 2020 International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, honouring Florence Nightingale's 200th anniversary. Our mission was to empower nurses by providing a platform for them to share their journeys and find solidarity in their challenges. Going beyond recognition, we aimed to modernize the image of nursing careers, highlighting the diverse opportunities available today. This served two crucial goals: educating the public about the deman ...
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In this episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing two dynamic leaders who have spent the past year establishing Aussie Nurse Recruiters—a forward-thinking recruitment agency dedicated to transforming the hiring process in nursing. Liam Caswell and Michelle Mexted, the Co-Founders and Directors of Aussie Nurse Recruiters, are not just building an…
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"Empowering Nurses: Margot's journey with Nurse Coaching"
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Join me as Margot, a nurse, shares her transformation experience with coaching. Discover how Margot's journey began with curiosity and a leap of faith into the world of nurse coaching. Overcoming doubts and fears, she found herself on a path of self-discovery and growth.Fast forward two years, Margot reflects on her newfound confidence and leadersh…
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Unleash Your Nursing Superpowers: The Surprising Mindset Shift for a Confidence Boost
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Welcome to Real Nurse Stories! In this episode, I address a common issue among nurses - the struggle with confidence, especially in new roles. Acknowledging that this is a universal challenge, I share a powerful mindset hack: adding 'yet' to negative statements. This simple adjustment transforms self-talk, opening up possibilities and fostering a g…
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Jackson's Story - learn about the diversity that a nursing career can provide.
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Welcome to Real Nurse Stories! Today, we're joined by Jackson Heilberg, a passionate entrepreneur and a nurse, who recently established The Nurse Collective. Jackson's journey into nursing is a story of unexpected turns and a deep desire to make a meaningful impact. Starting with an Arts degree, he eventually fell in love with nursing, a profession…
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Lorna's Story - how to be successful as a nurse entrepreneur, co-founder, Chemo@home
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In this episode, I interview a remarkable guest, Lorna, whose journey from an unexpected entry into nursing to becoming a successful entrepreneur is nothing short of inspiring. Despite initial reservations, Lorna's nursing career took her from a strict, militaristic hospital to the customer-focused world of private healthcare. Along the way, she ma…
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Liam's Story - bedside nurse to coaching graduate nurses to be successful with job applications.
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In this episode, I have the pleasure of interviewing Liam Caswell who is a nurse, a life coach and Director of Liam Caswell Coaching and Podcaster of High-Performance Nursing. Liam and I are kindred spirits and have many things in common when it comes to coaching and nurses. We share the same passion for making coaching accessible to nurses everywh…
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Teresa's Story- Nurse Entrepreneurship, becoming the CEO of your own company
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Welcome to a new season of Real Nurse Stories.In this episode, I interview Teresa, a nurse and an entrepreneur from Kansas in the midwest of America.Teresa is a vocal major who never expected to become a nurse and have a 32-year-long career in nursing!Teresa shares her journey into nursing and becoming the CEO of her own hospice that started as a $…
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Enable Respect Group: raising awareness of hate crime
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The Enable Respect Group is composed of champions who increase awareness of hate crime in Scotland, and provide training to anyone interested to learn more about it. In this episode, Michael McEwan speaks to Jason Methven from Fortune Work Enable Scotland, and Sally Elfverson, a member of the Respect Group about the initiative. Transcript of episod…
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The community social work conference was held on 8 November 2022 in Dunfermline. It was focused on a new model of community social work, which has been launched in Fife. We spoke to Colin Turbett, social work author and consultant; and Kathy Henwood, the CSWO of Fife Education and Children’s Services. They provided an introduction to community soci…
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This is Me: valuing the lives of people with learning disabilities
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This is Me is a campaign that aims to increase public awareness of the experiences of people with learning disabilities. It is a partnership of the Scottish Learning Disability Observatory (SLDO), the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD), Down's Syndrome Scotland and Promoting a More Inclusive Society (PAMIS). Michael Mc…
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ENRICH Scotland: supporting research in care homes
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ENRICH Scotland is a programme of work that supports research in care homes. We speak to the Co-chairs, Emma Law and Susan Shenkin about the programme, what it’s achieving and it’s ambitions. They explain how research undertaken in care homes improves the lives of people who live in care homes, their families and care home staff. Resources Care hom…
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Heart is a wellbeing model of service delivery for children and their families in East Ayrshire. It is an approach in keeping with the principles of a human rights-based, inclusive service design and delivery. Michelle from Iriss speaks to Andrew Bryers about the model, its aims and progress to date. Andrew has been social worker since 2007 and has…
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New Routes Home is a partnership of interested individuals and organisations across Scotland who campaign for the right of all people with disabilities to have their own home and to have meaningful choices around where they live, and who (if anyone) lives with them. This includes having choices around how support is organised and directed. Michael …
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The role of technology in rural social work
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Is technology the answer for rural social work? Jane Pye, Lecturer in Social Work at Lancaster University. explores the potential benefits of using technology, for social workers and people who live rurally and use services. She also considers the dangers of suggesting that the use of technology is the answer to the challenges of working with rural…
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Changing how homecare is commissioned and delivered
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How do we help people live their lives as they want? How can we commission services in a more ethical and person-centred way? The Gwynedd social care team and local health board in Wales have been changing how home care has been commissioned and delivered. They’ve created a model that moves away from ‘time and task’ to one that is more person- and …
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Scottish Learning Disability Week 2022 takes place from 2 until 8 May, and the theme for this year is ‘We all have human rights’. Michael McEwan speaks to Libby Clement and Oonagh Brown from the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) about the theme, its importance and what's happening over the week. Transcript of episode.…
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Why as nurses do we find it so hard to ask for help for ourselves?
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It has been a tough two years for the nursing profession. Many nurses are considering leaving the profession and many are reporting symptoms of burnout and exhaustion. As a profession, we need to acknowledge these struggles, listen to nurses' experiences and importantly take urgent action to support nurses globally as we cannot afford to lose nurse…
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ENABLE Works helps people with learning disabilities and other barriers to employment to obtain and sustain rewarding employment. What are some of the barriers and what is the current situation for disabled people seeking employment? Michael McEwan speaks to Lianne Williams, Depute Director at ENABLE Scotland, and Mark Cuff, who speaks about his ex…
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A new model of support for independent living
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In November 2021, Iriss held event that explored how to shape and support independent, inclusive living for people. Our guest speaker was Kiana Kalantar-Hormozi, an artist, filmmaker and activist. She was nominated one of the 30, most inspirational women in Scotland under the age of 30 in 2017, and was Muscular Dystrophy UK Campaigner of the Year i…
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Disability: what's the learning from Covid-19?
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For disabled people, what has been the learning from the Covid-19 pandemic? And what now needs to happen to ensure better lives? Michael McEwan, a reporter on disability issues, speaks to Health Journalist and Broadcaster, Pennie Taylor about the history of care and support for people with disabilities, the impact of Covid-19 and how support and se…
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Rural lives: poverty and social exclusion
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Jayne Glass and Mark Shucksmith present the findings from the Rural Lives report published in March 2021. It investigates why and how people in rural areas experience poverty and social exclusion, with a focus on financial hardship and vulnerability. The research is based on three study areas: Harris, East Perthshire and Northumberland. Transcript …
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What can rural social workers take from the experiences of the pandemic and how can they stay connected? Digital technologies and our experiences during COVID-19 have highlighted new ways for rural social workers to connect to and support one another, and gain access to new learning opportunities. Iain Ramsay, Professional Social Work Adviser at Sc…
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Cop 26, the global United Nations climate change conference took place this month in Glasgow. What is the impact of the climate emergency on disabled people and how do they have their voices heard? Michael McEwan speaks with Susie Fitton, Policy Officer at Inclusion Scotland about their involvement at Cop 26, the impacts of climate change on disabl…
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Doing public service management differently
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The Centre for Public Impact, Healthcare Improvement Scotland and Iriss are together delivering events in November and December 2021 that will explore how a Human Learning Systems approach can support people and organisations to commission health and social care differently. In this episode, Toby Lowe, Visiting Professor of Public Management at the…
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Adapting social work for a changing planet
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Cop 26, the global United Nations climate change conference is underway in Glasgow, Each country will bring their plans for reducing emissions and combatting climate change. As a people, community and society focused profession, is there a role for social work in the environment and climate change agenda? And if so, what is it? Dr Heather Lynch, MS…
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The Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care, Kevin Stewart MSP, officially launched a recovery conversation cafe toolkit for organisations and services. Developed by the Scottish Recovery Network, the toolkit provides a guide and resources to help people engage in meaningful discussions about what is important to them and their communities. W…
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The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD) has launched an app, Human Rights Town, to help people with learning disabilities understand their human rights. The development of the app has been led by a group of people with learning disabilities who have been working with SCLD. It invites users to travel around a virtual …
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Lifelong Links is a project led by Family Rights Group and delivered by local authorities. It supports children and young people in care to connect with and develop relationships with family members, and other people who care about the young person, so they can become part of a lasting support network. Anne Begbie, Coordinator of the Lifelong Links…
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Iris's story - embracing rural nursing in Western Australia as a graduate nurse.
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In this episode, I interview Iris who is currently a Grad nurse on placement in Rural Western Australia.Iris never wanted to be a nurse and always thought that she would go into paramedicine but became hooked on NursingWe cover her journey into nursing and her experience working as a Graduate nurse in a remote and rural site in Western Australia.Ir…
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Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities
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The research project – Coronavirus and people with learning disabilities – is a UK wide study which has been exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people with learning disabilities. In Scotland, the study is led by the University of Glasgow, with the support of the Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities (SCLD). Michael…
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