The ACN Podcast with Ben Jenkins MACN ACN Podcast

Welcome back for what is the final episode of the ACN. Over the last two years I have had the immense honour of hosting the ACN podcast. For 35 episodes across two seasons I have spoken with some outstanding nurses and midwives from a wide-variety of clinical backgrounds and specialties, from both within and outside of the Australian College of Nursing community. Thank you to everyone who has listened to and have supported the podcast over the last two years. Thank you to Kylie Ward and the entire communications team for your support. Whilst I may be stepping away from this role in order to enhance my own skills and career, I will be remaining quite active within the ACN community. Thank you again for all that have listened and I look forward to meeting and speaking with many of you in the future. 

Welcome back to another episode of the ACN Podcast. In today's episode I speak with Jessica Taranto MACN. Jessica is a Clinical Nurse Consultant (CNC) for the Complex Colorectal Service and is the ANUM for the Stage 1 PACU at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. In this episode Jessica details her experiences once on board the ship and provides an incredible insight into the life-changing work 'Mercy Ships' performs. 

Twitter - @jessicataranto

Mercy Ships - https://mercyships.org.au/

Welcome back to another episode of the ACN Podcast. On today's episode I have the absolute pleasure of speaking with the Director of Army Health (DAH) and Head of the Royal Australian Army Nursing Corps (RAANC), COL Toni Bushby. Toni is a member of the Australian College of Nursing and is a strong advocate, particularly for the Military Nursing COI. In this episode Toni details her entry into Army nursing, highlights a few of her key postings and answers questions drawing from her immense leadership experience. 

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the ACN podcast. In today’s episode I am joined by Cayte Hoppner. Cayte is a Member of the Australian College of Nursing (MACN) and at the time of recording is the Chief Mental Health Nurse and Executive Director of Mental Health at La Trobe Regional Hospital. In this episode we cover a range of topics from Cayte's journey into the specialty of mental health nursing, aspects of the profession that have changed over time and an overview of the Royal Commission into the Victorian Mental Health System and what that means for state. As you'll hear, this is an exciting yet important time to be a mental health nurse. 

Welcome back to another episode of the ACN Podcast. In today’s episode I am very fortunate to be joined by Sonia Martin (Goodwin). Many listening would know Sonia for the incredible work that she and her team does with Sunny Street, the GP and nurse led mobile outreach service providing primary health care and coordination services for the homeless and vulnerable. In this episode Sonia details her nursing journey and her thoughts as she and Dr Nova Evans made the career-changing decision to quit their jobs to establish a service that has made a true and meaningful impact to the lives of others. 

Sunny Street - https://sunnystreet.org/

Hello and welcome back to another episode of the ACN podcast. In today's episode I speak with Dr Caleb Ferguson FACN. Caleb is a highly experienced registered nurse, especially in the area of cardiac nursing. Caleb is a Postdoctoral Fellow for the Heart Foundation and has contributed to the development of numerous national guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation (AF). Utilising a clinical scenario, Caleb utilises his immense experience and expertise to answer common questions asked by family members to the bed side nurse managing patients with AF.

Dr Caleb Ferguson:
LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/calebferguson/
Twitter - @calebferg