Tenderness for Nurses

Today on the podcast we chat with Dr Lendra James. Lendra is a registered nurse with overtwo decades of nursing. During her career, Lendra has honed her skills as a registered nurse, working tirelessly across various healthcare settings, including cardiology, neurology, trauma, step-down, and nursing leadership. Throughout her journey, she encountered biases and misalignments within healthcare organizations, experiences that fueled her determination to make a difference. The obstacles did not stop her from achieving a nurses executive certification and a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree.

Lendra and I chat about our experiences with burnout. We discuss the impact COVID 19 had on nurses, particularly in the USA and how we can care for each other as nurses in a more productive way.

Today we welcome back Dr Lily Vrtik to chat on the podcast about all things aesthetic. 

As a plastic and reconstructive surgeon, Dr Vrtik sheds light on what it takes to be a plastic surgeon, the ethics involved in plastic surgery and being a woman in this field.

As always, it was an awesome chat with Lily and I hope you gain further insight in to this field of medicine.

Bek x

Part 2: You Questions answered

Dr Naveen SOMIA is a Sydney based specialist Plastic Surgeon.

Dr Naveen SOMIA is a strong advocate for patient safety, evidence based,
Patient centric collaborative care and is passionate about good patient outcomes.

Naveen’s leadership roles include past president of ASAPS, the Australasian society of aesthetic plastic surgery.

Dr Somia is the scientific convenor of the non surgical symposium that is Australia’s premier non surgical meeting  and is a Council member of the Australian Society of plastic surgeons.

Part 1: all things surgical and non surgical within plastic surgery an amazing chat with Dr Somia.

Dr Naveen SOMIA is a Sydney based specialist Plastic Surgeon.

Dr Naveen SOMIA is a strong advocate for patient safety, evidence based,
Patient centric collaborative care and is passionate about good patient outcomes.

Naveen’s leadership roles include past president of ASAPS, the Australasian society of aesthetic plastic surgery.

Dr Somia is the scientific convenor of the non surgical symposium that is Australia’s premier non surgical meeting  and is a Council member of the Australian Society of plastic surgeons.

Today we chat with Kelli who is a midwife, mum, wife and beautiful human.

Kelli has recently released her memoir and professional journey of becoming a midwife.  She discusses the good, the bad and the heartbreaking with honesty and a rawness that brings tears to your eyes.

Kelli took the time to chat with me on the podcast about her book, her life as a professional midwife and the stories of the beautiful families she assisted as a midwife. 

We discuss issues that home birthing midwives face from insurance, lack of support, hospital policies, moral injury and PTSD. 

Kelli’s book is available through the link below. It is a fabulous read!