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Still buzzing from the amazing vibes at in Cairns! 🙌☀️🏖️ What an honour to connect with so many passionate professionals who are shaping the future of healthcare! 💖

The Gala Dinner was an unforgettable night! 🥂 From the stunning venue and delicious food to the creative and hilarious moments captured as part of the Ausmed Photo Challenge. 💃💃💃

Looking forward to seeing everyone again next year! ✨

History has been rewritten on the final day of the 2024 National Healthcare Games, as we crown the first-ever dual NHG champion! 👑🏅

But despite strong performances from the Nigerian and New Zealand nationals on Day Five, Australia proved too strong overall and comfortably depart the games at the top of the Medal Tally. 🇦🇺

🫶Thank you to everyone who competed this week. We hope you had some fun, and also learned a thing or two along the way. 🎓

Stay tuned next week for the Closing Ceremony!

✨ The stars continue to align for Nigeria today with their recent history-making victory on the basketball court in Paris and now dazzling at the National Healthcare Games to land two spots on the Day 4 podium! 🥇🇳🇬🥉

This sees them shoot straight up the medal tally into second place! 🚀👏

Well done to today's champions Okonkwo, Peachy and Ebuka for their displays of knowledge in Day Four's disciplines: Wound Care 🤕 Blood 🩸 and Paramedicine 🚑

⚡ Tomorrow brings one final opportunity of triumph! Do you have what it takes? 💪🧠

A record-breaking day at the National Healthcare Games saw over 200 individual medals awarded! 🏅🏅🏅

Congrats to Chloe, Emily and the up-and-comer Kristina! Official champions for today's disciplines: Diabetes, Cognition, and Renal. It was a thrilling photo finish for second place, with Emily narrowly pipping the med student on time. 📸

Tomorrow brings another chance to earn the top spot with three new disciplines to test your knowledge on! ✨

🤺 A hard fought day of competition ends with only one perfect score! 🥇

Day Two of the National Healthcare Games also sees 7 countries earning their first medals. 👏👏👏

Well done to todays champions Chloe, Celia and Taryn for coming out on top in this round of disciplines: Medicines 💊 Paediatrics 👶 and Surgical 🏥

Rest up and we'll see you tomorrow for Day Three! ✨

Much like in Paris - the Aussies are off to a hot start! 🇦🇺🔥

Day One of the National Healthcare Games sees Australia leading the way with a staggering 116 medals! 😲

Congratulations to Allyson, Sophie and Christine, who were our daily champions through our first three disciplines: Aged Care, Clinical and Respiratory.

More medals are up for grabs on Day Two, where a whole new set of disciplines will be tested!

Think your healthcare knowledge can earn you a place on the podium? 👀 🥇

29 July - 2 August 2024

👩🏻‍💻📚 Resources of the Month - June Edition ✍🏻💡

Did you complete any of these last month?

Time's running out before EOFY 2024!

With only 2 days remaining in this financial year - Make life easier for yourself by locking in next year's CPD now.

PS - You may be able to claim it on tax!

Find out how you may be able to claim an Ausmed Subscription on tax here: https://www.ausmed.com.au/publish/mlp/tax-cpd-2024

What did the Ausmed community love learning in May? 👩🏻‍💻📚✍🏻💡

Here are some of your favourite resources across some of the most popular topics of the last month!

Happy International Nurses Day! 🎉

To celebrate this and the recent International Day of the Midwife, we're giving everyone 24-hour access to all CPD on Ausmed.

All you have to do is create a free account and/or log in before 10am AEST on the 13th of May 2024 to activate your 24-hour access.

Start learning today! Visit: https://www.ausmed.com.au/campaign/free-cpd-day-2024

Free CPD Day 2024 | Ausmed To recognise the wonderful impact of nurses and midwives, we’d love for you to join in celebrating. Access to online CPD is available for 24 hours when you log in or create an account from 10am 12/5/24 to 10am 13/5/24.

🚨 FREE CPD THIS SUNDAY

To celebrate International Nurses Day as well as International Day of the Midwife last week, we've decided to unlock all CPD on Ausmed for 24 hours!

Simply create a free account and/or log in between 10am AEST 12 May and 10am AEST 13 May 2024 to activate your 24-hour access.

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🌍💙 Celebrating International Day of the Midwife!

We want to honour the incredible midwives around the world who bring new life into our communities with compassion, expertise, and dedication. 🤱👶

💭 Did you know? Midwives are responsible for delivering around 80% of all babies worldwide, playing a crucial role in reducing maternal and infant mortality rates.

💭 Research shows that midwifery care is associated with fewer interventions, less use of anesthesia, and more positive birth outcomes.

Thank you, midwives, for all that you do to ensure safe and empowering birthing experiences. 🌟

🌺 Today, on ANZAC Day, we pause to honour the brave souls who have served and sacrificed for our freedom. Among them stood the 2861 courageous women serving in the Australian Army Nursing Service (AANS) whose dedication and compassion knew no bounds.

These nurses played a vital role not only in tending to the physical wounds of soldiers and civilians but also in providing comfort and solace amidst the chaos of war. From the shores of Gallipoli to the battlegrounds of Europe, their unwavering commitment and resilience shone brightly, earning them the admiration and gratitude of all who crossed their path. It was for this service that more than 80 Australian nurses were awarded with a Royal Red Cross.

As we reflect on this solemn day, let us remember their extraordinary contributions and the indelible mark they left on our nation's history. Their legacy continues to inspire future generations of nurses, reminding us of the profound impact compassion and courage can have, even in the face of adversity.

Today, we pay tribute to these remarkable individuals and express our deepest gratitude for their service and sacrifice. Lest we forget. 🇦🇺🕊️

Sore throat? You might have had a big week belting out your favourite Taylor Swift songs?

Or, could it be strep throat, a bacterial infection of the throat and tonsils?

Strep Throat Symptoms and Related Conditions | Ausmed Strep throat is a bacterial infection of the throat and tonsils. The bacteria that causes strep throat is called group A Streptococcus. This same bacteria can also cause other infections, including scarlet fever and impetigo.

Feel like you’re stuck in your career? You’re not alone.

Anyone can find themselves in that position, whether seasoned healthcare professional or not. While it may be uncomfortable, you don’t need to hang out there indefinitely.

In fact, there are plenty of things you can do in order to get unstuck so that you can move onward and upward sooner rather than later.

Feeling stuck in your healthcare career? | Ausmed If you feel like you’re stuck in your career and don’t know what to do or where to go next, you’re not alone. Anyone can find themselves in that position, whether seasoned healthcare professional or not. While it may be uncomfortable, you don’t need to hang out there indefinitely.

Many health professionals opt not to pursue leadership as their desire to remain 'likeable' outweighs their desire to lead.

What if there was a way to lead and still be genuinely likeable...

Transformational Leadership - Being a Likeable Nurse Leader | Ausmed Transformational leaders have gained attention in recent years for leading in a way that truly inspires teams. Being a genuinely 'likeable' person would be a surefire way to improve the support received from team members and colleagues. But, how does one become more 'likeable'’?

Nobody loves a critic, and we nurses can be so hard on ourselves, can’t we?

If a movie critic only talks about how much they hate everything they see, that would get pretty boring after a while.

Just like a movie critic, you don’t have to love every single thing you’ve done and think you’re absolutely perfect at every moment.

In this week's Handover, we discuss how you can finally talk back to that inner critic of yours.

Is Your Inner Nurse Critic in the Back Seat? | Ausmed When your inner nurse critic is constantly shouting at you from the back seat of your car, something has to change. The easiest solution is to simply hit the ejector seat button if you can, but if that fails, it’s time to talk back.

Reflecting on learning is often perceived as a burden. Yet, done well, reflective practice has a huge amount to offer!

For nurses and midwives, it’s also a necessary activity to fulfil the requirements of periodic re-validation.

Learn the 7 steps to reflect on your learning easily and effectively in this week's edition of The Handover!

Reflective Practice as a Tool for Growth | Ausmed Reflective practice is the ability to reflect on your actions and engage in a process of continuous learning. For nurses and midwives, it’s also a necessary activity to fulfil the requirements of periodic re-validation.

Is your workplace stiff and hierarchical? Or is it more creative and personable? In either case, every organisation has its own cultural baggage to negotiate.

Nurturing favourable workplace environments is a powerful way to support nurses in experiencing optimal career satisfaction and productivity. Find out how you can foster an environment such as this in this week's edition of The Handover.

Nursing Leadership and Workplace Culture | Ausmed There are many explanations for why nurses might resign from positions, change employers or leave the profession altogether; nurturing favourable workplace environments is a powerful way to support nurses in experiencing optimal career satisfaction and productivity.

During the course of your professional life as a nurse, it’s important to make sure you’re still on track and that the health of your career is stable.

So, what are the vital signs of your nursing career? And if you find that they’re not looking good, what inspired actions can you take in order to turn things around?

Checking the Vital Signs of Your Nursing Career | Ausmed There are a plethora of tools, strategies, and techniques for bringing sustenance to a nursing career that has lost its life force. Act before a crisis, intervene on a consistent basis, and your nursing career will never get to the point of no return. It’s worth it, and you’re worth it.

Are you part of a great team? Or, perhaps you aren't?

Working in harmony can depend on a number of variables. A great place to start when looking at promoting harmony amongst your colleagues is by establishing a set of values.

Learn how you can contribute positively to workplace culture in this week's edition of The Handover.

Workplace Values | Ausmed Working in harmony can depend on a number of variables. A great place to start when looking at promoting harmony amongst your colleagues is by establishing a set of values. Set workplace values provide a uniform road-map for work groups to conduct their everyday tasks with a common goal in mind.

In nursing education, much ado is made about the role of critical thinking in the life and healthcare career of the nurse.

One characteristic very much related to critical thinking that is not widely discussed but holds great importance for nurses is curiosity.

A curious nature is central to being effective as a nurse by using inquisitiveness as a means to gain a deeper understanding and insight.

The engine of curiosity can help a nurse go far.

The Curious Nurse Goes Far | Ausmed One characteristic very much related to critical thinking that is not widely discussed but holds great importance for nurses is curiosity.

Updating your resume? Applying for random positions? Poking around aimlessly on LinkedIn? Staring off into the vast career void?

Your efforts don’t need to be aimless, and you don’t need the stress of taking action just for the sake of it.

Understand the art of mindful productivity in today's edition of The Handover.

Your Healthcare Career and Mindful Productivity | Ausmed When you’re trying to advance your career, it can sometimes feel like you’re constantly throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. This is where mindful productivity comes into play, preventing the needless expenditure of energy you could otherwise be using more effectively.

Work is simply more enjoyable when we have strong relationships with those around us.

Given how much time we spend at work, and how stressful working in healthcare can be, wouldn't we would want our work relationships to be fulfilling?

In today's edition of The Handover, we give you 5 key tips for enhancing your professional relationships.

5 Tips to Strengthen Your Professional Relationships | Ausmed Work is simply more enjoyable when we have strong relationships with those around us. Given how much time we spend at work, and how stressful working in healthcare can be, it makes sense that we would want our work relationships to be fulfilling.