A content note for Australian listeners: this episode discusses suicide and domestic violence. If you need support at any time, please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or 1800RESPECT on 1800 737 732. For international listeners: Please see links below for global crisis support services, or Google ‘crisis support’ in your area.

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Segment 1: DV (06:00)Domestic violence remains a pervasive issue in our communities, with incidents occurring at increasingly alarming rates. As health professionals, how do we recognise the signs—and what referral pathways exist for our patients, and for ourselves?

Segment 2: Suicide Prevention (16:10) Health professionals are not only on the frontline of suicide prevention for patients — they’re also part of a higher-risk group themselves when it comes to suicide and suicidal ideation. This is everybody’s business. So, what do we still need to learn, improve and do better in this space? RN Esther Sole joins us to explore exactly that.

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Global Crisis Support Contacts:

AUS: https://www.lifeline.org.au/131114/

AUS: https://www.beyondblue.org.au/

USA: https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/

UK: https://www.samaritans.org/

NZ: https://www.samaritans.org.nz/

SOUTH KOREA: http://www.counsel24.com/

INDIA: https://icallhelpline.org/

PHILIPPINES: https://doh.gov.ph/NCMH-Crisis-Hotline

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Lung Cancer Screening (05:55) Lung cancer is still Australia’s leading cause of cancer death, but a new national screening program promises to shift the landscape. So, what does this mean for practice, and how can nurses prepare to support patients through it? Matt speaks with Mel Laan, the Lung Cancer Nurse Consultant from Royal Adelaide Hospital, to find out.

Sam - the APNA Nurse Scholar (16:15) APNA Nurse Scholar Sam takes us inside her journey — from the wards of Australia to a global classroom in London. We’ll hear what she learned, what inspired her, and how the experience is shaping her nursing practice.

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Meet the Chief, Part Three of Three

She's Australia's most senior nurse and in this instalment, Matt St. Ledger talks to adjunct professor, Alison McMillan about the the changes that could redefine nursing as we know it...

We're casting our eyes forward - beyond the day-to-day, to what's next for the profession.

From the growing influence of Nurse Practitioners and expanded scope of practice, to how we stay connected as a workforce in a system under pressure.

What will it take to future proof nursing? And how do we make sure nurses are at the centre of change and not just reacting to it?

Its the final episode of this bonus series, but the conversation doesn't end here — nurses are driving innovation, shaping policy and redefining what healthcare policy looks like.

Stay informed, stay connected and keep leading from the front. And stay tuned for more healthcare news.

This highly anticipated special series has been produced by Leith Alexander.

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Hosted & Produced by: Matthew St Ledger & Leith Alexander
Produced by: Leith Alexander & Matthew St Ledger

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Hosted & Produced by: Matthew St Ledger & Leith Alexander
Produced by: Leith Alexander & Matthew St Ledger