NursePreneur Academy

This week I had the pleasure of interviewing Cynarra from Health Insight HQ. A nurse mentor/coach who helps nurses thrive in their career search, applying for roles and managing their university workload!  Cynarra shares her career insights from working in the private system in Gynae, Anaesthetics, Recovery, Tertiary education and how that led to setting up her business Health Insight HQ...

On this episode of High Performance Nursing, I had the privilege of interviewing the founder of The Breakthrough Nurse, Hannah Sawyer.  Hannah Sawyer is a Registered Nurse of 7 years, a dog mum and Master NLP practitioner and Timeline Therapist. She is the founder of The Breakthrough Nurse. A brand on a mission of empowering nurses to heal from their past trauma, limiting beliefs and everythi...

On this episode of High Performance Nursing, I share my thoughts, concerns and genuine worries for the future of the nursing workforce.  Over the last 2 years we have as a profession faced some unprecedented challenges not seen for over 100 years.  I unpack some of the challenges we face in our day-to-day work, our career sustainability, our progression as nurses among many other key cha...

On this episode of High Performance Nursing, I catch up with Zara Lord (RN), the founder of uPaged an on-demand healthcare marketplace solution to connect healthcare facilities, nursing agencies & compliant clinicians in a single, fully integrated ecosystem. Zara was first and foremost a proud ICU and shares her career experiences whilst working in a busy tertiary hospital ICU. Zara's dis...

In this week's episode of HIgh-Performance, Nursing Liam gets deep as he talks about quitting a very high-paying dream job( >160K per year) after being in the role for 4 weeks! Liam talks about the challenges of finding a role that is in alignment with your personal values and professional career goals. Chasing your dreams doesn't always result in happiness, especially if you are chasing the wr...

In this episode of High-performance Nursing, Liam unpacks the two common types of mindsets that exist and how we can navigate them within a clinical nursing context. Drawing upon his personal learnings, studies, and experiences Liam dives into what affixed mindset is, how it may present, and how to spot it on your peers and self. Liam explores how you can coach someone with a fixed mindset to move...

This week on the High Performance Nursing Podcast, I was lucky enough to interview the amazing Nurse Jacqui O' Connor from Heart Place New Zealand. Jacqui is a champion of carers, noting the importance of carers (nurse, AIN's, students, PSA's, NDIS carers, OT's, Physios etc) filling their cup first allowing them to give more to the vulnerable they care for holistically via natural osmosis. Jacqui...

In this episode of High Performance Nursing, I share with you the top tips that I have tried and tested to ensure that you have all the information and more required, prior to putting pen to paper and applying for the role!  In this episode, I talk about how doing your research about the role you are interested in (yes even if you are a graduate nurse) can make a huge difference and potential...

In this episode of High Performance Nursing, Liam gives us insight into the tips, tricks and tools he shares with his nurses to tackle the dreaded selection criteria and cover letter.  Liam dives into how to utilise the STAR approach to tackling complex Selection Criteria questions to ensure you brand yourself optimally, to increase your chances of securing a nursing interview!  This epi...

In this week's episode of HPN Liam takes you through the simple, practical steps to make your CV a stand out at your next job application, he shares his views on your CV being your entry way into a new role + just how critical it is as part of the application.  Although it may sound boring, thoroughly evaluating the format, layout, font and length of your CV is paramount when aligning yoursel...

In this episode of HPN Liam chats with Dunja, social worker and case manager about her accidental journey into working with her heart in social work. Together they unpack what it means to listen to the inner voice and passion of yourself and how doing good in an area that does good for your heart also, is rewarding on so many levels.  As a nurse health care professional, both Liam and Dunja d...

This week on HPN Liam chats with The Happy Nurse Elaina Mullery, listen as they both share their personal experiences with stress and burnout having both experienced it twice in their careers. Elaina explains how getting external help from a therapist who helped her understand Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ignited a passion in her for personal development that ultimately led to the birth of T...

Liam shares with us his learnings after attending a Brené Brown workshop on leadership. He shares his personal insights around adapting the takeaways to the healthcare industry and highlights the need for more vulnerability and courageous leadership. Pointing out that work cultures that don't shame or blame are often more inclusive, effective and have better outcomes.  Liam shares that the de...

Crossing international waters we chat with Darisha Datt, Program Manager at the Fiji Cancer Society in this episode of HPN to highlight the underpinning public health has on the work nurses do and of course the different paths you can take with your nursing career. With 12 years experience in the Public Health sector as Program Manager Darisha's core focuses are on cancer prevention and cance...

In this episode of the HPN podcast Liam chats with Dr Bhushan Joshi, not only one of the most senior doctors in a busy Sydney ED department but also Founder of the Australian Association for LBGTQI Doctors + Dentists. This fascinating chat illuminates the way Dr Bhushan intertwines his knowledge of NLP to improve not only his patient outcomes but also his interpersonal relationships + depth of lif...

Listen to the most powerful episode of HPN yet as Liam shares his real time experience searching for a new nursing job after moving interstate. He talks to the pressure felt as he embarks on this process + how identifying what he wants from a new job role really helps him stay focused. He shares with us how he busts through his limiting beliefs as they play havoc on his psyche, really unpacki...

This is perhaps one of the most important episodes for HPN to date... Liam chats with Tammy Copley an extraordinary skilful leader with a heart as big as her selfless vision. Listen as we dive deep into the bullying culture alarmingly common in the nursing and midwifery culture, as Tammy starts off by giving us the context of her vast and esteemed career.  Tammy tells us how the Nurses and Mi...

Liam chats with Nichola Browning who has an impressive & extensive nursing career spanning many specialities & disciplines, we hear her baptism of fire in the UK as Nichola speaks to the impact the mentorship of key senior nurses had on her burgeoning career to progress, grow & lead. We also hear her unpack the vitally important part debriefing & reflection have on processing emoti...

In this episode of HPN Liam chats with Dan Mabon about the differences between the Australian + British health care systems + just how lucky Australia is in the face of a global pandemic. We hear about our nursing colleagues in the UK on the frontline who are not only extremely underpaid but undervalued in the world's most trusted profession of nursing + as a result, both men chat about their cont...

In this episode of HPN Liam shares with us the essential planning + strategy that experienced nurses need when thinking it's time to step up + take that exciting next step in their career. He delivers the key focus areas you may need to grow in to make your next nursing promotion a reality, speaking to the criteria management look for in candidates. Liam also points out that often it's the nu...

In this episode of HPN Liam chats with Christine Pfeiffer about her leap of faith moment which saw her change career. The two start off by dissecting the jump between studying nursing & beginning your nursing career, speaking to the gaps currently present in the university system & how best you may be able to prepare for the emotional component or 'soft skills' of nursing. They then d...

In this episode I speak specifically to new graduates, giving out valuable advice for those who have just landed their roles + those that are yet to secure a position! This is everything I wish I had known my first year - from how to consolidate skills + knowledge, to offering you a very practical step that will help alleviate any anxiety you may be feeling before starting. I cover off the questio...

In this episode of HPN Liam chats to clinical nurse educator for Intensive + Coronary units at Calvary public hospital in Canberra, Rachel Longhurst. We hear how Rachel became a clinical nurse educator, as she walks us through her career trajectory that was shaped early on by positive experiences + skills investment from an important mentor. She unpacks for us the strategy used for going from L1 R...

In this inaugural episode of the high performance nursing podcast I take you through the baptism of fire that began my nursing career + why creating a platform for nurses to share their stories is so very important to me. I speak to my experience of nurse burnout + how that implanted a passion in me that led to becoming a nurse career coach, mentor + trainer. I delve into how coming from...