Vitally Unstable

We have jammed this episode full of a mix of tangible and loving advice, tips and wisdom for your grad year If you've already been through the exhausting but amazing rollercoaster that is your grad year, share this episode with someone who is yet to embark on that journey  Got a topic or question that you want answered on the podcast?  Send them through to nursesibs@gmail.com or on Instagram...

We're back after three months away from nursing so we have a few (great but also not great) nursing and very non-nursing stories and updates for you in this episode Our girl Sara features alongside The Veronicas as well as another unsung hero we know our nursing family will relate to. It's so good to be back - we missed you! Got a topic or question that you want answered on the podcast? ...

With 2025 and our travel nursing era coming to an end, we delve into a full recap of the year in this longer than usual (but fun, funny and a little bit night-shift-silly) episode  Spoiler alert: not a lot of what we had on our 2025 bingo card went to plan, but we had a fun time, learnt a lot and made the most of some interesting situations we found ourself in  We also couldn't let this episo...

If you've ever day dreamed about doing something completely unrelated to nursing, even just for a month, this episode is full of ideas and inspiration for just that! We talk about some things that other nurses have done to have little (or big) break from nursing, as well as things we have considered doing ourselves.  Got a topic or question that you want answered on the podcast?  Send them th...

After a burnout related melt down that ended up bringing some beautiful connection and conversation through social media, we decided to unpack some parts of burnout as nurses.  We've both experienced burnout and how tough it can be to work through - especially when you don't want the only solution to be 'just don't be a nurse'.  We talk about how, while we don't have...

Twas the night before night shift number three and we thought it would be a good idea to string some sentences together in response to some posts on the Australian Nursing sub-Reddit  Some of these sentences make minimal sense, but if you're in the mood for a laugh - or you're in a 'if you don't laugh you'll cry' kind of mood about our world of nursing - keep listenin...

We know we are not alone on this one...  Sometimes social media can such a positive part of our lives and other times, it's kind of soul destroying  In this episode we have an honest and raw conversation around social media - how it impacts our mental health, our self-confidence and even our workplaces since we have been doing travel nursing around Australia.  Got a topic or question that you...

Another contract down calls for a debrief that covers the highs, the lows, the lessons and the outback country quirks.  Join us for a semi-sleep deprived debrief that ends up being pretty insightful for one of our careers more than the others.  Got a topic or question that you want answered on the podcast?  Send them through to nursesibs@gmail.com or on Instagram directly to Nurse Sibs  For the la...

If this episode has one goal, it's to prove to you that ECGs don't have to be the most confusing thing that you dread ever being asked about as a nurse and to empower you to learn how to interpret them in the simplest possible way.  From learning where to look, to what a P wave represents, all the way to axis deviation tricks and how to pick left and right bundle branch blocks in a few s...

This weeks episode is a listener question around transitioning from a non-resus competent nurse in a metro setting to rural setting where anything goes - resus included!  We unpack what the non-ED nurse one of us has done to prepare for these situations to help give this listener some tangible advice that could be the difference between life and death... So no biggie really.  Got a topic or questi...

We felt like a heartfelt but slightly rogue debrief on all things nursing and that's exactly what this episode turned out to be.  So you know what you're in for, get ready to hear our thoughts on: Not wanting to work clinical  Nursing management all the way to the top and how everyone seemingly hates them? The HUGE job I applied for recently and haven't talked about yet  Plus some r...

Not getting a grad year can feel like your nursing career is over before it’s even started - but it doesn’t have to feel like that.  In this episode we share some personal anecdotes around not getting grad years, as well as some advice on what to do if you find yourself in this situation. Because even though it feels like the end of the world for your nursing career, it really isn’t - you’re just...

Let's be real - some shifts leave us all feeling like we should've stuck with our childhood dreams to be an astronaut instead of a nurse. But there are so many things about our jobs that bring us joy, a sense of fulfilment and scratch our inner-nerd itches So this episode is dedicated to those things. This is your dose of positive, heartwarming nursing content, and just like our Code WTF...

If you've ever wondered about what travel nursing in Australia is really like, this is the episode for you.  We share our honest experiences and opinions on all the things you want to know. From getting contracts that work for you, to the money side of things, and all the fun side quests in between. This episode goes over the pros, cons, and some common questions we get asked about travelling...

Welcome to our new segment: Code WTF Because sometimes in nursing, if you don't laugh, you'll cry  This lighthearted, fun-poke at anonymous nursing stories is intended to be exactly that - something that brings you a laugh and isn't all that serious.  Nil max dose of this episode is prescribed, so you can come back for as many laughs as you need.   Don't forget to follow and re...

With Georgia gaining her CNS in Cardiology title and Tom with his CNS in Blood, this episode covers the different roads we took to become Clinical Nurse Specialists.  We cover some common questions about CNS' that land in Nurse Sibs' DMs and give some advice to any nurse striving to become one.  If you're listening to this in real time, there is still time to enter our incredible La...

In today’s episode, Nurse Sibs (Georgia) & Nurse Tom discuss some of the ‘hairy’ & risky clinical situations they’ve encountered during their nursing practice.  From precarious intubations, rushed cardioversions, unrecognised tamponades – this episode breaks them all down to pull out some pearls of wisdom for our listeners.  Don't forget to enter our Launch Week Giveaway where you cou...

The podcast finally made it out of the chat and we couldn't be more excited about it!!  This being our first episode, we figured it made the most amount of sense to introduce our two hosts - Nurse Sibs and Nurse Tom - to give you a little insight into our careers, experience and general vibes all round.  Keep listening to the end to find out how you can enter our epic Launch Week Giveaway whe...