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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Sep 10

Excited to be in beautiful Brisbane at the @acparamedicine.bsky.social conference amongst fabulous folk continuing to advance #paramedicine. I'm presenting this morning on paramedic student learning and this afternoon about important conversations when patients die. #ACPIC25

Title slide shows image of unsure paramedic in bed with the grim reaper

Title slide 'Navigating difficult conversations'

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Australasian College of Paramedicine @acparamedicine.bsky.social · Sep 3

Applications are now open for the 2025 College Research Impact Grants, offering up to $2,000 to support paramedicine researchers in sharing their work through conferences, publications and more.

Apply by Friday 10 October at bit.ly/Impact-Grants-Open

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Sep 3

Health NZ nurses are striking again, today. Senior doctors are considering doing the same. My ED SMO colleague is telling it how it is, in emergency care, right now. The worst I've seen it, this century [yep, I'm that old]. #EMSky #EMSSky www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Senior Doctors to vote on strike action

Senior doctors could soon be following nurses, who will walk off the job again tomorrow. The doctors are currently voting on whether to take strike action later this month according to the Association...

www.rnz.co.nz

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Hannah Shelley, MLIS (Metadata, Lattes & Impostor Syndrome) @hannahshelley.bsky.social · Aug 13

Since search is dead, how soon do you think Google Scholar is headed for the Google Graveyard? I'm betting it's soon, and academia is NOT prepared

Google Scholar Is Doomed

Academia built entire careers on a free Google service with zero guarantees. What could go wrong?

hannahshelley.neocities.org

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WoWe@NZEDs @miknicnz.bsky.social · Aug 7

Quality Improvement and Workplace Wellbeing Capacity and Capability in Aotearoa New Zealand Emergency Departments. A Nationwide Mixed Methods Survey url: academic.oup.com/intqhc/artic...

Quality Improvement and Workplace Wellbeing Capacity and Capability in Aotearoa New Zealand Emergency Departments. A Nationwide Mixed Methods Survey

AbstractBackground. Healthcare workers in emergency departments (EDs) need to function optimally to deliver high-quality healthcare. High levels of burnout

academic.oup.com

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · Jul 31

What do you do for a broken health system and burnt out healthcare workers?
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Healthcare #Nurses

Cartoon. A box of Brown’s Plasters (band-aids) on a table. The front of the box shows Health Minister Simeon Brown holding his middle finger up, which had a sticking plaster around it. The side of the box says “Economy Size”. Beside the box it says, “Used on health workers across the motu”

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Jul 31

Paramedics are key providers of care to families during death, dying & bereavement, but this is not a well-recognised part of their role. We explored current clinical guidance across Australian & New Zealand ambulance services 🚑📤 #EMSky #EMSSky #OpenAccess #Paramedic #EoLC

ScienceDirect.com | Science, health and medical journals, full text articles and books.

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Jul 29

We should be investing in employing health graduates and retaining them in New Zealand. Politicians choose easy, short-term 'wins' like opening new medical schools and funding cancer drugs. But who is going to look after you when you're old and frail?
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Health NZ admits it can't afford to employ all nurses wanting work

Just 323 of 722 applicants have got jobs in hospitals through its Advanced Choice of Employment Mid-Year matching process.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Andrew Jull NZRN @andrewjull.bsky.social · Jul 29

Nurses srriking for a better health care system outside Auckland City Hospital / Te Toka Tumai

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Jul 24

"Like any great tool, LLMs' impact will depend on how we collectively use them - and what we choose to build."
Food for thought.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Large language models as disrupters of misinformation

Nature Medicine - As patients move from WebMD to ChatGPT, Thomas Costello makes the case for cautious optimism.

www.nature.com

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · Jul 24

If you're a researcher in NZ please do our very short survey on the Vision Mātauranga policy! We are keen to hear your opinions. DM for the survey link

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Jul 12

Well worth a watch/listen ⬇️

Carl Horsley @carlhorsley.bsky.social · Jun 18

Delighted to share the keynote talk from the Monash Patient Safety and Human Factors conference.

It examines what do we mean by “patient safety?”, exploring the roots of current approaches and how they leave us blind to changing risk and our increasingly brittle systems.

youtu.be/cvGXYtNZ1o8?...

The Future of Patient Safety: A Journey from Human Error to System Safety

YouTube video by Perioperative Medicine Monash University

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Jul 11

Uplifted by the generous, innovative, passionate group of people at the inaugural New Zealand Palliative Care Paramedicine Study Day 🚑📤 Pockets of important work highlighted, but still so much we want to do. #EMSky #EMSSky #hapc @acparamedicine.bsky.social

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Jun 19

Most CPR manikins resemble slim, white men. BLS training needs to acknowledge that people in cardiac arrest can have breasts, fat, or dark skin. Fear of exposing & touching breasts in #OHCA costs lives. Pleased to be a co-author of this survey of CPR manikin diversity & call to do better.

CPR manikin diversity for BLS education: Current status mapped by an international cross-sectional survey and steps to reach health equity

Certain community groups receive less bystander Basic Life Support (BLS). To improve that it was proposed to include in BLS training manikins represen…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Eddy Joe Gutierrez @eddyjoemd.bsky.social · Jun 13

When a patient presents with mottling among their constellation of signs, symptoms, and labs, there is a look that team members give each other that we've all seen. It's not a positive look. Here is some data reinforcing our intuition. 🎩 tip to the authors.
eddyjoemd.com/foamed

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Jun 7

I know, right? I feel very lucky to receive such a personal and creative gift 🎁 Now I am a published photographer 📸 😉

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Secret Santa Aotearoa @secretsanta.nz · Jun 6

#MWSecretSantaAoNZ

Mid Winter Secret Santa quite proudly the wokest thing you will find on the internet today

Just a bunch of virtual strangers spreading aroha and kindness in a literal sense - you will not find anything better, that ain't a challenge it's simply the truth!

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Jun 6

Thanks to my #MWSecretSantaAoNZ - a book featuring some of my photos & thoughtful AoNZ #birds nerdiness...and delish chocolate. Absolutely love ❤️ 😍

Bird nerdy photo book, Whittakers chocolates in my favourite flavours & a lovely card

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Andrew Tagg @andrewjtagg.bsky.social · Jun 4

Busy slides don’t make you look clever.
They make your message harder to follow.

Here’s how to say more — with less:
🔗 speakhuman.kit.com/posts/say-le...

#PublicSpeaking #PresentationTips

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Natalie Anderson PhD RN @cerebralnurse.bsky.social · Jun 1

Bye, Helsinki 👋🏼🇫🇮 Thanks for putting on some gorgeous Spring weather for #EAPC2025 @eapcvzw.bsky.social

Char, asparagus & potatoes in creamy white wine sauce

View of Helsinki from ferry to Suomenlinna

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International Observatory on End of Life Care @ioelc.bsky.social · May 30

Congratulations to Sheila Payne and colleagues for the award of the Journal of Palliative Medicine paper award at #EAPC2025

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Anne Finucane @annefinucane.bsky.social · May 30

Great to see over 100 posters on the management of psychological symptoms & needs at #eapc2025. Check out our poster on research required in this area. And feel free to join our network to exchange ideas on research and practice in this space: www.mainexchange.org.uk

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fionarawlinson1.bsky.social @fionarawlinson1.bsky.social · May 30

@eapcvzw.bsky.social #EAPC2025 .thankyou Caroline Hertler - winner of the EAPC Post Doctoral award for an inspiring description of the journey - ‘ from bench to bedside and beyond’

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Palliative Medicine Journal @palliativemedj.bsky.social · May 30

Congratulations to Matthew Allsop and colleagues for the award of Palliative Medicine 'Paper of the Year' awarded today at #EAPC2025. Very well done for an excellent paper. #hpm #hapc

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fionarawlinson1.bsky.social @fionarawlinson1.bsky.social · May 29

@eapcvzw.bsky.social and we’re off ! Powerful opening words and inspiration across generations

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