Do you ever have days when you wonder why you keep doing what you do, and wish you could just get off the roundabout?

Inspiring progress in #palliativecare! Grateful for the insightful meeting with palliative teams (hospitals, Health centers & CHO) from Rwanda Military Hosp, Masaka District Hospital, and BYUMBA LEVEL II TEACHING HOSPITAL . Your pioneering efforts are shaping the future of end-of-life care in #Rwanda .

Remember when the Pharmacy Guild’s Trent Twomey cried over 60 days scripts? 665 pharmacies would close. 20,000 job losses. The end of civilisation as we know it (ok, I made that last one up). So I checked with the Health Dept. Here’s what REALLY happened: smh.com.au/politics/feder…

AKPS scores determining timeframes to death can offer clinicians additional confidence when answering patient and family ‘how long’ questions at end-of-life. Phase 2 of our study has now been published and is available via open access. bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

2 new creative w'shops are now live on my site- 🌿my sell-out botanical illustration & mental health w'shop (15 Mar)-you'll learn to draw plants & how creative activity improves mental health, 🌸my full course on casting flowers, shells etc in silver: workshops.emmamitchell.uk

“Nurses have great ideas. They are problem solvers. They don’t give up. They figure out what to do to get the care to people that they serve," says ICN President Dr Pamela Cipriano, talking of the global power of nurses. bit.ly/3PVTsBV ICN #OurNursesOurFuture

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Great conversations during our #PACOP workshop with residential #agedcare homes in Warrnambool Victoria today. Contact us to find out how PACOP's model of care can support your ACH with the new Strengthened Quality Standards. #PalliativeCare #AgedCareAct

In the news unravellednurse.com.au/in-the-news/ via 🧶 unravellednurse 🧶 @jsam-1967.bsky.social

Working from home.. 😅

It would be so so helpful if you could retweet my May botanical illustration & mental health workshop in my previous tweet if you have a few seconds. I've been unable to work since December due to a breakdown (not remotely proud of this) and I'm trying to get back on my feet so

Day 0 of the #australianelection and I have already seen illegally placed corflutes (too close to the highway) and received unwanted spam txt messages from the Liberals. This is going to be a loooooong 5 weeks…

So the mob that privatised aged care & were responsible for the decades of horror that led to the Royal Commission will be at it again, just when reform is beginning to improve lives of older people. ⁦ANMF - Australian Nursing Midwifery Federation⁩ ⁦⁦⁦⁦Annie Butler⁩ theguardian.com/australia-news…

‘You can let go now’: inside the hospital where staff treat fear of death as well as physical pain theguardian.com/society/2025/a…

Support at Home could still be a game-changer. But not like this. There’s still time to turn it around. But it requires more than tweaks. It requires real leadership, transparency, and trust. #auspol johnmenadue.com/post/2025/05/s…

Health insurers in the USA trying to save money by interfering in the clinical decision making of registered nurses to avoid hospital transfers, causing long term harm & missed opportunities for appropriate care to older people living in nursing homes. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m…

Why Do Doctors Write? | The New Yorker newyorker.com/culture/the-we…

Sometimes dog rescues take a long time to complete. In the case of Bowie it has taken a full year since she came In to us. A pregnant husky in the heat of Thailand 🥵 This is her remarkable story with a very happy ending (1/8) 🧵

Why is it that the Government can aim for a universal childcare system, but the vulnerable elderly are still going to be the victims of profit seeking private providers? theguardian.com/australia-news…