Meet the legend Marisa Stevens who has recorded for us an in-depth insight into the world of oncology nursing and being an oncology nurse practitioner. This is a MUST WATCH if you’re interested in oncology nursing or nurse practitioner roles! Make sure to subscribe to our Youtube and share within your networks! Watch our other videos Read in-depth about Marisa’s career Be our next guest Your feedback is needed. Please give us 30 seconds of your time: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JFBZ7QH Want to record a video about your area of nursing? Email hello@thenursebreak.org ..read more

Meet Dave Heath – Former Ambulance Paramedic, turned Oncology and Urology Nurse Practitioner (NP) at Bendigo Health and Goldfields Urology. He is also the first nurse in Australia that performs prostate biopsy. You started your career as an Enrolled Nurse, can you tell us a bit about that time? I started as an EN in the late 90s as a mature age TAFE student. Previously I had been in the building trade as a Painter and Decorator from a teenager. It was time for me to change my working life as I had begun to experience some minor physical complaints from the physically of the building trade and ..read more

We are very pleased to have Viktor Burcevski write for The Nurse Break about the conversation no one wants to have… About Victor is a Registered Nurse, Public Health Practitioner; Clinical Psychologist in Training and a Business Owner. He has worked in a variety of fields including emergency and remote areas and health promotion. Victor also operates his own IT business. The Conversation No One Wants to Have Advanced Care Directives or Advanced Health Directives (AHDs by those in the biz), as they are known in Queensland, are the current flavour of the month. They have been around for a long t ..read more

We are excited to collaborate with GenesisCare to interview Anna Crawford, one of their Clinical Nurse Specialists with over 20 years of oncology nursing experience! GenesisCare is a leading healthcare provider in Australia that specialises in the treatment of cancer, heart disease, sleep & respiratory conditions. They have 5000 highly trained healthcare professionals and support staff across Australia, the U.K., Spain and the United States, designing innovative treatments and care for people with cancer and heart disease. Write or Collaborate Oncology Articles Introduction My name is An ..read more

Meet Nicole Kay, an Oncology & Breast Care Nurse, Preceptor and Academic Assistant. Nicole tackles some tough questions in this article and gives great advice to nurses who read on. From a typical day and insight into the role, to dealing with challenging conversations to the psychosocial aspects of nursing and much more. Oncology Nursing Articles Palliative Care Nursing Articles Introduction I’m a registered nurse and specialist breast care nurse working in a regional private oncology day unit in Queensland. I live in South East Queensland with my husband Adam, my 9 year old son an ..read more

Meet Marisa Stevens – Oncology Nurse Practitioner Thanks for this opportunity Jackson to chat about my nursing role in the oncology team. I have been nursing for >20 years now; my husband is a secondary school teacher (who has been doing it much tougher than me during COVID!) and we have 2 boys (9 and almost 11!). I fell into oncology in my graduate year and haven’t looked back – I have worked in the public and private sectors, interstate and overseas, on the wards and in the outpatient setting. I dabbled with management and staff education but really found my niche in direct patient care ..read more