Nursing and Midwifery Virtual Showcase

Event dates: 9–11 September 2025

Missed the live sessions? You can still register to access the full recordings of the 2025 NSW Health Nursing and Midwifery Virtual Showcase, where colleagues shared inspiring projects and celebrated innovation across our nursing and midwifery teams.

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What you’ll learn in the Showcase recordings

Over three daily sessions, colleagues from across NSW Health presented innovative projects and shared practical insights that are influencing current practice.

If you weren’t able to attend, you can still benefit — all recordings are available on demand for registered participants, supporting your ongoing professional development.

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Explore the presenters and session topics

  • Welcome and Opening

    • Time: 1:30pm–1:50pm
    • Speakers:
      • Jacqui Cross (Chief Nursing & Midwifery Officer, NSW Health)
      • Susan Pearce (Secretary, NSW Health)

    Session 1: Nursing M and M–Creating Opportunities to Share Lessons Learnt Across a Rural Healthcare Facility

    • Time: 1:50pm–2:10pm
    • Speaker: Sam Quarmby (WNSWLHD)

    Session 2 (On the Couch): Frontline First–Nursing and Midwifery Walk Arounds

    • Time: 2:10pm–2:35pm
    • Speakers:
      • ​​Natalie Shiel (SLHD)
      • Hayley Sciuriaga (SLHD)
      • Joanne Kaoutal (SLHD)

    Session 3: Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

    • Time: 2:35pm–2:55pm
    • Speaker: Jennifer Carlon (JHFMHN)
  • Session 1: Safe Steps for De-escalation–Cultivating Compassionate Responses to Reduce Formal Coercion in Acute Mental Health Units

    • Time: 1:30pm–1:50pm
    • Speakers:
      • Alison Taylor (MNCLHD)
      • Professor Marie Hutchinson (Southern Cross University)

    Session 2: Sepsis–​Time is Life

    • Time: 1:50pm–2:15pm
    • Speaker: Kahlia Liston (FWLHD)

    Session 3 (On the Couch): Nursing and Midwifery Resilience Framework

    • Time: 2:15pm–2:35pm
    • Speakers:
      • Andrew Roberts (NBMLHD)
      • Michelle Marjanovic (NBMLHD)

    Session 4: NUM & MUM Leadership Pathways

    • Time: 2:35pm–2:55pm
    • Speakers: 
      • Kassandra Packwood (SNSWLHD)​
      • Rowena Mitchell (SNSWLHD)​
  • Session 1: Enhancing Rural Midwifery Workforce at the Tamworth Maternity Simulation Centre

    • Time: 1:30pm–1:50pm
    • Speakers:
      • Michelle Foster (HNELHD)
      • Lurena Smith (HNELHD)

    Session 2: Rebalancing the Load–Enhancing Staff Wellbeing During Complex Extended Patient Stays

    • Time: 1:50pm–2:10pm
    • Speaker: Sean Pays (SCHN)

    Session 3 (On the Couch): Elevating Practice, Empowering People–Compassionate Leadership, Integrated Education, and Workforce Innovation in Mental Health

    • Time: 2:10pm–2:30pm
    • Speakers:
      • Kylie Williams (CCLHD)
      • Susan Pinnell (CCLHD)

    Session 4: Empowering Caregivers–​Development and Implementation of a Carer-Led Port Drainage Procedure for Ascites Management

    • Time: 2:30pm–2:50pm
    • Speaker: Andrea Firgau (NSLHD)​ and Anastasia Rimagmos (family representative)​

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