{"id":8455,"date":"2020-09-29T12:28:53","date_gmt":"2020-09-29T02:28:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=236"},"modified":"2020-09-29T12:28:53","modified_gmt":"2020-09-29T02:28:53","slug":"year-of-the-nurse-and-midwife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/news-at-the-royal\/year-of-the-nurse-and-midwife","title":{"rendered":"Year of the Nurse and Midwife \u2013 Meet Leanne Moreton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><div id=\"attachment_296\" style=\"width: 330px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-296\" class=\"wp-image-296 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2020\/10\/rbwh-midwife-leanne-morton-b.jpg\" alt=\"Leanne Morton\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 320px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 320\/480;\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RBWH Continence Advisor Leanne Morton<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When her manager first raised the prospect of becoming the continence nurse, Leanne wasn\u2019t sure about it. At first, she admits, it was the five-day working week that attracted her to the role. But soon into the job, she realised that there was huge scope as a continence nurse to make a real difference in a patient\u2019s life \u2013 to make complex challenges feel a little less complex and to ease a patient\u2019s fears and worries through offering expert advice and practical support.<\/p>\n<p>Leanne has given a lot to nursing and the patients she has supported but says choosing a career in nursing has given her just as much in return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNursing has given me confidence, an ability to think on my feet and problem solve and always be on time, much to the annoyance of my children,\u201d said Leanne.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbove all, nursing has given me perspective and a sense of gratitude for the life I live. Every day I come to work and I see people who are going through big challenges in life and some people who have very little. If I can help make a difference to their quality of life and reassure them that there is support and things are going to be okay, that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When Leanne\u2019s not supporting her patients, she\u2019s working alongside her team to provide the best multidisciplinary care for urology patients and teaching younger nurses the ins and outs of urology and continence nursing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are endless opportunities in a nursing career. It can take you anywhere. Becoming a nurse would have to be one of the best decisions I\u2019ve made in my life,\u201d said Leanne.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Picture it: it\u2019s November 1988 and a bright-eyed 18-year-old Leanne Morton is starting her first day of nursing training at Royal Brisbane Hospital. 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