Short stories and poems 2014

We celebrated International Midwives’ and International Nurses’ Days 2014 with our inaugural Short Story & Poetry Competition. First State Super sponsored the first prize of $2000 and two prizes for runners-up of $500 each. The official winners chosen by the panel of judges were announced on 30 April. Arch Sirodom, a student nurse from Lewisham, claimed the $2000 first prize, sponsored by First State Super, with his short story Her Smile. The two runner-up prizes of $500 each were won by registered nurse Mary Perry of Como for Those were the days…, about nurses’ preparedness for all situations, and The Ambulance by Kathleen Wurth from Hinton, about a scene from a palliative care nurse’s day. The Readers’ Choice vote closed on May 19 and was won by Ariane Blom of Belrose with her story Serendipity.  Ariane won $500 sponsored by the NSWNMA.

Stories: A Bush Nursing Experience – Hannah Musgrove Anna’s Story – Fiona Lewis A reunion with Alfie – Ruth Hemingway-Frior A Well Oiled Machine – Ruth Hemingway-Frior Bowels! – Margaret Richardson Charlie – Kathleen Wurth Destiny – a nurse story Four Days with Hardley – Ruth Hemingway-Frior Glory Days – Sandra Grice Her smile – Arch Sirondom If I Had My Time Over … – Lyn Walkman In the Shower – Kaiija Talviharju Journal of a Musical Nurse – Elizabeth Mackney Meal Trays – Kathleen Wurth Merci Madam – Ruth Hemingway-Frior My Australian Stories – Fukiko Bryant My walk with Christie – Sue Southgate Nurse Illusion – Trish Jones Our Farewell Gift – Shirley Ann Morley Patient Centred, Team Based Collaborative Care –  Ros Rolleston Power and humility Reflections – Deborah Jones Serendipity – Ariane Blom ‘She’ – Michelle Simpson Sorry – Mary Louise Stammers Success – Julie Brant The Ambulance – Kathleen Wurth The Apprentice – Amy Shields The Darkened Room – Kathryn Lascelles The Socks – Kathleen Wurth The Walk – Kathleen Wurth This time he wouldn’t waste the moment – Andrew Shillam Those were the days – Mary Perry

Poems: A Poem for Community Nurses – Ellen Thacker A Tribute to Annabel – Nadine Ragubeer All in a community nursing day – Cheryl Smith Baby T – Julie Beydoun Caught – Kaija Talviharju Dying in Dignity – Margaret Armstrong Friend – Maria Kapodistrias Lethal Combination – Margaret Armstrong Light your lamp – Anne Fenton May I Hold Your Hand: A Nurse’s Poem – Corina Melicia Williams-Moir My Little Angel Heart – Julie Beydoun Nursing Joy – Maree Carlson Ode to Suzie – Sharon Burns Palliative Nursing – Maree Carlson Paperwork … more paperwork – Tracey Hibbert Student Life – Maree Carlson The Belongings – Shirley Ann Morley The diversity of our calling – Heather Reynolds The Down and Out – Maree Carlson The hands of the clock – Catherine Perez The Joy of the Bedpan – Susan Schlizio The Night Before Christmas – Victoria Rose The Silent Birth – through the eyes of a midwife – Felicity Williams The Woman in Room 72 – Anthony Armstrong Through My Eyes – Through Her Eyes – Sarah Martin Trauma in the OT – Trish Keating ‘Twas A Night In Emergency – Heath Snoek Who cares for me – Tracey Hibbert Workplace – Deborah Owen Eternity – Julie Brant

 

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