Vitally Unstable
Episodes
Thriving in Your Grad Year - Our Best Advice and Tips!
18 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We have jammed this episode full of a mix of tangible and loving advice, tips and wisdom for your grad yearIf you've already been through the exh...
It's 2026 and we're back! Life and job updates, Sara Steady and The Veronicas
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We're back after three months away from nursing so we have a few (great but also not great) nursing and very non-nursing stories and updates for ...
2025 Debrief - Things Didn't go as Planned plus Celebrating Our Listeners Achievements
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With 2025 and our travel nursing era coming to an end, we delve into a full recap of the year in this longer than usual (but fun, funny and a little b...
Is This Your Sign to Take a Nursing Career Break?
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever day dreamed about doing something completely unrelated to nursing, even just for a month, this episode is full of ideas and inspir...
Burnout in Nursing and How There is Nothing Wrong With You For Experiencing It
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After a burnout related melt down that ended up bringing some beautiful connection and conversation through social media, we decided to unpack some pa...
Code WTF 2.0 - Sara Stedy's, Six Month Waits for Aged Care Placements and the Apparent 'Good Old Days' of Nursing
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Twas the night before night shift number three and we thought it would be a good idea to string some sentences together in response to some posts on t...
Social Media as a Nurse - Our Love-Hate Relationship
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We know we are not alone on this one... Sometimes social media can such a positive part of our lives and other times, it's kind of soul destroyi...
Outback Queensland Agency Contract Debrief
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Another contract down calls for a debrief that covers the highs, the lows, the lessons and the outback country quirks. Join us for a semi-sleep depri...
ECG Interpretation for Nurses - Basics and Beyond
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If this episode has one goal, it's to prove to you that ECGs don't have to be the most confusing thing that you dread ever being asked about...
Rural Resus Without Resus Experience - Listener Question
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This weeks episode is a listener question around transitioning from a non-resus competent nurse in a metro setting to rural setting where anything goe...
Bonus Debrief - Gas Lighting Nursing Managers, Not Working Clinical and Having Babies
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We felt like a heartfelt but slightly rogue debrief on all things nursing and that's exactly what this episode turned out to be. So you know wha...
Not Getting a Nursing Grad Year and What to do Next
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not getting a grad year can feel like your nursing career is over before it’s even started - but it doesn’t have to feel like that. In this episo...
Things We Love About Nursing
17 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Let's be real - some shifts leave us all feeling like we should've stuck with our childhood dreams to be an astronaut instead of a nurse. Bu...
Travel Nursing in Australia: The Pros and Cons of Agency
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you've ever wondered about what travel nursing in Australia is really like, this is the episode for you. We share our honest experiences and ...
Code WTF
03 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to our new segment: Code WTFBecause sometimes in nursing, if you don't laugh, you'll cry This lighthearted, fun-poke at anonymous n...
Our journeys to Clinical Nurse Specialists
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With Georgia gaining her CNS in Cardiology title and Tom with his CNS in Blood, this episode covers the different roads we took to become Clinical Nur...
Lessons from some hairy nursing stories
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, Nurse Sibs (Georgia) & Nurse Tom discuss some of the ‘hairy’ & risky clinical situations they’ve encountered durin...
Meet your Vitally Unstable hosts!
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast finally made it out of the chat and we couldn't be more excited about it!! This being our first episode, we figured it made the most...