This week on This Emergency Life we catch up with Professor Julie Considine. Though she needs very little introduction for any Emergency clinician who has been paying attention, Julie is Deakin University’s Chair in Nursing at Eastern Health, one of Victoria’s largest health services and is a nationally and internationally recognised educator and researcher whose expertise spans both industry and academic sectors. She is also is a foundation member of Deakin University's Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research and Institute for Health Transformation.

Julie has worked in emergency nursing since 1991 when she got her first position in the emergency department at Royal Melbourne Hospital after completion of her ‘staff year’. She later completed her postgraduate emergency nursing course at the long since closed Preston and Northcote Community Hospital in 1994-95. Since these early days Julie has achieved many awards for her excellence and contributions to the field of emergency nursing including Australasian Emergency Nurse of the Year and the Julie Finucane OAM Medal for Leadership in Emergency Nursing. A Fellow of the Australian College of Nursing and founding Fellow of the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia, Julie is also a Senior Editor of the Australasian Emergency Nursing Journal, represents the College of Emergency Nursing Australasia on the Australian Resuscitation Council, and is a member of the International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation Basic Life Support TaskForce.

Julie’s research is aimed at improving the quality and safety of patient care by optimising clinical decision-making, increasing use of research evidence in practice, and ensuring effective models of service delivery.

Julie has also been a leader in nursing education. She pioneered Transition to Speciality Practice programs for emergency nurses in Australia and the Career Development Year was the first of its kind in Australia in 2000.

We talk to Julie about everything from PANCH and inspirational women leaders to CENA, the state of emergency care and of course, emergency nursing. We hope you enjoy our informal chat with Julie as much as we did.