LATEST EVENTS
L-R Roni Morton (NSLHD), Lesley McNab (UTS)
These resources have already been shared with new graduate nurses in NSLHD’s Mental Health and Alcohol and Drug (MHDA) services, as well as undergraduate nursing students at UTS. Early feedback has been very positive, with participants reporting greater confidence in navigating difficult conversations with empathy and compassion.
10-12 SEPTEMBER 2025
Roni Morton, Nurse Educator from NSLHD MHDA, and Lesley McNab, mental health nursing lecturer from UTS, were delighted to co-present at this year’s ACMHN Conference in Brisbane. Together with Associate Professor Natalie Cutler, they showcased the outcomes of the Compassionate Conversations pilot project to an audience of clinicians, educators, and researchers from across Australia. Following the success of the pilot, the project has secured two years of funding from NSW Health to develop digital resources that model compassionate approaches to challenging interactions in mental health care.
Associate Professor Natalie Cutler also presented a poster on an international community mental health nursing study conducted in Indonesia in 2024. To her surprise and delight, Natalie received the ACMHN Conference’s Best Poster Award.
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