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Speaker 1: If you want to know what's happening on the local

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Speaker 1: political landscape, Kay Wolf has it covered on three sixty

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Speaker 1: every One is Listening Mix one oh four point nine.

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Speaker 2: Tell you what.

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Speaker 1: I was very lucky over the weekend to MC along

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Speaker 1: with Amy Culprit, the Nursing and Midwffree Awards for excellence

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Speaker 1: here in the Northern Territory. And I tell you what,

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Speaker 1: we are so incredibly lucky to have so many wonderful

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Speaker 2: And well, one of.

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Speaker 1: Those wonderful nurses joins me on the line right now,

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Speaker 1: I have got Lynn Hurley.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you. Lynn.

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Speaker 3: Good morning Katie.

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Speaker 1: Lynn. It's lovely to have you on the show. You

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Speaker 1: were recognized and awarded the Client Appreciation Award for Excellence

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Speaker 1: in Nursing and Midwiffree for twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 2: Lynn, were you surprised what your name was called out?

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Speaker 3: I was surprised. Thank you for having me on the

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Speaker 3: show this morning. Yes, I was surprised. It was a thrill,

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Speaker 3: certainly just to be nominated and the fact that it

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Speaker 3: was from a client and her family. It makes you,

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Speaker 3: I think, to feel proud that you are making a

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Speaker 3: difference in these young people's lives. But I'd also like

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Speaker 3: to say too that I am part of a team,

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Speaker 3: and you know, our team is so dedicated to these kids.

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Speaker 3: So I kind of think acknowledged, yes, thrilling to acknowledge

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Speaker 2: Lynn talk us.

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Speaker 1: Through exactly what you do day to day, you and

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Speaker 1: the team in which you work with.

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Speaker 3: We work in the mental health sector, and the unit

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Speaker 3: that we work in was established almost six years ago,

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Speaker 3: so it's quite new, and it's the only youth in

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Speaker 3: patient program for young people between the ages of twelve

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Speaker 3: and eighteen who are experiencing mental health issues. And our

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Speaker 3: goal is to work with these kids as early as

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Speaker 3: we can to try and sort of you know, prevent

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Speaker 3: that getting into the system as adults, and you know,

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Speaker 3: in the mental health system when you're older, it can

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Speaker 3: put your life path on quite a different trajectory. So

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Speaker 3: we would really like to see these kids, maybe work

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Speaker 1: I mean, the work that all of our nurses and

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Speaker 1: midwives do cannot be underestimated and it is such important work.

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Speaker 1: But for you and the team that you work with

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Speaker 1: as you say, working with young people around mental health

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Speaker 1: is it is such valuable work. And then really to

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Speaker 1: be recognized in that client appreciation category, it's really the

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Speaker 1: only category where our nurses are recognized by those people

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Speaker 1: that they are actually helping.

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Speaker 3: And yeah, like you say that, it made it even

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Speaker 3: more special. I think, you know, I've known that I

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Speaker 3: still getting my feet back on the ground. It was,

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Speaker 3: and it was an amazing night as well. A lot

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Speaker 3: But and I did hear you say on the night

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Speaker 3: every discipline has it. It's you know, it's excellent.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, do you know it's something that both Amy and I,

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Speaker 1: who were in seeing the night, was so taken by.

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Speaker 1: And every time a nominees' name was called out, the

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Speaker 1: as a winner. You honestly, I felt quite emotional seeing

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Speaker 3: Yeah, looks it's a big night in Darwin for nursing

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Speaker 3: But I was certainly overwhelmed, and as you mentioned, all

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Speaker 3: the support I felt cheered on by people who are

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Speaker 2: Lynn. How long have you been a mental health nurse.

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Speaker 3: I've been a mental health nurse for twenty one years

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Speaker 3: and I've been nursing for almost forty three so a

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Speaker 1: No, why, I think that's fantastic. How did you get

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Speaker 3: Well, I came to Darwin in two thousand and worked

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Speaker 3: So that started in two thousand and three, Wow, full

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Speaker 1: Now. I know, you know, there's obviously patient confidentiality and

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Speaker 1: all that kind of thing. But have there been some

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Speaker 2: Oh?

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Speaker 3: There certainly has. I've probably too many to even you know,

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Speaker 3: remember a lot of them, but obviously the most recent

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Speaker 3: you think, now, this is why we do what we do,

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Speaker 3: and we can have fun with our kids, which is

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Speaker 3: also very good. We do have a lot of fun sometimes,

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Speaker 1: Have you spoken to to the people who nominated you, Lynn?

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Speaker 3: I don't know I who nominated me. Kathie remains a mysteries,

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Speaker 3: to be honest, I've kind of thought I wonder iful

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Speaker 3: look if I if I never find out, the fact

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Speaker 3: is that you know, someone's acknowledged that you're not sort

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Speaker 3: of just really banging your head against a wall. There

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Speaker 1: Yeah, and you're making a genuine impact on people's lives.

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Speaker 1: And then when you talk about that being young people

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Speaker 3: Oh, thank you. Look at some it's a tough gig.

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Speaker 3: Sometimes I'm not without challenges. You know, we have a

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Speaker 3: they certainly keep you going a lot of a time.

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Speaker 1: Well, then, congratulations to you on winning the Client Appreciation

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Speaker 1: I reckon, we should give you that as well, because

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Speaker 3: Oh, thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: The week just keeps me well.

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Speaker 1: I you know, I cannot speak highly enough about nurses.

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Speaker 1: As you know I say very often on this show,

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Speaker 1: my mum's and nurse. Some of my dearest friends are nurses.

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Speaker 1: Nurses are phenomenal people. And to me that was so

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Speaker 1: clearly exemplified on the weekend, and I felt really proud

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Speaker 3: Oh, thank you, Katie. It's lovely. It's lovely to hear,

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Speaker 3: and thank you for your efforts yours and Amy's on

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Speaker 3: the night. I thought you were wonderful hosts and certainly

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Speaker 3: created a really lovely atmosphere before all the cheering style.

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Speaker 2: It was a fun night, I tell you what. I do.

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Speaker 2: Think nurses know how to party. Lynn.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I was laying till about Chuesday, I.

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Speaker 2: Think, Lynn, it's been lovely talking to you this morning.

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Speaker 1: I really appreciate you coming on and hang on the

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Speaker 1: line for us because you are our territory and of

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Speaker 1: the week as well.

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Speaker 3: Lynn. Thank you, Katie and all of us to see

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Speaker 3: you at NICKO for Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: That's Lynn Hurley there.

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Speaker 1: What an incredible woman and so incredible hearing of all

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Speaker 1: of these wonderful nurses over the weekend and the phenomenal

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Speaker 2: All of us.

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Speaker 1: And I always sing that from the rooftops. I think

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Speaker 2: Of life stages.

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Speaker 1: And I've been at the hospital and through the health

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Speaker 1: and I cannot speak highly enough about our wonderful Northern

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