Fingers Crossed

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Summary

This short film dramatises a nurse deciding to reskill in podiatry nursing and start a new role at the hospital. The nurse then embarks on her first day at work and meets a new podiatry patient and prepares her feet for an examination by the podiatrist.

Special Notes/Achievements

  • Official selection – NSW Nurses and Midwives Association‘s Nurses & Midwives Short Film Festival (Aust), 2010

Author: J Bird, 2023

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Nursing

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AustraliaHealth & safetyNew South WalesNSW Nurses & Midwives AssociationNursingPodiatryPublic HealthUnionsWomenWorking classWorking conditions

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Film - Short

Duration: 3 mins 15 secs

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Film Key Cast: Natalie Yorke – Nurse Susan, Danielle Puhlmann – Staff Nurse, Margaret Sturrock & Bill Sturrock – Clinic Patients,

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Film Editor: Maureen Puhlmann, Tony Horseman,

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