{"id":650008,"date":"2026-05-04T23:45:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650008\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T23:45:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:45:10","slug":"joondalup-health-campus-former-neonatal-patient-returns-19-years-later-as-graduate-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/650008\/","title":{"rendered":"Joondalup Health Campus: Former neonatal patient returns 19 years later as graduate nurse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Nineteen years ago, Hollie Stein was born at just 34 weeks and spent her first days being cared for in the neonatal unit at Joondalup Health Campus, where midwives, nurses and paediatricians worked around the clock to get her healthy enough to go home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Nearly two decades on, Hollie has returned to the same hospital, this time as an employee hoping to care for other precious newborns and their mums.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Two nurses and a paediatrician who treated Hollie in her first weeks of life still work at the hospital, which has made her return particularly meaningful.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">They are neonatal nurse-midwife Janet Walker, paediatrician Dr Brad Jongeling, and staff development nurse Ann Cameron.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Hollie is among dozens of nurses who have started their careers at JHC in 2026 via Ramsay Health Care\u2019s graduate pathways program.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2c142d0397044e93888af1712016ab3edfae5ec2.jpg\" alt=\"Graduate enrolled nurse Hollie Stein in the JHC neonatal unit where she was treated 19 years ago. \" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconGraduate enrolled nurse Hollie Stein in the JHC neonatal unit where she was treated 19 years ago.  Credit: Chris Kershaw Photographer<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">She said her childhood experiences with hospital staff inspired her to pursue a career in nursing, and she was excited to continue building her confidence and developing her skills in the role.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cI\u2019ve wanted to be a nurse or midwife since primary school,\u201d Hollie said. \u201cI had surgeries as a kid and always looked up to the nurses who looked after me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cMy mum also worked here as a registered nurse and midwife, and that inspired me as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cWhile studying, I had two placements at JHC in general medicine and palliative care. I had such a good experience that I applied as a graduate enrolled nurse, and thankfully was offered a position, this time in obstetrics and gynaecology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">Ms Cameron said it was a positive experience to watch former patients enter the healthcare field with enthusiasm.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cIt\u2019s so nice that we\u2019re starting to see our old patients come through and be passionate in their medical careers in the same way we are,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-9cqv6l-StyledPNParagraph e8utp6u0\">\u201cOur babies and their families are lucky to be supported by a team of professionals with decades of experience, who are now training the next generation of healthcare workers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nineteen years ago, Hollie Stein was born at just 34 weeks and spent her first days being cared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650009,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[64,63,137,500,503,47,46,45],"class_list":["post-650008","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-joondalup","tag-north","tag-perth","tag-wa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650008"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650008\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650009"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650008"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}