Nurse recognised for research tackling infection prevention in hospitals
One in 10 patients across Australian hospitals develops an infection during their stay. A major burden, on both patients and the healthcare system, this equates to about 165,000 such infections each year. For the past decade, nurse Brett Mitchell, Professor Health Services Research and Nursing at Avondale University in NSW, has been investigating ways to […]
How medicinal cannabis is easing the pain of palliative care patients
How medicinal cannabis is easing the pain of palliative care patients
Undervalued – Inside the ANMF’S push to lift wages of aged care workers by 25%
Long hours, poor pay and chronic understaffing are commonplace in aged care. Beginning in late April, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) considered landmark applications by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and Health Services Union (HSU), supported by the United Workers Union (UWU), for a 25% wage increase for aged care workers. The unions’ […]
Behind Queensland’s first online Child Health Nurse-led service
At the start of 2021, registered nurse Rebecca Bradshaw launched Rural Child Health, Queensland’s first online child health nurse-led service offering healthcare and support to rural families. A longstanding passion for helping rural families inspired Rebecca, a Child Health Nurse for the past 13 years who has worked across both rural and metropolitan settings, to […]
Dr Rosemary Bryant reflects on the evolution of nursing over the past 50 years
Dr Rosemary Bryant reflects on the evolution of nursing over the past 50 years
Health intervention helps new grad nurses improve diet and exercise
New graduate nurses who took part in a health promotion intervention program during their transition to practice programs (TTP) improved their health knowledge and some dietary behaviours, research has found. Dr Elizabeth Brogan, a lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and a registered nurse with over 20 years’ of experience, conducted the study […]
Parkinson’s Nurse Specialists ‘walk the journey’ with patients
Parkinson’s Nurse Specialists ‘walk the journey’ with patients
The road ahead for ACT nurses and midwives
The road ahead for ACT nurses and midwives
International nursing students make mark in Australia
In 2011, Rod Corpuz, an undergraduate nursing student in the Philippines, ventured from his homeland to Edith Cowan University, taking his place as an international nursing student and embarking on the journey to realising his dream of living and working as a nurse in Australia. His mother, who sadly passed away a few weeks before […]
‘SMS4dads’: Innovative service helps men transition to fatherhood
Like many expectant dads, Sam Woods was a little nervous about the impending birth of his second child early last year. Sam and his partner Rachel live in the NSW country town of Gunnedah. It’s a few hours away from their immediate family, so they sometimes feel isolated and lack support. Leading up to the […]