Registered nurses supporting students on clinical placement consider it an ‘added extra’ to daily duties and want recognition for increased workload

Registered nurses supporting students on clinical placement consider it an ‘added extra’ to daily duties and want recognition for increased workload
‘Our strength is our health system; our weakness is our aged care system’: ANMF gives evidence at Senate Inquiry into government’s response to COVID-19

‘Our strength is our health system; our weakness is our aged care system’: ANMF gives evidence at Senate Inquiry into government’s response to COVID-19
Remote area nurse behind the Purple House recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020

Remote area nurse behind the Purple House recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours 2020
‘This is a huge kick in the guts’: NSW nurses and midwives protest public sector wage freeze

‘This is a huge kick in the guts’: NSW nurses and midwives protest public sector wage freeze
Fred Hollows Foundation eye care nurses soldier on in wake of COVID-19

Fred Hollows Foundation eye care nurses soldier on in wake of COVID-19
How to be a good preceptor

Having experienced the culture shock of moving from undergraduate study into the workplace firsthand, registered nurse Jennifer Hally decided to become a preceptor and role model to early career nurses and new staff members. In nursing, preceptors are experienced nurses formally assigned to provide transitional support to students, graduate nurses and newly employed staff navigating […]
Behind the scenes with a Forensic Nurse

Behind the scenes with a Forensic Nurse
Victorian nurse crowned Nurse of the Year

A Victorian nurse who provides care and support to children with cleft and craniofacial anomalies and their families was named Nurse of the Year at last night’s 2020 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards. Tania Green is the clinical nurse coordinator at Monash Children’s Hospital’s Cleft and Craniofacial Anomalies Service, a multidisciplinary unit that provides […]
2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Recognising our trailblazers – Sally Goold

2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife- Recognising our trailblazers
Meet Sally Goold
What is a preceptor?

Transitioning from education into the workplace can leave many new graduate nurses feeling overwhelmed, unsupported and full of doubt. One strategy to help counter the culture shock and retain graduate nurses in the workforce is preceptorship. A nurse preceptor is an experienced and competent nurse formally assigned to guide the professional journey of a student, […]
