‘It’s surreal’: Nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic
‘It’s surreal’: Nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic
2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Recognising our trailblazers – Leona McGrath
2020 Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Recognising our trailblazers – Leona McGrath
Adopt a Healthcare Worker: The heartwarming campaign rallying around Australia’s frontline during COVID-19
Adopt a Healthcare Worker: The heartwarming campaign rallying around Australia’s frontline during COVID-19
Buy Them A Coffee: The simple gesture fuelling nurses and healthcare workers during COVID-19
Buy Them A Coffee: The simple gesture fuelling nurses and healthcare workers during COVID-19
What I learned from my first month as a graduate nurse
Registered nurse Melanie Challen finished her graduate year at Peninsula Health’s Frankston Hospital in Victoria in February. She undertook three rotations throughout the year, working in gastroenterology and general medicine, the orthopaedic and plastics surgical ward and lastly in the emergency department. Melanie followed in the footsteps of her mother to become a nurse. She […]
Meet Australia’s new Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer
“It’s an incredible privilege to be able to be in this role and I take this role and my responsibility very seriously,” says new Commonwealth Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer Alison McMillan. “I hope that I can bring strong leadership and commitment to both the nursing and midwifery professions across Australia as well as play […]
Government to train 20,000 RNs to work in intensive care to fight COVID-19
Up to 20,000 registered nurses will undertake a new online training program to upskill in intensive care under the latest move by the federal government to bolster the health system in order to meet demand as the COVID-19 pandemic escalates. Announced today, the free online course will enable nurses to join the delivery of care […]
Government partners with private hospitals to fight COVID-19, guaranteeing jobs of 57,000 nurses and midwives
Government partners with private hospitals to fight COVID-19, guaranteeing jobs of 57,000 nurses and midwives
COVID-19 aged care restrictions must include steps to reduce harm and maintain wellbeing
The potential harm caused by wide-ranging restrictions on nursing homes in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, including limitations on visits by family, must be countered by additional measures, such as access to video chats, to ensure vulnerable residents maintain health and quality of life, the Chair of the Aged Care Royal Commission, Tony Pagone […]
Nurses report shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in fight against COVID-19
Nurses report shortages of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in fight against COVID-19