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Advertising blitz to boost primary healthcare workforce welcomed

February 12, 2025

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, Campaign, Career, Education, Graduates and early career nurses, Primary healthcare, Students

NSW nurse practitioners, endorsed midwives allowed to prescribe abortion pills

May 15, 2025

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

Access to abortion in NSW is set to become easier after the state’s parliament yesterday passed a bill enabling nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives to prescribe abortion medication, known as MS-2 Step, for pregnancies up

2025 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards: Winners announced

May 15, 2025

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

A nurse from Victoria, a midwife from the Victoria-NSW border, and a South Australian based nursing and midwifery research centre have scooped this year's awards.

Nurse and midwife registration renewal closes at the end of May

May 13, 2025

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

Nurses and midwives have until 31 May 2025 to renew their annual registration. Before you renew, you must set up your new Ahpra portal, introduced earlier this year, which includes multifactor authentication to protect your

State of the World’s Nursing 2025 report: Inequities threaten global health goals

May 12, 2025

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/ Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

While the global nursing workforce continues to grow, widespread disparities in the availability of nurses remain across regions and countries, exacerbating inequities, according to the State of the World’s Nursing 2025 report, released on International Nurses Day.