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Alcohol tops other drugs for treatment
More than 130,000 Australians received alcohol and other drug treatment services during 2017-18, according to a new report from the [...]
Over 13,000 Australians at risk of chronic opioid use each year
More than 13,000 Australians each year could be at risk of developing a chronic opioid habit following elective surgery, new [...]
Nurses and midwives outline key federal election priorities to improve health
Australia’s peak nursing and midwifery bodies have released a set of joint federal election priorities calling on all political parties [...]
Nursing Now campaign launches in Australia
Australian nursing organisations, including the ANMF have welcomed the Australian launch of the global Nursing Now campaign. Nursing Now aims [...]
Change the Rules: change the government rallies
ANMF members and officials rallied alongside other working Australians across the country today to protest against the failure of the [...]
Labor’s health injection welcomed
Labor’s pledge to restore $2.8 billion to the health system and inject $2.3 billion into Medicare will provide much needed [...]
In Practice
10 tips to avoid medication errors
Two call bells are ringing, a patient’s pump is beeping and a relative has just motioned for a word as [...]
Embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander content into the undergraduate curriculum
The University of the Sunshine Coast (USC) has designed a blueprint for embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges, perspectives [...]
Interviews
Meet CATSINaM’s new CEO
Melanie Robinson grew up on the Gibb River Road in the Kimberley region of Western Australia in the bush community [...]
Justice & Action
Avoiding an avoidable adverse outcome
Working with patients who have a high or imminent risk of suicide is complex and challenging clinical work even for [...]
Social accountability across the health professions
Are you interested in social accountability across the health professions? Colloquium 2019: Together we can do more, is being held [...]
How nurses and midwives can support Save the Children
Independent aid organisation Save the Children seeks to give a powerful voice to children and champion their rights. It does [...]
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