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National Nursing Forum: Nurses urged to step up to the political arena and champion value of the profession
Nurses should step up to the political arena and play a greater role in shaping health policy, delegates were told [...]
Almost 95,000 dementia-related hospital admissions occurred in 2016-17
There were almost 95,000 hospitalisations of people with dementia and $20 million spent on anti-dementia medications in 2016-17, two new [...]
Dairy in, meat out: Heart Foundation releases updated healthy eating guidelines
Full-fat milk, yoghurt and cheese are among a range of foods that should now be considered healthy options by Australians [...]
New hub provides support for dementia carers
Providing online support for dementia carers is part of new research being undertaken at Flinders University’s College of Nursing and [...]
Webinar to focus on Aged Care Royal Commission
The Australian Association of Gerontology (AAG) is hosting an upcoming webinar on the current Aged Care Royal Commission that will [...]
Be Medicinewise Week: understanding ‘the language of medicine’
Health professionals are being encouraged to help their patients get to know the language of medicines during Be Medicinewise Week [...]
In Practice
Nurse Practitioner Endoscopists pioneer procedural sedation for endoscopies
The Nurse Practitioner Endoscopist (NPE) is an advanced practice role enabling the Nurse Practitioner (NP) to perform colonoscopy procedures within [...]
Reducing catheter associated urinary tract infections
One of the most common infections occurring in hospitals are urinary tract infections, with approximately 1% of admitted patients acquiring [...]
Interviews
Tales from ‘The Half Century Nurse’
Registered nurse/midwife Janene Steward retired back in February exactly 50 years on from the day she began nursing. In the [...]
Justice & Action
Why awards and annual wage reviews still matter
For over a century, industrial awards have been an important part of the employment landscape of Australia. The Conciliation and [...]
It’s time to eliminate rheumatic heart disease
Australia is using surgical solutions for social problems in its efforts to tackle escalating rates of rheumatic heart disease, (RHD)according [...]
Industrial manslaughter – moving towards a national regime
In Australia, only the ACT and Queensland have laws covering the crime of industrial manslaughter, whilst Victoria is considering passing [...]
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