The ANMJ is a publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. The Federation is Australia’s largest national union looking after the industrial and professional needs of nurses, midwives and carers.
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Latest News
Queensland poised to vote on decriminalising abortion
The Queensland government is set to introduce draft legislation into the state's Parliament this month that would decriminalise abortion and [...]
New online training to help frontline workers support women abused via technology
The abuse of women via digital technology increasingly seen in domestic and family violence cases has prompted a new online [...]
Nurses urged to seek wound care training to deal with ‘hidden affliction’
The peak body aiming to advance wound care management in Australia is urging nurses to seek evidence-based training to deal [...]
Medicinal cannabis leads research agenda
Medicinal cannabis may not be as effective in relieving chronic pain according to one of the world’s longest community studies, however [...]
Aged care workers undervalued and underpaid
Aged care providers can prevent their workforce from taking industrial action by installing pay levels that respect and value the [...]
Fallen Australian Service Nurses remembered
Throughout 2018, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra is conducting its moving Last Post Ceremony to commemorate the service and [...]
The ANMJ is a publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation. The Federation is Australia’s largest national union looking after the industrial and professional needs of nurses, midwives and carers.
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In Practice
New resources on correct inhaler technique
New and updated resources on correct inhaler technique are now available. Research shows up to 90% of patients incorrectly use [...]
Health promotion key in primary care
Primary care is the most important place to be to prevent disease, nurse practitioner (NP) Lesley Salem told delegates at [...]
Interviews
Australia’s ‘shame’ over offshore detention
In late 2014, paediatric clinical nurse consultant Alanna Maycock spent five days on Nauru providing healthcare to asylum seekers in [...]
Justice & Action
Integrated model of care for responding to elder abuse
Elder abuse is a single or repeated act, or lack of appropriate action, occurring within a relationship where there is [...]
Working in refugee health
Newly arrived refugees and asylum seekers receive most of their direct healthcare from nurses, so it makes sense that we [...]
National campaign pushes for staff ratios in aged care
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) launched a national campaign seeking mandated staff ratios for aged care on 12 [...]
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