Health authorities ramp up efforts to keep out deadly coronavirus

Travellers arriving at Sydney airport from the Chinese city of Wuhan will face additional biosecurity measures as Australian health authorities attempt to prevent the outbreak of a new coronavirus infiltrating the country. The virus, which first broke out at a fish market in Wuhan before spreading across China and to parts of South Korea, Thailand […]

Understanding vicarious trauma

Nursing and midwifery are professions that involve giving part of ourselves at work. By default, we are attracted to the profession because we are natural empaths. In our day-to-day caring, we engage emotionally with our patients and clients. Sometimes this engagement is positive- for example, when a mother gives birth to her first child and […]