Survey aims to improve legal response to occupational violence
A survey addressing workplace occupational violence aims to clarify what discourages nurses from reporting incidents to legal authorities, according to the nurse researcher leading the project. CJ Cabilan, a researcher who has previously published in the ANMJ on occupational violence, said while legislation is in place across the states and territories that addresses occupational violence […]
One in four primary healthcare nurses considering leaving the sector
Three-quarter of nurses working in primary healthcare (PHC) feel stressed and burnt out at work, while one in four nurses are contemplating leaving their job within the next two to five years, a new survey has revealed. Results of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Associations’ (APNA) 2022 Workforce Survey, which heard from 4,000 nurses, […]
Nominations open for 2024 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards
The search is now underway to identify Australia’s top nurses and midwives, with nominations officially opening for the 2024 HESTA Australia Nursing & Midwifery Awards. The national awards, to be held in Melbourne in May next year, recognise nurses, midwives, nurse educators, researchers and personal care workers who are excelling at improving health outcomes by […]
Recognising excellence: Aged care registered nurses’ payment for clinical skills and leadership
The second round of the Aged Care Registered Nurses’ Payment initiative is now open for eligible registered nurses. The payment, which opened on 6 November 2023, and close on 20 December 2023, acknowledges the vital role that registered nurses play in delivering high-quality care to older Australians. Registered nurses employed by eligible aged care providers […]
Bombing hospitals, destroying ambulances and the ethics of (un)just war
Bombing hospitals, destroying ambulances and the ethics of (un)just war
Elder-led LGBTQIA+ program to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth
The first Elder-led intervention for improving the social emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ young people will be trialled in Western Australia. Edith Cowan University (ECU) has received a NHMRC/Medical Research Future Fund grant to develop and test the Pride Yarns: Development and trial of an inter-generational intervention for supporting Aboriginal and […]
Dissolvable stent reduces risk of lower limb amputation in PAD
Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) with blocked lower leg arteries could soon have access to treatment with a dissolvable stent which has been shown to be more effective than standard balloon angioplasty. A phase 3 randomised clinical trial (RCT) led by UNSW researchers found that in patients treated with the dissolvable stent Esprit BTK, […]
Help shape policy and workforce planning in Primary Health Care
The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association is inviting nurses and midwives working in non-hospital settings to participate in its annual national survey of the Australian Primary Health Care (PHC) nursing and midwifery workforce. The Association says the aim of the survey is to better understand PHC nurses and midwives and their work, as a […]
Improve deep sleep to stave off dementia
As little as 1% reduction in deep sleep per year for people over 60 years of age translates into a 27% increased risk of dementia, new research shows. Enhancing or maintaining deep sleep, also known as slow wave sleep, in older years could stave off dementia, suggest Monash University researchers. Slow-wave sleep is the third […]
COVID-19 and Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
With another wave of COVID-19 infections building and a peak expected around Christmas 2023, the pandemic is now having a double impact on both people with new acute infections as well as on people suffering with a variety of post-COVID-19 conditions. Among these, there are increasing reports of Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss (SSNHL) and other […]