How many days a week do you need to exercise to see real benefits?
Edith Cowan University researchers may have unlocked a question many of us have pondered – how often do you actually need to exercise each week to see real benefits? The new study saw participants perform a single three-second, maximum-effort eccentric bicep contraction — similar to slowly lowering a heavy dumbbell, from a bent arm to […]
Ahpra launches new checklist to help health practitioners better address complaints from patients and clients
Ahpra launches new checklist to help health practitioners better address complaints from patients and clients
Registered nurses encouraged to take advantage of free ‘Every Nurse’s Business’ CPD program
The ‘Every Nurse’s Business’ free CPD program, developed to build registered nurses’ capacity to provide quality care for people with intellectual disability (ID) and/or autism (ASD), was recently extended until June 2024. RN’s nationwide who have not yet accessed the three available levels of training are being encouraged to take advantage of the educational opportunity […]
Hospital admissions for injuries linked to extreme weather on the rise
The number of hospital admissions for injuries associated with extreme weather – such as heatwaves, bushfires and storms – has increased over the past decade, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). The report, Let’s talk about the weather: injuries related to extreme weather, reveals that in the […]
Understanding enrolled nurse pre-registration nursing students
Now more than ever, we need to change the way we think about career trajectories and progression via higher education to cater for diversity within nursing student populations. As the healthcare sector continues to feel the pressure of workforce shortages, and universities widen participation, energy and focus must be directed at how we are best […]
ACT government introduces voluntary assisted dying Bill
ACT government introduces voluntary assisted dying Bill
Nursing students can now access supported clinical placements in aged care
Bachelor of Nursing students can now apply for supported clinical placements in aged care through the federal government’s new Aged Care Nursing Clinical Placements Program. The program involves clinical facilitators providing specialist support to nursing students, who must complete a minimum of 800 hours of clinical placement as part of their courses, while they are […]
Shifting focus of legal matters
As I was preparing for this last legal issues editorial that I will be writing for the journal, I was conscious of the shift in focus of legal matters concerning health professionals over the years. With few landmark civil cases in recent years, the main arena for scrutiny of professional practice and conduct has been […]
Tasmanian nurses and midwives secure historic wage increase
Tasmanian nurses and midwives working across the public sector have accepted a historic wage increase, the highest secured in more than a decade, after striking a deal with the state government earlier this week. The wage increase, which will bring nurses and midwives in line with, or even above the national average, comprises average pay […]
Australian maternity models of care: A comprehensive overview
Around 1,000 maternity models of care were used across 251 maternity services in 2023, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AHIW). The report, Maternity models of care in Australia 2023, is the third national release of data on various maternity ‘models of care’ accessible to women across the […]