Victorian Government announces its plan to grow the nursing workforce and expand health services
The Victorian Andrews Government has included innovative and expanded health services and strategies to educate, employ and support the wellbeing of a further 5,000 nurses and midwives in its 2022 Budget. The workforce announcements include $59 million to fund 2,250 registered undergraduate student nurses (RUSONs) over two years (1,175 per year) and $9.8 million to […]
Evaluating dementia knowledge, attitudes, perceived skills and competence following dementia education and training in the Namaste Care program
Care programs aimed at improving quality of life for older people with dementia in Australian residential aged care facilities (RACF) are limited. Generally, few interventions target this population at risk of invisibility, social isolation, and loneliness as they approach end of life.1 Knowledge of dementia in residential aged care staff is known to be variable […]
Landmark case to lift pay for aged care workers by 25% begins
Landmark case to lift pay for aged care workers by 25% begins
5 exercises to relieve back and neck pain
In physically demanding professions like nursing and midwifery, chronic back and neck pain can be common. Because of the work nurses and midwives do, they are often required to spend long periods standing or walking around, and together with repeated bending and heavy lifting, this can lead to pain and injury. According to physiotherapist Laura […]
Acute Nursing Care: Recognition and Response to Deteriorating Patients
Failure to detect and respond to patient clinical deterioration is associated with increased hospital mortality and risk of adverse events that are known to be preventable. Early recognition and response to deteriorating patients by health professionals is fundamental for optimal patient outcomes. On the contrary, delayed identification and management of deterioration can lead to serious […]
‘Angels of the Battlefield’: A documentary on the ANZAC nurses of World War I
‘Angels of the Battlefield’: A documentary on the ANZAC nurses of World War I
ANMF Election Priorities for Health and Aged Care announced
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has written to all major political parties and Independent MPs and Senators, seeking their commitment to the ANMF’s five-core priorities to reform Australia’s health and aged care systems. In the letter, the ANMF explained that while the COVID‐19 pandemic was a once in a century global health emergency, […]
What you need to know about the looming case to raise aged care workers’ pay by 25% in the Fair Work Commission
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and the Health Services Union (HSU) have made landmark applications with the Fair Work Commission for a 25% increase to award wages for aged care workers. The fast-approaching hearing for the aged care Work Value case will begin on 26 April and run until 11 May. What pay […]
What nurses need to know about using My Health Record in aged care
In 2021, The Australian Digital Health Agency, in collaboration with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), established an Aged Care Project to drive the adoption and use of My Health Record across residential aged care facilities. The project is aiming to increase awareness about My Health Record and boost knowledge about how the online […]
Medical version of “Wordle” delivers fun for a cause
A new medical-focused adaption of the online word game Wordle aims to deliver a dose of ‘levity’ for health professionals throughout a challenging time for the profession, according to one of the game’s co-creators. Titled ‘Meddle’ and created by the University of South Australia (UniSA) Associate Professor Chris Alderman and his son Jonathon, the game […]