The need for health workforce surge capacity highlighted in the latest issue of AJAN
The COVID-19 pandemic has placed great strain on the world’s health workforce. For health systems in many countries to respond effectively during this pandemic and in response to any future outbreaks, it is vital health workforce surge capacity is enhanced. However many nations do not have a large enough and currently registered nursing workforce to […]
A union trailblazer: Remembering former ANF NT Branch Secretary Joan Wilkinson
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has paid tribute to former Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) Northern Territory (NT) Branch Secretary Joan Wilkinson who passed away at the end of last month. Joan, who served as Branch Secretary between 1977-1996, worked assiduously to raise the profile of the ANF, to the extent that the Branch […]
How to best support staff through a pandemic as a nurse manager
Whether in acute care, aged care or community health, this year has been challenging and stressful on all staff. As a nurse manager, you want to support nurses, midwives and carers, particularly at this time, but what is the best way to achieve this while also looking after your own mental health? To find out […]
Residents, families and workers in aged care face ongoing psychological trauma, Royal Commission told
Aged care staff on the frontline of the COVID-19 crisis, residents, and their families are facing a massive emotional toll in the face of insufficient numbers of qualified nurses and carers, staff cuts and lack of personal protective equipment supplies, the Royal Commission heard this week. Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) Federal Secretary Annie […]
Latest issue of AJAN explores failures in residential aged care exacerbated by COVID-19 and the urgent need to address major gaps in the sector in the pandemic’s wake
The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing (AJAN) has released its June-August 2020 issue, featuring a guest editorial written by aged care advocate and academic Professor Joseph Ibrahim. The journal, which is freely available online, also contains a number of peer reviewed research articles and discussion papers relevant to nursing and midwifery practice. Topics in this […]
Nurses need to be at the policy table for the future of Australia’s healthcare
Nurses need to be at the policy table for the future of Australia’s healthcare
Nursing influencers on IND 2020 give insight into practice during COVID-19 in a bid for global unity and support
The International Council of Nurses (ICN) Global Nursing Leadership Institute (GNLI) has celebrated International Nurses Day by acknowledging nurses for their courage and leadership work while sending messages of hope world-wide. Posting an online video and poster the GNLI scholars 2017 highlighted the unity of the global nursing community and shared their lived experience during […]
Nurses and midwives from Australia and New Zealand pay tribute to colleagues around the world who lost their lives fighting COVID-19
More than a hundred nurses and midwives from across Australia and New Zealand joined an online vigil last night in honour of their colleagues from around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19. Reports from Global Nurses United (GNU), estimate over 300 nurses in 32 countries have died due to the virus to […]
International Nurses Day – Facing challenges head on: Nursing through leadership and advocacy
International Nurses Day- Nursing through leadership and advocacy
Australians drinking more alcohol than usual during COVID-19 are concerned about their habits
While Australians are drinking more alcohol than usual, they are also concerned about how much they are consuming and the consumption of others in their household during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data. The poll conducted by YouGov Galaxy and commissioned by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education (FARE) showed that 20% of […]