“We need to build a robust primary healthcare (PHC) workforce to provide care for those in the community, and to be able to deliver on [...]
New computer vision technology to safely monitor heart and respiratory rates of premature babies has the potential to replace ECG monitoring in neonatal units. The [...]
Beaten, broken and exhausted are the words Gay Taylor used to describe how she felt after 12 months working as an aged care facility manager. [...]
“It’s ok for men to care. These qualities are not to be suppressed but to be embraced. These are natural traits of men, they are [...]
Nurses should step up to the political arena and play a greater role in shaping health policy, delegates were told at this week’s Australian College [...]
Health professionals are being encouraged to help their patients get to know the language of medicines during Be Medicinewise Week - August 19-25. The theme [...]
Theatre nurse Jan McCarthy vividly remembers the day she arrived in Vung Tau, Vietnam, in May 1968. “I got to the hospital, a grey building, [...]
Having aspirations help lead a meaningful life but can cause distress when hopes are left unfulfilled, research shows. An Edith Cowan University (ECU) study found [...]
A distraught 92-year old woman and a disoriented elderly man were among residents caught up in the middle of chaotic scenes during a recent emergency [...]
