A compassionate approach
“Let’s take care of ourselves and each other”, says Mark Aitken, Deputy Director of Australia’s new national health and wellbeing service for nurses, midwives and students.
Tika Tirka: home away from home for First Nations students
A unique housing initiative in South Australia is helping remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to study higher education in the city and forge career pathways. Tika Tirka is an accommodation service in the heart of the Adelaide CBD, enabling post-secondary students from remote and regional locations to undertake further education and training. “It’s […]
Closing the gap for Indigenous health: CQU lecturer making it real
Proud Yaeg/Bundjalung woman and registered nurse Recheal Daley is on a mission of advocacy to help close the gap for Indigenous health. “I hope for all First Nations people to know that they will receive equal healthcare, free from judgement and to feel truly safe,” she said. Ms Daley is a teacher for Indigenous Primary […]
Write and get published: New book for nurses, midwives and students
Best-selling academic author and retired Professor of Nursing Megan-Jane Johnstone has released a book aimed to help nurses, midwives and students to write and publish about their vital experiences so that others may learn. Whether writing letters to the editor, case studies, articles for professional journals and newsletters, blogs or social media, the opportunities to […]
Social media drives rise in cosmetic surgery as industry faces further reforms
Young women who regularly engage with social media are excessively self-judgemental and more likely to consider cosmetic surgery – with the number of cosmetic procedures having almost doubled in eight years, new research has revealed. The findings follow the health regulator’s calls this month for further reforms to the cosmetic industry due to escalating consumer […]
Demand for cosmetic nursing continues to rise
New President of the Cosmetic Nurses Association (CNA) since January 2023, Sheri-lee Knoop has been a founding member of the group of nurses that came together during a boom in demand for cosmetic services during and post-COVID. She talks to the ANMJ. Sheri-lee, who has her own cosmetic practice in Perth, first started out as […]
Embracing the life of remote nursing as an early career nurse
“Have the courage to believe in yourself”, is the message from Holly Engelhardt, recipient of the ANMF NT Excellence in Early Career Nurse/Midwife of the Year 2023, to her peers. “It came as a surprise. I was nominated by service manager and DON educator – to have them recognise my work it means so much […]
6 tips to reduce psychological risks at work
New national Work Health and Safety Regulations aim to strengthen and clarify how to manage psychological health risks in the workplace. While these regulations prescribe how employers should identify psychosocial hazards and manage risk, everyone has a role to play in creating and maintaining a safe and healthy psychological workplace. “A mentally healthy workplace is […]
Nurses, midwives and personal care workers say Yes to the Voice
Nurses, midwives and personal care workers say Yes to the Voice
Clinical trial set to change kidney transplant practice
A simple change in practice for deceased donor kidney transplants could reduce the need for dialysis in transplant recipients by 25%. A major clinical trial has found the change in intravenous fluid therapy with balanced crystalloid solution could deliver real benefits for kidney transplant recipients. The BEST-Fluids trial was conducted by the Australasian Kidney Trials […]