Comedian Georgie Carroll’s nursing podcast, The Swab, back for Season 3
Nurse and comedian Georgie Carroll is back for a third season as host of hilarious nursing podcast series, The Swab. Full of all the icky, funny, sometimes sad, but never dull, moments working at the frontline of healthcare. With a challenging past few years for nurses and midwives, including facing staff shortages, and with many […]
Remembering the Bali Bombings 2002
Remembering the Bali Bombings 2002
Managing challenging behaviours
The stressful nature of a healthcare environment can result in difficult behaviours and may lead to workplace conflict. By approaching challenging behaviours in the workplace with some tools, as well as a positive attitude and assertiveness you can reduce the risk of conflict occurring. Nurse & Midwife Support Stakeholder Engagement Officer Mark Aitken says when […]
10 tips to avoid medication errors
Two call bells are ringing, a patient’s pump is beeping and a relative has just motioned for a word as you’ve started your medication round. Sound familiar? It’s important for nurses to become familiar with various strategies to prevent or reduce the likelihood of medication errors. Here are 10 tips that may help. The ‘rights’ […]
To nap or not to nap on night shift?
To nap or not to nap on night shift – does it reduce fatigue? That is the question nurses at the Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) in Melbourne asked in trialling the effects of scheduled sleeping during night shift. Staff from the RCH’s Medical Short Stay Unit presented their findings at the Australian College of Nursing’s […]
Nurse researcher develops poop kits for kids
One of Australia’s most unconventional nurse researchers is developing a ‘Poop-it’ educational kit for children. The Poop-it Kit will contain poo-related stories, wall posters, poo-shaped cartoon characters, a Monopoly-style game, a colouring-in book, a whoopee cushion and an apron with a map of the digestive system. Professor Kerry Reid-Searl of CQUniversity Australia’s School of Nursing, […]
ANMF set priorities for 2020
For the first time in history, the nations of the world will unite in celebration of the benefits that nursing and midwifery bring to the health of the global population. The World Health Organization (WHO) designation of 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife is aimed to raise the status and profile […]
Artificial intelligence diagnosing disease
Artificial intelligence may be as effective as health professionals at diagnosing disease, according to research published in international journal The Lancet Digital Health. Artificial intelligence (AI) appears to detect diseases from medical imaging with similar levels of accuracy as healthcare professionals, the international systematic review and meta-analysis found. Deep learning, or the true diagnostic power […]
Climate change loss and grief in the Pacific
The way Pacific Island communities on the frontline of climate change are experiencing and working through loss and grief will be documented in a project set to start in 2020. University of Queensland (UQ) researchers will work with people in the Cook Islands, Marshall Islands and Vanuatu to document the impact of climate change on […]
I just kept them all: 45 years of ANJ…almost
Victorian maternal and child health nurse Anne Graham could boast a collection of 45 years of the Australian Nursing Journal (ANJ) if not for Ash Wednesday in which a substantial number were lost to the fires which destroyed her garage. Ms Graham, who retired two years ago has kept her ANJs since she joined the […]