Keeping the legacy of Gayle Woodford alive
2018-07-10T15:28:50+00:00July 10th, 2018|
Associate Professor Sue Lenthall was waiting to board a plane at Sydney Airport when news filtered through that the body of her friend and colleague, [...]
Australia’s ‘shame’ over offshore detention
2018-07-13T15:00:15+00:00July 10th, 2018|
In late 2014, paediatric clinical nurse consultant Alanna Maycock spent five days on Nauru providing healthcare to asylum seekers in detention. She encountered dreadful incidents [...]
Keeping the legacy of Gayle Woodford alive
2018-07-10T12:13:28+00:00July 10th, 2018|
Associate Professor Sue Lenthall was waiting to board a plane at Sydney Airport when news filtered through that the body of her friend and colleague, [...]
Aged care workers undervalued and underpaid
2018-07-03T16:38:57+00:00July 4th, 2018|
Aged care providers can prevent their workforce from taking industrial action by installing pay levels that respect and value the work being carried out and [...]
Fallen Australian Service Nurses remembered
2018-07-03T16:14:51+00:00July 4th, 2018|
Throughout 2018, the Australian War Memorial in Canberra is conducting its moving Last Post Ceremony to commemorate the service and sacrifice of seven Australian Service [...]
Australian nurse chosen to lead International Council of Nurses (ICN)
2018-07-01T23:49:55+00:00June 21st, 2018|
Australian remote area nurse turned research academic Dr Isabelle Skinner will represent more than 20 million nurses worldwide after being appointed the new chief executive [...]
National campaign pushes for staff ratios in aged care
2018-06-22T06:05:00+00:00June 8th, 2018|
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) launched a national campaign seeking mandated staff ratios for aged care on 12 May, International Nurses’ Day. Around [...]
Global nursing campaign aims to empower nurses to maximise influence
2018-06-22T06:09:16+00:00June 8th, 2018|
Nursing Now, a landmark three-year global campaign aiming to improve health and lift the profile of nursing, launched back in February at events in London [...]
The impact of codeine rescheduling on rural and remote
2018-06-22T06:07:45+00:00June 8th, 2018|
Rural and remote health practitioners are being primed to offer alternative treatments to opiate codeine to consumers after the drug became prescription-only earlier this year. [...]