Inside South Australia’s new virtual care service for women with symptoms of early pregnancy loss
Women in South Australia who are showing signs of early pregnancy loss can now conveniently access vital midwifery-led care and support through video consultations from the comfort and privacy of their own homes. The new virtual Women’s Assessment Service, run by the Women’s and Children’s Health Network (WCHN), enables women across the state experiencing symptoms […]
‘It’s the old people’: Why enrolled nurses (ENs) belong in aged care
Last year (2022), just two weeks out from Christmas, Tasmanian enrolled nurse Julie Wicks and dozens of her colleagues working across Southern Cross Care’s aged care facilities were asked to front up to a Monday morning meeting over Skype. Shock quickly spread after staff learned about plans to make all ENs redundant, meaning they wouldn’t […]
How I became Australia’s first authorised nurse practitioner
More than two decades ago, on 12 December 2000, Jane O’Connell became the first nurse practitioner to be authorised in Australia.
Federal Court ruling on telehealth and voluntary assisted dying a ‘blow to terminally ill people’
We call upon federal MPs to listen to the expert voices and not those with vested interests in stifling access to VAD,” VADANZ president, Dr Cameron McLaren said. “It is important to note that in every Australian state in which VAD is active (Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, South Australia, and Queensland), the respective Voluntary Assisted […]
Aboriginal nurse leader, Janine Mohamed, on being named Victorian of the Year
Aboriginal health leader Janine Mohamed has devoted her career to expanding the Indigenous health workforce, especially nurses and midwives, championing culturally safe healthcare, and dismantling systemic racism.
‘Too important not to get right’: National plan for artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare launched
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is too big to ignore and, for healthcare, too important not to get right, according to leading digital health expert Professor Enrico Coiera, who yesterday launched a national policy roadmap aimed at ensuring the safe, ethical, and effective use of AI in healthcare. “For Australia’s healthcare system to remain […]
Meet Australian Army Nurse Kylie Hasse
Kylie Hasse was studying nursing at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), and waiting for a lecture to begin, when she heard that an Australian Defence Force recruitment talk would be delivered before commencement. “I listened and thought – ‘why not?’ she recalls of the session. Intrigued, Kylie joined up as a Reservist within the Army […]
Nurse Practitioner opens transgender and gender diverse clinic to provide ‘inclusive healthcare’
In February, South Australian nurse practitioner and academic Toni Slotnes-O’Brien discovered that a person close to her was transgender and, sadly, the challenges they faced accessing basic healthcare. “They went away from GP consults feeling suicidal due to the way they were being treated,” Toni reveals. With South Australia’s sole adult public gender clinic, operating […]
Why nurses and midwives are at risk of burnout – and how you can help prevent it
“Burnout is a risk factor for those working in helping/caring professions and it needs to be recognised and addressed at all levels, just as other workplace hazards are assessed and risk managed,” argues Ellen Anderson, Tasmanian Project Nurse for Nursing and Midwifery Services Workforce and Wellbeing in Hospitals South. “That means organisations have responsibilities to […]
‘Force for Change’: ANMF 16th Biennial National Conference
‘Force for Change’: ANMF 16th Biennial National Conference