Author: Robert Fedele

Press play: Inside the Nurse & Midwife Support Podcast

Some of the best ideas to enhance Nurse & Midwife Support’s suite of support resources often come from stakeholders themselves, says Consultant and Stakeholder Engagement Manager, Mark Aitken, explaining how the organisation’s venture into podcasts unfolded. Several years ago, he met a nurse at a conference who said she loved reading NM Support’s website content […]

Donation Specialist Nurse calls on Australians to consider giving someone a lifeline

“For most Australians, who are otherwise fit and well, they just don’t ever think that they’ll be in that situation,” says Georgina Callaghan, Donation Specialist Nurse Coordinator at The Alfred, on the challenges of raising awareness about the life-changing importance of organ and tissue donation. Statistics show that while 4 in 5 Australians support donation, […]

‘I’m not here to get you high’: Meet Cannabis Nurse Deb Ranson

Looking on from afar, registered nurse Deb Ranson was always intrigued about medicinal cannabis and its potential to ease pain and symptoms triggered by a range of conditions and diseases. She recalls listening to countless stories from patients and families about how the drug helped improve quality of life and wanted to delve deeper. The […]

Can nurses get a good night’s sleep?

Is healthy sleep achievable for nurses who work rotating shift work? It’s a thought-provoking question posed by Dr Lisa Matricciani, a sleep researcher and lecturer in Nursing at the University of South Australia, and fellow authors in a recent guest editorial in the December 2022 – February 2023 issue of the Australian Journal of Advanced […]

How Midwifery Group Practice is improving outcomes for women and babies

Continuity of midwifery care is associated with better outcomes for mothers and babies, yet, it’s not available to everyone. While support for these models is growing in Australia, more needs to be done, writes Robert Fedele. In 2020, Castlemaine Health, a rural health service in central Victoria, resolved to suspend its maternity service and commission […]

Enrolled Nurse minutes a key pillar of funding for aged care reforms

Enrolled Nurses are a key part of increased funding provided by the Australian Government to ensure all nursing homes have an appropriate mix of RNs, ENs and PCWs/AINs as they meet minimum care minute responsibilities, in line with recommendations made by the landmark Aged Care Royal Commission. But it’s not what some aged care providers […]

Refugee Week 2023: Nurses making a difference

As a Refugee Health Nurse, Maria Loupetis provides a range of healthcare services for newly arrived people from refugee backgrounds, including some who have been here for longer but fallen through the healthcare cracks, as well as people seeking asylum, living across Melbourne’s Eastern suburbs. The nurse-led refugee clinic, run by EACH, provides the cohort […]