‘Once in a generation opportunity’: Meet Aboriginal nurse and Yes23 NT campaign coordinator, Georgia Corrie
‘Once in a generation opportunity’: Meet Aboriginal nurse and Yes23 NT campaign coordinator, Georgia Corrie
Scope of practice review set to ‘unleash’ nurses’ full potential
For too long, nurses and other health professionals haven’t been able to work to their full scope of practice. Now, the federal government wants to unlock their potential, with a new workforce review, launched last week, set to examine how to enable health practitioners to work to the full-extent of their skills and training, thus […]
NSW nurses protest against coal seam gas mine plans at Pilliga Forest
For several years, Gomeroi people in Coonabarabran and Narrabri have been fighting energy giant Santos’ proposed Narrabri Gas Project, which would see 850 coal seam gas (CSG) wells drilled in the iconic Pilliga Forest to extract gas. Known as fracking, the process involves drilling into the earth and directing a high-pressure mix of water, sand […]
‘YES’ – ACT Nurse backs Voice to Parliament
‘YES’ – ACT Nurse backs Voice to Parliament
What Scope and Standards of Practice should Cannabis Nurses follow?
The Australian Cannabis Nurses Association (ACNA) have unveiled new Cannabis Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice to support the growing role medicinal cannabis nurses are playing in providing safe and effective treatment products for patients. Launched at the 2023 United in Compassion Australian Medicinal Cannabis Symposium’s Nurses’ Conference, held last Friday in Brisbane, the document […]
Endocannabinoid system study must be embedded into undergraduate nursing curriculum
Education about the body’s endocannabinoid system (ECS), which regulates and controls many critical functions such as learning and memory, mood, and pain, must be embedded into undergraduate nursing curriculum across Australia, leading advocates have argued. Speaking at the 2023 United In Compassion Australian Medicinal Cannabis Symposium’s Nurses’ Conference in Brisbane last Friday, Victorian Nurse Practitioner […]
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 […]
Q&A: Nurse backs Voice to Parliament as ‘right thing to do’
Q&A: Nurse backs Voice to Parliament as ‘right thing to do’
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, […]
Why this nurse is voting ‘Yes’ on the Voice to Parliament
Why this nurse is voting ‘Yes’ on the Voice to Parliament