Nurse Practitioner pens book detailing ‘honest insights’ into the life of a nurse
Rasa Kabaila never imagined that her everyday nursing stories from a decade in the job could one day form an entire book. That was until a friend planted the seed in her mind that her experiences, and those of colleagues, deserved to be told. “I thought, they’re not necessarily unique stories, but they are significant,” […]
‘Unleash The Potential’: Thousands more mental health nurses needed to meet rising demand
There is almost 25,000 mental health nurses working across the country, according to the Department of Health and Aged Care’s latest health workforce data. Despite growth in numbers, Adrian Armitage, CEO of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN), says it’s not nearly enough to combat the “silent pandemic” of rising mental health issues […]
Q&A: Wound Clinical Nurse Consultant Hayley Ryan on tackling a ‘hidden epidemic’
This year’s Wound Awareness Week (4-10 September) is ‘Let’s get wound care RIGHT! The RIGHT diagnosis and the RIGHT treatment at the RIGHT time’. It points to the fact that so many wounds can be healed with appropriate care, especially from experienced wound care nurses, and the value of wound-specific education from many other health […]
Study: What would help retention of early career nurses in regional and rural areas?
What would help improve the job satisfaction and retention of early career nurses working across regional and rural Australia? It’s a question often contemplated by Heidi Rose, a clinical nurse based at Mount Gambier, and University of South Australia academics Dr Gemma Skaczkowski and Associate Professor Kate Gunn. So, they asked them. The study aimed […]
Maggie Beer launches new program to train aged care cooks and chefs to deliver better food
Maggie Beer launches new program to train aged care cooks and chefs to deliver better food
‘Our time’: Prime Minister announces Voice to Parliament referendum date
Australians will cast their vote at a landmark referendum to decide whether to enshrine an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament in the Constitution on Saturday, 14 October, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially confirmed this morning at a community rally in Adelaide. Launching the six-week campaign, the PM labelled the referendum a “once-in-a-generation […]
‘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