Robert Fedele - ANMJ

Could ‘virtual nurses’ be the answer to aged care staffing woes? Dream on

Former Health Department Chief Martin Bowles has reportedly proposed “virtual nurses” could help address the shortage of nurses in aged care. This might involve remote, possibly artificial intelligence-assisted, virtual care, rather than physical nurse presence, to assist nursing homes to meet new legislative requirements to have a registered nurse present 24/7. There are clear opportunities […]

On the streets: Nurses caring for the homeless

Nurse recognised for research tackling infection prevention in hospitals

One in 10 patients across Australian hospitals develops an infection during their stay. A major burden, on both patients and the healthcare system, this equates to about 165,000 such infections each year. For the past decade, nurse Brett Mitchell, Professor Health Services Research and Nursing at Avondale University in NSW, has been investigating ways to […]

How medicinal cannabis is easing the pain of palliative care patients

Undervalued – Inside the ANMF’S push to lift wages of aged care workers by 25%

Long hours, poor pay and chronic understaffing are commonplace in aged care. Beginning in late April, the Fair Work Commission (FWC) considered landmark applications by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and Health Services Union (HSU), supported by the United Workers Union (UWU), for a 25% wage increase for aged care workers. The unions’ […]

Behind Queensland’s first online Child Health Nurse-led service

At the start of 2021, registered nurse Rebecca Bradshaw launched Rural Child Health, Queensland’s first online child health nurse-led service offering healthcare and support to rural families. A longstanding passion for helping rural families inspired Rebecca, a Child Health Nurse for the past 13 years who has worked across both rural and metropolitan settings, to […]

Dr Rosemary Bryant reflects on the evolution of nursing over the past 50 years

Health intervention helps new grad nurses improve diet and exercise

New graduate nurses who took part in a health promotion intervention program during their transition to practice programs (TTP) improved their health knowledge and some dietary behaviours, research has found. Dr Elizabeth Brogan, a lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and a registered nurse with over 20 years’ of experience, conducted the study […]