Grad Spotlight – Laura

Laura Schmidt is a graduate registered nurse based at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Adelaide. 1. What inspired you to pursue a career in nursing? My mother has been my greatest inspiration in pursuing nursing. In 2023, she celebrated an incredible milestone – 50 years of dedication to the profession. I’ve always admired her unwavering […]

Escape Room training challenges nursing students to think on their feet    

“It’s all a bit of a mystery, and that’s the challenge,” explains University of South Australia (UniSA) nursing lecturer Dr Michelle Freeling, of the immersive escape room experience designed to help postgraduate perioperative nurses sharpen their skills.  An escape room typically involves a group of people being locked in a room and having to solve […]

Overseas nurses fast-tracked to work in Australia

The registration process for internationally qualified registered nurses from countries including the United Kingdom and United States wanting to work in Australia will be fast-tracked in a bid to tackle the country’s workforce issues. The quicker assessment and registration process, enabled after Health Ministers last September approved a new registration standard: general registration for internationally […]

Student spotlight – Tallulah

Tallulah McCarthy-Huxley is a third-year Bachelor of Midwifery student at Griffith University. 1 What inspired you to choose a career in nursing/midwifery? From a young age, I was deeply passionate about healthy and sustainable ways of living. I always envisioned a career in healthcare, but I felt that my holistic beliefs didn’t align with the […]

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