Health and Safety Representatives – keeping workplaces safe
Health and Safety Representatives – keeping workplaces safe
In conversation with an MS Nurse
In 2003, registered nurse Susan Agland found herself in the right place at the right time. Having worked in neurosurgery for the previous decade, Susan stumbled into the field of Neuroimmunology after taking up an opportunity to work on an MS study exploring levels of vitamin D in patients living with the chronic neurological condition, […]
Australian nurses drank more alcohol during COVID-19 to cope with workplace stress
Australian nurses drank more alcohol during COVID-19 to cope with workplace stress
Key takeaways from the Jobs and Skills Summit
When former Prime Minister Bob Hawke held his economic summit in 1983, of the 97 participants, just one was a woman. Nearly four decades on, in an illustration of how far things have come, half of the delegates at last week’s Jobs and Skills Summit at Parliament House in Canberra were female. Led by Prime […]
Australia’s first Aboriginal Nurse Practitioner honoured
Australia’s first Aboriginal Nurse Practitioner honoured
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
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
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’ […]