Government commits to provide access to Pfizer and workplace vaccinations for aged care workers
Government commits to provide access to Pfizer and workplace vaccinations for aged care workers
On target: Theatre nurse Paul Adams is aiming for gold at the Tokyo Olympics
Theatre nurse Paul Adams is lining up for his second Olympic tilt in the Men’s Skeet at the Tokyo Games. “Some people [patients] are a little bit blown away,” Australian Skeet shooter and registered nurse Paul Adams says, once they realise they are being cared for by an Olympian during their hospital stay. “They can’t […]
Rowing gains: Nurse Georgie Rowe set to make Olympic debut at Tokyo Games
Registered nurse Georgie Rowe took up flatwater rowing in 2017. Just four years on, she is set to make her Olympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games. “People ask me what my profession is and I always say I’m a registered nurse before I say I’m a rower,” says Olympic debutant Georgie Rowe proudly. After […]
Nurse practitioners excluded from contributing to COVID-19 vaccination rollout
Nurse practitioners excluded from contributing to COVID-19 vaccination rollout
From nursing to the Olympics: Meet our star athletes going for gold in Tokyo
From nursing to the Olympics: Meet our star athletes going for gold in Tokyo
Too-great expectations: How Australia’s aged care COVID-19 vaccination rollout fell short
In February, when the Morrison government unveiled Australia’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout plan, aged care workers, along with frontline healthcare workers and quarantine and border workers, were included in the highest priority group, phase 1a, and assured they would get vaccinated at their workplaces within the next six weeks. Instead, two months on, fewer than 10% […]
Final-year nursing students don’t consider general practice a priority career path, study finds
Final-year nursing students don’t consider general practice a priority career path, study finds
New doco series shines light on violence faced by frontline nurses
Workplace violence is “a daily occurrence” for emergency nurse Jackson Heilberg. “It’s confronting, it’s challenging, and when you speak to most senior nurses and doctors, it’s getting worse,” he says. The escalating crisis is laid bare in the first episode of a new online video mini-series, titled Wouldn’t you like to know?, that puts the […]
‘Be a sponge’: Tips to nail clinical placement
‘Be a sponge’: Tips to nail clinical placement
How Kazuma Honda stumbled into nursing and found his calling
Becoming a nurse was never on Kazuma Honda’s radar. He didn’t even know what the role involved. Looking back, however, it feels like his pathway into the profession was almost meant to be. A native of Nagoya, Japan, Kazuma was living and studying in China in 1998 when he met his future wife, an Australian. […]