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Nurses can’t stay silent on medicinal cannabis: A call for safer, smarter practice
- July 21, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
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Frailty – supporting better outcomes
- August 21, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice, Sponsored Post
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Frailty is a common, yet often under-recognised, condition in older people. It is estimated that at least 11% of community dwelling older Australians, and up to 75% of residents in aged care homes are living with frailty. Frailty is an

Culturally safe maternity care for Indigenous women: Bridging gaps for health equity
- August 5, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: Maternal care, Midwifery
An international, pan-Indigenous, and cross-cultural research team has examined Indigenous women’s dissatisfaction with birthing experiences across both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. A recently published scoping review includes data from 1,437 women, 36 Elders, 14

Between the frontline and the executive: A personal call to recognise and support healthcare’s middle managers
- July 24, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Middle managers—such as Nurse Unit Managers (NUMs), Midwifery Unit Managers (MUMs), and departmental leaders—play a critical role in translating strategic priorities into frontline care. They are the vital link between executive leadership and clinical teams.

FUCHSIA study goes national
- July 7, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
The ANMF is pleased to announce funding for The FUCHSIA study: Future proofing the midwifery workforce in Australia. There is a nationwide midwifery workforce shortage and increasing reports of midwives considering leaving the profession. A

Primary Care Scholarship program boosts future nurse practitioners
- July 3, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: Nurse Practitioner, Primary care
Sexual and Reproductive Health Nurse Robyn Holmes is among hundreds of registered nurses on the journey to becoming a nurse practitioner thanks to a Primary Care Nursing and Midwifery Scholarship. “It has eased financial pressures,
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