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Midwife helps pregnant women experiencing homelessness find a place to call home
- December 11, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

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University of Tasmania empowers nurses with Australia’s most flexible postgraduate nursing program
- December 16, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice, Sponsored Post
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
The University of Tasmania has officially launched its redesigned Advanced Nursing postgraduate program, a bold step forward in preparing nurses for leadership, expanded clinical roles, and interdisciplinary collaboration across Australia’s healthcare system. With more than 20 specialisations, including the newly
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.
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
As a nurse who has worked at the frontline of both traditional and cannabinoid-based care, I’ve witnessed the real-world consequences of our system’s slow and inconsistent uptake of medicinal cannabis policy. Despite medicinal cannabis being
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
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