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When nurses breach public trust: The importance of cultivating confidence and care in a conspirative world
- March 5, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
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Supporting deprescribing with the AMH Aged Care Companion
- June 2, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice, Sponsored Post
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Optimising medicine use in older people is a complex balance between disease management and avoiding medicine-related problems As a person ages (particularly after the age of 70) they are more likely to have multiple chronic conditions, leading to the use

Strength-based cultural care improves health outcomes for Aboriginal mothers and babies
- November 8, 2024
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islanders, All Nurses And Midwives
Aboriginal women have been mothering for more than 65,000 years, yet there is still a vast underrepresentation of Aboriginal health clinicians in the perinatal sector. This has run-on effects, with Aboriginal mothers struggling to find

Beyond judgement: A nursing perspective on obesity, medications, and the path to health
- November 1, 2024
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Recently, while waiting at a pharmacy, I witnessed an interaction that has stayed with me. A young man, around 30 years old, stood at the counter, visibly uncomfortable. He was breathless and sweating slightly, despite

The role of regulation in nursing and midwifery in Australia: A legacy of excellence and advocacy
- October 31, 2024
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
In Australia’s healthcare system, regulating and accrediting nursing and midwifery are vital for maintaining high standards and ensuring public safety. The ANMF’s contributions to nursing and midwifery regulation in Australia reflect its commitment to excellence

Manual handling and no lift
- October 21, 2024
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Safe manual handling and no lift policies had their origins with the union back in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The movement towards ‘no lift’ policies were driven by nurses and midwives on the
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