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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

Monovalent vs Bivalent Vaccines for COVID-19
- December 8, 2023
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, COVID-19
The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has advised the Australian Government regarding the use of new monovalent Omicron XBB.1.5 vaccines for eligible recipients. The new monovalent vaccines will be available from 11 December 2023,

‘It’s the old people’: Why enrolled nurses (ENs) belong in aged care
- December 8, 2023
- Category: Career & Practice, Justice & Action
- / Tag: Aged Care
Last year (2022), just two weeks out from Christmas, Tasmanian enrolled nurse Julie Wicks and dozens of her colleagues working across Southern Cross Care’s aged care facilities were asked to front up to a Monday

The Importance of Enrolled Nurses in Aged Care: Results of a National Aged Care Survey
- December 7, 2023
- Category: Career & Practice, Justice & Action
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
According to the latest workforce census, there were around 17,000 Enrolled nurses (ENs) working across Australia’s aged care sector in 2020.1 Enrolled nurses are fundamental members of aged care teams and their work contributes valuably

Have your say on the Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Clinical Care Standard
- December 4, 2023
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care is seeking feedback on the draft Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Clinical Care Standard. The Commission developed the draft clinical care standard in collaboration with
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