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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

Needle-free flu vaccine to benefit NSW and QLD children
- September 17, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, Infection Control
No-cost needle-free influenza vaccinations for young children in New South Wales and Queensland have been welcomed as a major step forward in public health, with calls for other states and territories to follow. The NSW

Health professionals advised to stop prescribing SABA (blue puffer) to treat asthma
- September 16, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: Asthma
Health professionals, including nurses, are being advised to stop prescribing or recommending as-needed short-acting beta2 agonists (SABA) alone to treat asthma in adolescents and adults, under updated guidelines in the National Asthma Council Australia’s (NAC)

New life-saving first aid app brings emergency help to rural families
- September 16, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
A ground-breaking first aid app set to transform emergency response for rural and remote families has been developed by a Victorian nurse and her sister. The All Hands Lifesaver app, launched in July, equips parents

Clinical pathways show early signs of progress in sepsis burden
- September 12, 2025
- Category: Career & Practice
- / Tag: Action, All Nurses And Midwives, Education
A decline in the proportion of sepsis-related deaths occurring in emergency departments suggests the growing impact of sepsis education and pathways, reveals a new report released ahead of World Sepsis Day tomorrow. The landmark report
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