10 tips to effective mentorship
2020-02-19T14:00:44+11:00June 7th, 2019|
Mentoring has proven to be a successful way of facilitating the professional growth and development of recently graduated nurses and other nurses transitioning to a [...]
New Zealand’s Wellbeing Budget offers billions to care for the vulnerable
2019-06-04T16:05:28+10:00May 30th, 2019|
New Zealand has introduced a Wellbeing Budget in an attempt to address long term challenges in mental health, child poverty, children in state care, family violence [...]
The impact of financial wellbeing on health
2019-06-04T16:01:09+10:00May 30th, 2019|
Financial wellbeing is key to health outcomes. It is a social determinant of health because without money purchasing medications, engaging in health options or even [...]
Nurse understaffing increases risk of healthcare-associated infections
2019-06-04T16:00:11+10:00May 29th, 2019|
Nurse understaffing directly increases the risk of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) such as urinary tract infections (UTIs) and pneumonia, new research has revealed. The findings also [...]
Opioids and benzodiazepines: The risk of death
2019-05-29T14:27:11+10:00May 29th, 2019|
Death from drug overdose has increased steadily in the past 20 years in the US, with a similar trend in Australia and across the developed [...]
Eating more fruit and vegetables lowers risk of clinical depression
2019-05-29T09:25:08+10:00May 28th, 2019|
Eating four extra portions of fruit and vegetables each day helps lower the risk of clinical depression and boosts people’s mental health to such an [...]
Second survey into twin and multiple-birth health seeks participants
2019-05-23T08:35:02+10:00May 17th, 2019|
Nurses and midwives are encouraged to complete an online survey aiming to identify the top 10 research priorities when it comes to twin and multiple-birth [...]
Study finds severe vitamin C deficiency in older hospital patients
2019-05-23T08:34:44+10:00May 16th, 2019|
Large numbers of older hospitalised patients have severe vitamin C deficiency, latest South Australian research shows. The Flinders University study’s results coincide with recent media [...]
Report exposes tax practices of family-owned aged care companies
2019-05-23T08:34:32+10:00May 16th, 2019|
A new report examining the tax and financial practices of Australia’s six largest family-owned aged care companies provides growing evidence of the lack of transparency [...]