All registered health practitioners have a professional and ethical obligation to protect and promote public health and safe healthcare. Under the national law, health practitioners, [...]
Nyoongar woman and midwife Valerie Ah Chee started her midwifery training aged 41. It followed the birth of her youngest son Raphael who was her [...]
Around 70% of older Australians are without an Advanced Care Directive. This means they are not leaving instructions in the event that they’re unable to make [...]
I was extremely fortunate to hear the inspirational and witty Malala Yousafzai speak in Melbourne last December. Malala gave such a powerful address and generously [...]
Nursing Now, the three-year global campaign aiming to improve health and lift the profile of nursing, has welcomed backing by the World Health Organization (WHO) [...]
VISION 2020: The Right to Sight is the global initiative for the elimination of avoidable blindness, is a joint program of the World Health Organization [...]
Nurses are being encouraged to educate people about the link between neck pain and excessive use of smartphones. Latest international research has revealed high ergonomic [...]
The Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) has been handed $350,000 in federal government funding to develop Australia’s first online [...]
The South Pacific Nurses Forum (SPNF) began in 1982 after a group of nurses from the region connected at the 1980 International Council of Nurses [...]
