A nurse’s road to recovery
2019-01-09T08:20:42+00:00December 19th, 2018|
Victorian nurse Mary Wong hopes her journey will help inspire other stroke survivors. The nurse who had a stroke in 2016 completed a 10 kilometre [...]
Nurses help build capacity in the Pacific
2019-01-09T08:18:12+00:00December 18th, 2018|
Prior to undertaking advanced emergency training, nurses working in a small island nation in the Pacific called Kiribati had limited knowledge and were easily overwhelmed. [...]
Surviving your first day of clinical placement
2019-01-09T08:17:58+00:00December 18th, 2018|
A Placement Educator at Flinders University’s College of Nursing & Health Sciences in Adelaide, Registered Nurse Deb Hastings helps student nurses navigate their way through [...]
10 ways to help your mental health in 2019
2019-01-02T17:07:11+00:00December 18th, 2018|
Currently one in five Australians experience mental ill health every year. Australian Psychological Society President Ros Knight says people who spend a lot of time [...]
Women on boards: A leading force
2019-01-02T17:07:24+00:00December 18th, 2018|
Resignations of high profile women leaders last year have thrown the spotlight on the culture and gender disparity in Australian workplaces. Natalie Dragon talks to [...]
Justice for SEATO nurses?
2019-01-02T17:13:42+00:00December 17th, 2018|
Civilian nurses who voluntarily served during the Vietnam War campaigning for more than two decades to secure the same health entitlements accessed by the military [...]
Up in the air with an RFDS flight nurse
2018-12-19T14:08:57+00:00December 14th, 2018|
Royal Flying Doctor Service senior flight nurse Jenine Harmer counts joining the vital healthcare operation as the best decision she has ever made. “It gives [...]
Medication overload
2018-12-19T14:08:46+00:00December 13th, 2018|
Fifty percent of older Australian are taking too many medications that are harmful or unnecessary, according to a new report. The report, Quality Use of [...]
Drug could reverse antibiotic resistance
2018-12-19T14:11:27+00:00December 12th, 2018|
A drug that was originally designed to help Alzheimer’s and Huntington disease may actually be beneficial in combating antibiotic resistant bacteria. The University of Queensland [...]