Australia has recently reached the end of the latest wave of COVID-19 infections that occurred over the winter months. This wave of steadily increasing numbers [...]
Pip isn’t sure where the desire to work as a nurse came from, but it has been there for a long time. With the sweet [...]
Former Health Department Chief Martin Bowles has reportedly proposed “virtual nurses” could help address the shortage of nurses in aged care. This might involve remote, [...]
How medicinal cannabis is easing the pain of palliative care patients
The Nursing and Midwifery Board’s (NMBA) professional standards are guidelines for all nurses and midwives to practise within Australia. A part of the Australian Health [...]
As a teenager in Mauritius, an island-nation famed for its palm-fringed beaches, Dayolen Kistnen lived in a multi-generational household – the norm in Mauritian society [...]
Climate change is one of the biggest challenges to human health today. In 2009, the leading medical journal The Lancet called it the biggest global [...]
As one of Australia’s most iconic cooks, Maggie Beer is passionate about changing the wellbeing of the elderly through access to food full of flavour [...]
Pain assessment is a critical component of optimum nursing care to enable effective pain management.1 Introduction Advances in the understanding of pain mechanisms and management, [...]
