The Nurse Practitioner Endoscopist (NPE) is an advanced practice role enabling the Nurse Practitioner (NP) to perform colonoscopy procedures within a legislative and regulatory framework [...]
One of the most common infections occurring in hospitals are urinary tract infections, with approximately 1% of admitted patients acquiring this infection in Australia- or [...]
Australia is one of the safest countries in the world in which to give birth or to be born. Despite this, women in rural areas [...]
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic autoinflammatory skin condition characterised by recurrent deep and painful nodules and abscesses (Vekic et al. 2018). These lesions are [...]
Green crusader and anaesthetic nurse Darren Bradbrook has been on a sustainability campaign in the operating room at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) in South Australia [...]
Victoria Fitton, Nurse Unit Manager of the Cardiothoracic Wing at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, was named Young Professional of the Year at last year’s 10th [...]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has released updated national standards for school nurses that provide a contemporary overview of the unique role’s broad [...]
Mental health risk assessment practices have largely evolved in response to the perceived ‘threat’ posed to the community as a result of de-institutionalisation. The alignment [...]
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 [...]
