In Practice
Think before you send: Professional conduct and online communication
Health practitioners, nurses and midwives are bound by a code of conduct and professional standards. In addition, many workplaces will [...]
A family’s foster care journey and how it changed their lives forever
Molly* and her husband Joe* never really considered becoming foster carers. Already parents to four biological children, it wasn’t something [...]
Evidence based information on medicinal cannabis now available to health professionals and consumers
Evidence-based information about medicinal cannabis is now available via a new portal developed by NPS MedicineWise. The information on the [...]
Updated resources for performing spirometry in primary care plus advice amid COVID-19
The National Asthma Council has released an updated set of resources to guide primary healthcare professionals in performing and interpreting [...]
End of life Care during COVID-19 in residential care facilities
End of Life Care (EOLC) brings many challenges which are unique and complex (PalliAged 2019), and they worsen if a [...]
Mapping your practice environment
If someone asks “what do you do”? You can show them a ‘knowledge graph’ of your practice environment. Knowledge graphs [...]
Tips to deal with grief during the pandemic
Losing a loved one is difficult at the best of times, let alone during the COVID-19 pandemic, where social distancing [...]
ANMF COVID-19 guideline 3: Principles for safe and compassionate entry into nursing homes
Protecting the health and wellbeing of vulnerable older Australians living in nursing homes during the COVID-19 pandemic requires the right [...]
Online symptom checkers inaccurate most of the time according to research
While it’s tempting to ‘self-diagnose’ health symptoms via Dr Google, symptom checkers are only accurate a third of the time, [...]
Think before you send: Professional conduct and online communication
Health practitioners, nurses and midwives are bound by a code of conduct and professional standards. In addition, many workplaces will [...]
A family’s foster care journey and how it changed their lives forever
Molly* and her husband Joe* never really considered becoming foster carers. Already parents to four biological children, it wasn’t something [...]
Evidence based information on medicinal cannabis now available to health professionals and consumers
Evidence-based information about medicinal cannabis is now available via a new portal developed by NPS MedicineWise. The information on the [...]
Updated resources for performing spirometry in primary care plus advice amid COVID-19
The National Asthma Council has released an updated set of resources to guide primary healthcare professionals in performing and interpreting [...]
