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Paediatric Organ Donation Specialist Nurse urges Australians to consider giving someone a second chance at life
- July 25, 2025
- Category: Interviews
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
“This job enables me to offer families a chance to create a legacy for their child,” says Mellissa Short, a DonateLife Victoria paediatrics Nurse Donation Specialist based at Melbourne’s Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH) and Monash

New ANMF Federal Vice President brings nursing and midwifery lens to national leadership team
- July 11, 2025
- Category: Interviews
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
With a diverse career in midwifery, advanced nursing practice and perinatal mental health, new ANMF Federal Vice President Astrid Tiefholz, from Tasmania, brings a unique voice to the union’s leadership. “It’s important that we have

International Nurses Day 2025: Celebrating the life-changing impact of care
- May 8, 2025
- Category: Interviews
- / Tag: Campaign, International, Nurses, Students, Wellbeing
A conversation with Kerry Patford, Chief Nurse of the McGrath Foundation, this International Nurses Day. Ahead of International Nurses Day, Kerry Patford, Chief Nurse of the McGrath Foundation, whose 30-year plus career epitomises the enduring

From RN to Nurse Practitioner: Scholarship paves the way for Teagan to improve women’s healthcare
- March 26, 2025
- Category: Interviews
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, Midwifery, Primary care
Despite over 14 years of experience working across a range of healthcare settings, Tasmanian registered nurse and midwife Teagan Atkins often encounters situations where she is unable to work to her full scope of practice.
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