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‘Plan for the worst, hope for the best’: Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner on matters of life and death
- May 20, 2024
- Category: Interviews
- / Tag: Palliative Care
As a young nurse working in oncology, Peter Jenkin began to question the often “futile treatment” given to patients and the lack of informed decision-making. Something inside him clicked, setting him on a path into

Queensland’s inaugural First Nations Midwifery Director driving the change towards culturally safe care
- May 2, 2024
- Category: Interviews
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives, Midwives
Proud Gurindji woman and midwife Melina Connors has recently been appointed Queensland’s inaugural First Nations Midwifery Director, a historic first not only for Queensland, but for all of Australia. She talks with the ANMJ for

Q&A: Australian College of Nurse Practitioners President Melanie Dunstan
- March 25, 2024
- Category: Interviews
- / Tag: Nurse Practitioner
Nursing has opened numerous doors for Melanie Dunstan throughout her career. But it was becoming a nurse practitioner that truly enabled her to deliver the greatest amount of care to clients, particularly reducing delays and

How the Northern Territory trailblazed Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws
- February 12, 2024
- Category: Interviews
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
In 1995, the Northern Territory made history by becoming the first place in the world to legalise voluntary assisted dying after a private member’s Bill, championed by then Chief Minister Marshall Perron, secured a 15-10
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