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ANMF (Vic Branch) confident surge payments for Victorian healthcare workers will continue post January
ANMF (Vic Branch) confident surge payments for Victorian healthcare workers will continue post January
Medi-Hotels for low acuity COVID-19 patients set to ease pressure on Victorian hospital beds
Two Victorian hotel quarantine sites are being transformed into medi-hotels from Monday, the Victorian Government announced today. Victorian Acting Minister [...]
Government must do more to stop the nation’s escalating COVID-19 aged care crisis ANMF says
Government must do more to stop the nation's escalating COVID-19 aged care crisis ANMF says
Omicron: Immune evasion, COVID-19 vaccination, and boosters
Omicron: Immune evasion, COVID-19 vaccination, and boosters
APNA and School Nurses Australia to amalgamate
The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association (APNA) and School Nurses Australia (SNA) have agreed to amalgamate in a bid [...]
Alcohol use harming Australians and costing the community billions each year
Alcohol consumption has been estimated to cost Australia almost $67 billion a year in health, workplace and other impacts, including [...]
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Aged care advisory council needs strong nursing voices
Gobsmackingly, the new National Aged Care Advisory Council has been formed without any nursing groups represented. So, the health minister [...]
Study finds low level of patient participation in nursing handover
Study finds low level of patient participation in nursing handover
The Royal Children’s Hospital’s latest Paediatric Injectable Guidelines 2021 edition is now available.
The Royal Children's Hospital’s Paediatric Injectable Guidelines provide health professionals working in a busy paediatric setting with reliable, comprehensive and [...]
Australian COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
Australian COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
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Optimising palliative care for people in acute care settings through innovative research
Optimising palliative care for people in acute care settings through innovative research
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Acting on climate change demands political change
As the largest, and among the most trusted workforce group,1,2 nurses and midwives are an extremely powerful and influential group, [...]
Raising income support and investing in social housing and rent assistance are the keys to unlocking poverty
We never know when we might need to rely on our social safety net. Research by academic Professor Peter Whiteford [...]
Climate change report
At HESTA, we are driving powerful change. We’ve let our actions do the talking to establish ourselves as an industry [...]
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Planning meals and snacks ensures better focus and productivity when at work
The most common challenges faced by nurses and midwives regarding nutrition are related to their working environment, according to Melanie [...]
Almost half of Australians feel lip service is being paid to their mental health
Almost half of Australians feel lip service is being paid to their mental health
COVID-19 pandemic increases loneliness among Australians
Social connectivity decreased dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic, with associated poor health outcomes costing up to $2.7 billion each year, [...]
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Healthy lifestyle programs improve pregnancy experiences and health outcomes
Healthy lifestyle programs improve pregnancy experiences and health outcomes
Preterm birth risk most strongly linked to pre-eclampsia
Preterm birth risk most strongly linked to pre-eclampsia
Risk of post-surgical delirium more than doubled in certain medications
Some anti-depressant and anxiety medications more than double the risk of post-surgical delirium for older patient after knee or hip [...]
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