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The cyber security impacts of Artificial Intelligence in nursing and midwifery
- April 11, 2024
- Category: Digital Health
- / Tag: Digital health
Latest Interviews
Q&A: Australian College of Nurse Practitioners President Melanie Dunstan
- March 25, 2024
- Tags: 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
How the Northern Territory trailblazed Australia’s voluntary assisted dying laws
- February 12, 2024
- Tags: 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
Meet Nurse Blake, the accidental comedy sensation
- January 18, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
In 2017, Blake Lynch, better known as Nurse Blake, was driving home after a gruelling shift in an intensive care unit when he experienced his first panic attack. The culprit,
Latest Career & Practice
New eligibility tool for subsidised aged care
- April 16, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
A new tool that assesses the eligibility of older people for Commonwealth-subsidised aged care services and programs is being introduced on 1 July 2024. If you work in aged care,
Innovation enables workforce growth and high-quality care at Western Health
- April 10, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Situated in a rapidly growing, diverse, and socioeconomically challenged corridor, Western Health (WH) services a community of over one million people. Article summary: Projections indicate a substantial proportion of Melbourne’s
Leading with intention
- April 5, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
As leaders we need to create experiences on purpose to influence change. What does this mean and how do we go about it? Natalie Dragon talks with midwife and health
Latest Digital Health
The cyber security impacts of Artificial Intelligence in nursing and midwifery
- April 11, 2024
- Tags: Digital health
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools become more widespread, particularly in sectors such as healthcare, the importance of cyber security protection measures will become even more paramount. To help clinicians understand
The Break Glass function in My Health Record: when and how to use it
- April 5, 2024
There are certain urgent situations where health professionals can legally access restricted information in a My Health Record to lessen or prevent a serious threat to a person’s health. This
Greater evidence reduces reliability of ChatGPT when used for health questions, study finds
- April 4, 2024
- Tags: Digital health
Asking a health-related question to ChatGPT? Well, you might be at risk, after a new study found that the more evidence the Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform is given, the less
Latest Grads & Students
Collaboration between a hospital nursing education unit and a nursing school in Adelaide enhances nursing education for early-career nurses
- April 12, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
A collaboration between the Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) Early Career Transition Programs (ECTPs) team and the Adelaide Nursing School (ANS – University of Adelaide) has led to improvements
Researcher aims to address ‘placement poverty’ among university students
- April 10, 2024
- Tags: Placement poverty
Over the next year, Dr Amani Bell, an academic from the University of Sydney, will tackle one of Australian universities’ biggest challenges – the rise of financial hardship experienced by
PLACEMENT POVERTY: Why nursing and midwifery students must be paid for clinical placements
- March 27, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
A growing number of undergraduate nursing and midwifery students nationwide are voicing concerns about the significant challenges posed by hundreds of hours of mandatory unpaid clinical placements. Robert Fedele investigates.
Latest Research
Latest AJAN published
- April 18, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
The Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol 41 No 1 (2024): December 2023–February 2024 has just been published. The journal contains peer reviewed articles relevant to nurses and midwives. In
The OWL Project: Building nurses and midwives leadership skills, research, and evidence-based practice capabilities
- April 17, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Translation of evidence to practice is a challenge for all clinical practitioners, and nurses and midwives are no exception.1 This challenge results in nurses and midwives finding themselves without the
Exercise caution when taking nutritional advice from social media influencers, study finds
- April 4, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Researchers say Australians should think twice about taking dietary and nutritional advice from social media after a national audit of influencer posts revealed nearly half contained inaccurate information. Deakin University’s
Latest Justice & Action
‘You are not alone’ supporting peace in Gaza
- April 15, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Palestinians in Gaza are suffering one of the worst humanitarian crises of our times. Yet at the heart of Gaza there exists some relief amidst the chaos: the MA’AN Development
Time to apply the Northern Ireland blueprint for peace in Israel-Gaza
- April 11, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Professor Megan-Jane Johnstone AO wrote a powerful article that was published online on 10 November 2023 in the ANMJ: “Bombing hospitals, destroying ambulances and the ethics of (un)just war”.1 Johnstone
Secure jobs and gender equality form the basis for the Modern Award Review 2023-24
- April 9, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
In December 2022, the Fair Work Act was amended to add two new objectives that need to be taken into account when deciding if awards meet the standard required of
Latest Wellbeing
Exercise prescriptions to help reduce depression
- April 14, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Exercise can be a powerful tool to fight depression and should be routinely prescribed as part of treatment plans, according to Australian researchers. Activities such as walking, jogging, yoga and
Exercise caution when taking nutritional advice from social media influencers, study finds
- April 4, 2024
- Tags: All Nurses And Midwives
Researchers say Australians should think twice about taking dietary and nutritional advice from social media after a national audit of influencer posts revealed nearly half contained inaccurate information. Deakin University’s
Nurses poised to help shift dial in fight against obesity
- April 3, 2024
- Tags: Health & Wellbeing
Nurses and fellow health professionals have a critical role to play in helping the growing number of Australians experiencing severe weight issues, according to the nation’s peak body for obesity
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- March 13, 2024
- Category: Sponsored Post, Wellbeing
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