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Nursing on the doorstep: a socialised model of healthcare
Latest Interviews
Nursing on the doorstep: a socialised model of healthcare
Powered by a passion to increase connectivity and decrease stigma around homelessness, primary healthcare nurse-driven organisation OneBridge provides health equity, health education and social prescriptions for individuals experiencing homelessness and
Five of My Life: Podcaster Nigel Marsh unearths the stories of everyday nurses and midwives
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has partnered with acclaimed podcaster Nigel Marsh to launch a series featuring everyday nurses and midwives. The six-part podcast series follows the Five
Queensland’s inaugural First Nations Midwifery Director driving the change towards culturally safe care
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
Latest Career & Practice
Finding the right words – talking and asking about burnout
Burnout in the nursing and midwifery professions is real and should not be underestimated. Let’s all take burnout seriously, be aware of the symptoms and work together to prevent it.
Nurse-led vascular access team
A unique Queensland first, nurse-led vascular access team is reducing catheter-associated complications and improving the patient experience. Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service’s vascular access surveillance and education (VASE) service
New scholarships to upskill registered nurses and midwives
The federal government has launched a $50.2 million scholarship program to upskill registered nurses and midwives to become nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives in primary care and aged care settings.
Latest Digital Health
The cyber security impacts of Artificial Intelligence in nursing and midwifery
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
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
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
Finding the right words – talking and asking about burnout
Burnout in the nursing and midwifery professions is real and should not be underestimated. Let’s all take burnout seriously, be aware of the symptoms and work together to prevent it.
Empowering Indigenous student nurses: A cadetship journey towards healthcare equity
This piece reflects on the experience of an Indigenous Nursing Cadetship from the perspectives of an Indigenous Nursing Cadet, a Nurse Researcher, and an Executive Director of Nursing. There is
Collaboration between a hospital nursing education unit and a nursing school in Adelaide enhances nursing education for early-career nurses
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
Latest Research
‘Delivered by women, led by men’: Female nurses face major barriers to advance into leadership roles
Female nurses aren’t getting the same opportunities to advance into leadership roles as men, a Monash University study has found. Comprehensively reviewing decades of data, researchers identified the collective sociocultural,
Latest AJAN published
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
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
Latest Justice & Action
Finding the right words – talking and asking about burnout
Burnout in the nursing and midwifery professions is real and should not be underestimated. Let’s all take burnout seriously, be aware of the symptoms and work together to prevent it.
Nursing on the doorstep: a socialised model of healthcare
Powered by a passion to increase connectivity and decrease stigma around homelessness, primary healthcare nurse-driven organisation OneBridge provides health equity, health education and social prescriptions for individuals experiencing homelessness and
‘No More Shame’ in disclosing and responding to violence and abuse of older women
Violence against women, in Australia and internationally, is a longstanding and pernicious scourge on all communities. In 2018, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that one in three women globally
Latest Wellbeing
Exercise prescriptions to help reduce depression
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
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
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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Finding the right words – talking and asking about burnout
Burnout in the nursing and midwifery professions is real and should not be underestimated. Let’s all take burnout seriously, be aware of the symptoms and work together to prevent it. While no nurse, midwife or student should experience burnout, unfortunately
About the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
The ANMJ is a proud publication of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation, the largest union in Australia with over 321,000 members.
The ANMF is run by nurses and midwives with the purpose of advancing the industrial, political and professional status of its members.
The ANMF also actively promotes the need for high quality, affordable and accessible healthcare for every Australian.
If you are a registered or enrolled nurse, midwife, assistant in nursing or doing nursing work, the ANMF is the union for you. We invite you to join one of our branches, where we will be there when you need us.