Research
The latest research and innovation in nursing, midwifery and healthcare from across the nation and worldwide
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Enhanced role for midwives in postnatal contraceptive care
- November 10, 2025
- Category: Research
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Exercise caution when taking nutritional advice from social media influencers, study finds
- April 4, 2024
- Category: Research, Wellbeing
- / Tag: 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 Institute for Physical Activity and
Scientists develop game-changer in treating chronic wounds
- February 19, 2024
- Category: Career & Practice, Research
- / Tag: Wounds
A team of international scientists has developed a more effective treatment for chronic wounds that doesn’t involve antibiotics or silver-based dressings, but instead, an ionized gas called plasma. The treatment involves boosting the plasma activation
Language barriers contribute to higher aggression in immigrants with dementia
- February 16, 2024
- Category: Research
- / Tag: All Nurses And Midwives
Immigrants living with dementia are more likely to present with agitation and aggression compared with their non-immigrant counterparts, new research shows. Behaviours and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD), such as agitation and aggression, are common.
Registered nurse leads study to improve palliative care in rural and remote
- February 5, 2024
- Category: Research
- / Tag: Palliative Care
A new University of South Australia study is aiming to gain a better understanding of what’s working well in rural and remote palliative care, with the goal of improving knowledge and access to palliative care
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