Research & Innovation
Fixing communication breakdown in hospitals to improve patient outcomes
Communication breakdown contributes to over 450,000 people per year suffering from an avoidable critical incident, according to researchers. Consequently, an [...]
Practical COVID-19 policy decisions: Fit checking and testing for P2/N95 respirators
Nurses and care workers account for a notable and likely underestimated proportion of COVID-19 infections and deaths around the world. [...]
Pregnancy delays onset of MS symptoms by more than three years, study finds
Pregnancy can delay the onset of multiple sclerosis (MS) by more than three years, a world-first study conducted by Monash [...]
Primary healthcare nurses threatened with job losses at height of COVID-19, study finds
Primary healthcare nurses threatened with job losses at height of COVID-19, study finds
‘It is unacceptable’: Australia lags behind in monitoring aged care quality
‘It is unacceptable’: Australia lags behind in monitoring aged care quality
Combination asthma medication overprescribed to Australian children, study finds
Australian children are being inappropriately prescribed fixed-dose combination (FDC) asthma medication, a University of New South Wales (UNSW) study has [...]
Poorer countries could be left with fewer nurses post COVID-19
High-income countries must shift from bolstering their nursing workforces by recruiting international nurses to training enough of their own to [...]
Using evidence to make a difference in infection control and COVID-19
This year, International Nurses Day and International Day of the Midwife may not have been celebrated as festively as many [...]
Impacts of COVID-19 will be analysed for several years to come
While data on the implications of COVID-19 on the health system and people’s physical and mental health have been collected, [...]
The ANMF and AMA call on the Prime Minister to take urgent action to prevent further COVID-19 outbreaks in aged care
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) have joined the Australian Medical Association (AMA) calling on the federal government to [...]
First free national food allergy e-training for hospital staff including nurses and midwives launched
A new training program designed to prevent allergic and anaphylactic reactions in patients at hospitals has been met with praise [...]
How to best support staff through a pandemic as a nurse manager
Whether in acute care, aged care or community health, this year has been challenging and stressful on all staff. As [...]
Why #FundOurFutureNotGas Day of Action is important: A student’s perspective
This Friday’s #FundOurFutureNotGas Day of Action (25 September), will bring together movements and collectives from across the country to call [...]
