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 value in the opportunity to present individual viewpoints in collaboration as the authors believe in a genuine partnership between health services and Aboriginal and Torres […]
Supporting women’s choices: The women’s health nurse
Women’s health is much more than reproductive and sexual health, says long-time women’s health nurse (WHN) Annette Heather. “As a women’s health nurse you need to have broad experience and understand all aspects of women’s health – it’s not just reproductive health and pap smears. Sexual and reproductive health is only part of women’s health […]
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 this issue read about Early career nurses’ self-reported influences and drawbacks for undertaking a rural graduate nursing program – https://doi.org/10.37464/2024.411.1225 Find out about, The impact […]
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 essential knowledge required to comprehend, apply, and lead clinical research efforts.2 To address this issue, researchers at the Rosemary Bryant AO Research Centre (RBRC) of […]
New eligibility tool for subsidised aged care
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, here’s what you need to know. In preparation for the implementation of the new Integrated Assessment Tool (IAT), the federal government is working closely with […]
‘You are not alone’ supporting peace in Gaza
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 Centre offering aid, comfort, and resilience in the face of adversity to the Palestinian people. Australia’s Union Aid Abroad APHEDA, founded by nurse and ANF […]
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 strength training were extremely beneficial for treating depression, University of Queensland researchers have found. UQ’s School of Psychology reviewed more than 200 studies looking at […]
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 in the delivery of education for early-career nurses. It has also strengthened consistencies in the delivery of simulation training between undergraduate education and transition programs […]
Time to apply the Northern Ireland blueprint for peace in Israel-Gaza
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 examined ‘just war theory’ and made a clarion call for nurses to take a stand and speak out about the injustices of war. There are […]
Innovation enables workforce growth and high-quality care at Western Health
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 future population growth will occur in its outer west, directly impacting WH’s nursing and midwifery workforce supply and demand. To meet its workforce needs and […]