High levels of antimicrobial use puts Australians at risk of harm
Australians are unwittingly being exposed to increased risk of harm from taking antibiotics, used to treat common infections which have no or little benefit, research shows. Australia ranks among the highest in the developed world for antimicrobial use, according to a state-of-the-nation report on antibiotic use and resistance released by the Australian Commission on Safety […]
One head injury hospitalisation every four minutes in Australia
Head injuries resulted in 142,000 hospital admissions during 2020-21 – about one hospitalisation every four minutes – according to a new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). Injuries to the head were responsible for 406,000 emergency department presentations, and 2,400 deaths, the report revealed. In 2020-21, head injuries accounted for 21% […]
Survey aims to improve legal response to occupational violence
A survey addressing workplace occupational violence aims to clarify what discourages nurses from reporting incidents to legal authorities, according to the nurse researcher leading the project. CJ Cabilan, a researcher who has previously published in the ANMJ on occupational violence, said while legislation is in place across the states and territories that addresses occupational violence […]
Nurse Practitioner opens transgender and gender diverse clinic to provide ‘inclusive healthcare’
In February, South Australian nurse practitioner and academic Toni Slotnes-O’Brien discovered that a person close to her was transgender and, sadly, the challenges they faced accessing basic healthcare. “They went away from GP consults feeling suicidal due to the way they were being treated,” Toni reveals. With South Australia’s sole adult public gender clinic, operating […]
One in four primary healthcare nurses considering leaving the sector
Three-quarter of nurses working in primary healthcare (PHC) feel stressed and burnt out at work, while one in four nurses are contemplating leaving their job within the next two to five years, a new survey has revealed. Results of the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Associations’ (APNA) 2022 Workforce Survey, which heard from 4,000 nurses, […]
Nominations open for 2024 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards
The search is now underway to identify Australia’s top nurses and midwives, with nominations officially opening for the 2024 HESTA Australia Nursing & Midwifery Awards. The national awards, to be held in Melbourne in May next year, recognise nurses, midwives, nurse educators, researchers and personal care workers who are excelling at improving health outcomes by […]
Bombing hospitals, destroying ambulances and the ethics of (un)just war
Bombing hospitals, destroying ambulances and the ethics of (un)just war
Elder-led LGBTQIA+ program to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth
The first Elder-led intervention for improving the social emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQA+ young people will be trialled in Western Australia. Edith Cowan University (ECU) has received a NHMRC/Medical Research Future Fund grant to develop and test the Pride Yarns: Development and trial of an inter-generational intervention for supporting Aboriginal and […]
Dissolvable stent reduces risk of lower limb amputation in PAD
Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) with blocked lower leg arteries could soon have access to treatment with a dissolvable stent which has been shown to be more effective than standard balloon angioplasty. A phase 3 randomised clinical trial (RCT) led by UNSW researchers found that in patients treated with the dissolvable stent Esprit BTK, […]
Help shape policy and workforce planning in Primary Health Care
The Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association is inviting nurses and midwives working in non-hospital settings to participate in its annual national survey of the Australian Primary Health Care (PHC) nursing and midwifery workforce. The Association says the aim of the survey is to better understand PHC nurses and midwives and their work, as a […]