Tag: All Nurses And Midwives

A step towards smartwatches supporting chronic disease prevention in healthcare

University of Queensland researchers have developed a roadmap for the potential integration of smartwatches into Australian healthcare – but concede there are still several challenges to overcome. According to Dr Graeme Mattison, from UQ’s Faculty of Medicine, using smartwatches for a comprehensive analysis of a patient’s health could enable personalised care for people diagnosed with […]

Back to Bangka: One woman’s journey to uncover the truth

Australian Army nurse Bud Elmes was excited, describing “the opportunity of a lifetime” being in Malaya, to her friends and family back home – only months before her brutal death in the waters off Radji Beach during WWII in one of the worst wartime massacres in history. Melbourne writer Georgina Banks’ search for the truth […]

Refugee Week 2023: Nurses making a difference

As a Refugee Health Nurse, Maria Loupetis provides a range of healthcare services for newly arrived people from refugee backgrounds, including some who have been here for longer but fallen through the healthcare cracks, as well as people seeking asylum, living across Melbourne’s Eastern suburbs. The nurse-led refugee clinic, run by EACH, provides the cohort […]

Nursing and midwifery tops Ahpra’s criminal prosecutions

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) has racked up its 100th criminal prosecution, with nursing and midwifery topping professions that have been involved in breaking the law the most. Ahpra’s first criminal prosecution was finalised in January 2014 when a West Australian woman was sentenced to a $20,000 fine for claiming to be a […]

Engage men earlier for better health this International Men’s Health Week 2023

International Men’s Health Week which runs from 12-18 June each year, is an opportunity to highlight the importance of men’s health, and to promote and support the health and wellbeing of men and boys in our communities. Men are known as late presenters for health concerns and so it’s about engaging them earlier and better […]

Understand your motives in the pursuit of personal goals

Being aware of your underlying motives in pursuing personal goals is key to protecting your mental health and wellbeing, according to Western Australian researchers. Human behaviour is structured to attain personal goals. Despite providing a person with a sense of meaning and purpose, some types of goals and styles of goal pursuit have been associated […]

From Ethicist to Artist: A natural transition

Retired Professor of Nursing and Independent Scholar Dr Megan-Jane Johnstone AO has turned her hand to her first love – art – with the same fervour she applied to a lifetime career in nursing and healthcare ethics. “The two are so closely interrelated that it has been a natural transition for me to go from […]