It takes courage to seek help: Director of Australia’s new nurse and midwife health service
“There’s a myth that nurses and midwives somehow have to be some extraordinary kind of human being who don’t go through the range of experiences that we all do as human beings.” “That myth has not assisted the nursing and midwifery professions to recognise their own need for care and to take the time out […]
Have your say on scope of practice review
The federal government is seeking submissions for its independent workforce review examining the barriers and incentives Australia’s health practitioners face working to their full scope of practice in primary care. Launched last month, the Unleashing the Potential of our Heath Workforce Review, a recommendation of the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce, wants to hear what key stakeholders […]
Lifeblood ANMF members band together to examine proposed single enterprise agreement
Lifeblood ANMF members band together to examine proposed single enterprise agreement
New Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard launched
Undergoing surgery for a hip fracture as soon as possible is critical to survival, new data has revealed. The outlook emerges from an updated Hip Fracture Clinical Care Standard, launched today by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care at the binational Hip Fest 2023 conference. The updated standard reduces the recommended […]
Tackle economic inequity to improve women’s health: Victorian report shows
Victorian women lag behind men on key health and wellbeing indicators, a new report has found. While caring responsibilities limit their opportunities for full time employment. The Victorian Women’s Health and Wellbeing Snapshot, led by Monash University, found Victorian women’s health was worse in every dimension relative to men. Around two thirds of women reported poor […]
National forum urges rural maternity services reform a priority for National Cabinet
A national forum has called on the federal government to make rural maternity services a health reform priority at the next National Cabinet meeting on health. It follows a think tank on rural maternity services held by peak rural nursing and medical bodies in May and a recent report showing dire attrition of the Australian […]
Nurse Practitioner pens book detailing ‘honest insights’ into the life of a nurse
Rasa Kabaila never imagined that her everyday nursing stories from a decade in the job could one day form an entire book. That was until a friend planted the seed in her mind that her experiences, and those of colleagues, deserved to be told. “I thought, they’re not necessarily unique stories, but they are significant,” […]
‘Unleash The Potential’: Thousands more mental health nurses needed to meet rising demand
There is almost 25,000 mental health nurses working across the country, according to the Department of Health and Aged Care’s latest health workforce data. Despite growth in numbers, Adrian Armitage, CEO of the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN), says it’s not nearly enough to combat the “silent pandemic” of rising mental health issues […]
Women’s Health Week 2023: Empowering women to make informed decisions
Australian Women’s Health Nurse Association President Roslyn Hollis loves being an advocate for women. “Women often don’t prioritise their own health needs, they tend to put everyone else first. Women hopefully leave my service with more knowledge. It’s not just clinical care, I help empower them to engage in their own health and wellbeing.” This […]
Q&A: Wound Clinical Nurse Consultant Hayley Ryan on tackling a ‘hidden epidemic’
This year’s Wound Awareness Week (4-10 September) is ‘Let’s get wound care RIGHT! The RIGHT diagnosis and the RIGHT treatment at the RIGHT time’. It points to the fact that so many wounds can be healed with appropriate care, especially from experienced wound care nurses, and the value of wound-specific education from many other health […]