A distraught 92-year old woman and a disoriented elderly man were among residents caught up in the middle of chaotic scenes during a recent emergency [...]
Victorian tissue and organ donation nurse Samantha Harriman is urging Australians to take one minute this week to register to become an organ donor. DonateLife [...]
A national scale-up of an initiative to reduce low value care and reduce unnecessary treatment was the focus of a nationwide meeting recently. The Choosing [...]
A national scale-up of an initiative to reduce low value care and reduce unnecessary treatment was the focus of a nationwide meeting recently. The Choosing [...]
The Queensland Government has pledged to legislate nurse-to-resident ratios across its 16 state-owned public aged care homes to ensure elderly residents receive the full care [...]
In Australia, only the ACT and Queensland have laws covering the crime of industrial manslaughter, whilst Victoria is considering passing similar legislation. Queensland passed its [...]
Wounds Australia is working to make Australians ‘wound aware’ throughout Wound Awareness Week on 15-21 July. ‘Let’s Talk about Wounds’ is the theme of Wound [...]
NSW nursing and midwifery delegates have been urged to take belief from the success of Victoria and Queensland in legislating public hospital nurse-to-patient ratios as [...]
On World Environment Day take a moment to think about the quality of air you breathe and how critical it is to your health. While [...]
