‘Be a sponge’: Tips to nail clinical placement
‘Be a sponge’: Tips to nail clinical placement
Q&A with NSWNMA Organiser Shaye Candish
Q&A with NSWNMA Organiser Shaye Candish
What it takes to become an AUSMAT nurse
What it takes to become an AUSMAT nurse
What is clinical (reflective) supervision?
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) recently released a new position statement on clinical (reflective) supervision for nurses and midwives. What is clinical (reflective) supervision for nurses and midwives? According to the ANMF’s position statement, clinical (reflective) supervision, as a form of supported reflective practice, is often misunderstood and poorly defined. Nurses and midwives […]
An interview with nurse and multi-disciplinary researcher Dr Ruth De Souza
An interview with nurse and multi-disciplinary researcher Dr Ruth De Souza
Final-year undergraduate nursing students’ perceptions of general practice as a career path
Health systems that have strong primary healthcare (PHC) have lower rates of hospitalisations and overall better health outcomes. This realisation has increased demands on building a PHC workforce to meet the changing needs of the community (Australian Government Department of Health 2013). General practice remains at the ‘heart’ of PHC (Calma, Halcomb & Stephens 2019; […]
Q&A with a paediatric respiratory nurse
Melinda Gray, a Clinical Nurse Consultant, Paediatric Asthma, who has worked at Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick since 2000, first developed a passion for respiratory nursing while working in Paediatric Emergency Medicine. Melinda shares her journey with the ANMJ and how she cemented her career pathway. What inspired you to become a nurse? My parents nurtured […]
How to be a good preceptor
Having experienced the culture shock of moving from undergraduate study into the workplace firsthand, registered nurse Jennifer Hally decided to become a preceptor and role model to early career nurses and new staff members. In nursing, preceptors are experienced nurses formally assigned to provide transitional support to students, graduate nurses and newly employed staff navigating […]
Behind the scenes with a Forensic Nurse
Behind the scenes with a Forensic Nurse
What is a preceptor?
Transitioning from education into the workplace can leave many new graduate nurses feeling overwhelmed, unsupported and full of doubt. One strategy to help counter the culture shock and retain graduate nurses in the workforce is preceptorship. A nurse preceptor is an experienced and competent nurse formally assigned to guide the professional journey of a student, […]