Beyond band-aid solutions: An overview of a collaboration project
Melbourne’s public health services are all unique but they share the same challenges in providing high-quality health services to Australia’s second largest, and growing, city. Australia’s ageing population and proliferating chronic health conditions are increasing demands on all areas of health delivery (ABS 2016). In many organisations, the wound management CNC plays an integral role […]
WHO declares coronavirus a global health emergency
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the deadly coronavirus that broke out in China and is now sweeping the world a public health emergency of international concern. WHO’s Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus announced the decision on Thursday after the global health authority’s Emergency Committee convened at Geneva headquarters to update its course […]
No Jab, No Play, begins in SA childcare services
The South Australian government’s No Jab, No Play law came into effect at childcare services across the state this month. From 1 January children who attend childcare require to be vaccinated. Parents now have to provide approved immunisation records to their childcare service provider. Services include childcare centres, family day care, pre-schools, kindergartens and early […]
Fourth nurse-led walk-in-centre opens in Canberra
The ACT government has launched its fourth nurse-led walk-in-centre providing free healthcare for minor injuries and illnesses in Weston Creek. Canberra’s walk-in-centres are led by teams of highly skilled advance practice nurses and nurse practitioners experienced in treating people with minor injuries and illnesses. The latest walk-in-centre will employ more than 10 full-time equivalent nursing […]
First nurse awarded Bridges-Webb Medal for research
Since the establishment of the Bridges-Webb Medal in 2008, an annual award presented by the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care that recognises members who have made an outstanding contribution to primary care teaching and/or research, GPs have dominated honours. That was up until earlier this year, when Professor Liz Halcomb, the inaugural Professor of […]
Nurses to improve cardiac rehab in rural and remote
A $1.35 million NHMRC research grant to help reduce the risk of repeat heart attacks in people living in rural and remote Australia has been awarded to Flinders University. The Country Heart Attack Prevention (CHAP) project aims to boost the completion of cardiac rehabilitation. Statistics show only 20-50% of patients attend rehabilitation in rural and […]
The future of the primary healthcare nursing workforce
“We need to build a robust primary healthcare (PHC) workforce to provide care for those in the community, and to be able to deliver on our commitment to universal health coverage and health for all. This was a commitment made 40 years ago through the Declaration of Alma Ata, recognising that health is a fundamental […]
The community remote area nurse
“We sometimes laugh that we are coiled springs – waiting to respond,” says Kelly Lynch of her role as a community remote area nurse. Kelly has been in the Cape, far north QLD for seven years. Originally from New Zealand, having raised five children, a marriage break up prompted a life change. “Half of my […]
SA nurse-led innovation in hepatitis care
A South Australian nurse-led community service has improved access to care for people with hepatitis with those treated outside of hospital increased from 10% to 75% in two years. The Central Adelaide Local Health Network (CALHN) Viral Hepatitis Nurse-led Community-based Hepatitis C Treatment Service was recently awarded the Out of Hospital Strategies and Care winner […]
Nursing and naturopathy: a holistic approach
Victorian RN and naturopath Anita DiStasio has a passion to help others help themselves and a focus on the prevention of disease. DiStasio started nursing at 15 years old, in a nursing home where she used to get residents up on a Saturday morning. “I really loved it. Even as a young kid I wanted […]