New smart dressing could heal and monitor wounds
Australian researchers have unlocked the possibility of creating smart wound dressings that enable real-time monitoring while also delivering healing agents. Chronic wounds cause significant burdens on healthcare systems due to the complexities of continuous and changing care required. Smart wound dressings that monitor infection or deliver healing therapeutics have emerged as a solution, but combining both monitoring and healing […]
Enough is enough! NSW nurses and midwives strike for the second time in six weeks
Enough is enough! NSW nurses and midwives strike for the second time in six weeks
COVID: ‘Tightening the screws’ on existing workforce pressures
An Australian nurse researcher and co-author of a new study looking at nursing workforce shortages during COVID-19 has said that the pandemic has exposed pre-existing healthcare pressures, exposing shortfalls in the retainment and recruitment of workers. Dr Judith Anderson, Head of Discipline in Health Management and Leadership at Charles Sturt University (CSU), said issues such […]
Campaign finale spearheads empowerment for ongoing development in nursing and midwifery
Campaign finale spearheads empowerment for ongoing development in nursing and midwifery
Virtual reality in nursing and midwifery
University of Newcastle researchers are leading the world in ground-breaking virtual reality (VR) technology in the nursing and midwifery curriculum. The world-first technology was presented at the Professional Day of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association 73rd annual delegates’ conference recently. Project lead and Lecturer in Midwifery at the University of Newcastle (UON) Donovan Jones […]
NSW nurses and midwives demand mandated nurse to patient ratios
The NSW Health Minister was grilled on safe staffing by the state’s nurses and midwives at their union’s annual delegates’ conference last week. It came as the NSW Opposition promised nurses and midwives a new ratios system would be delivered if Labor was elected. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members expressed distress to NSW […]