A $500,000 fund to allow Queensland’s rural midwives and doctors to rotate through larger urban hospitals in a bid to keep their job skills current [...]
Mateship and comradery are values fundamental to rural and remote communities with people picking up the slack for a mate who is sick or just [...]
“We sometimes laugh that we are coiled springs – waiting to respond,” says Kelly Lynch of her role as a community remote area nurse. Kelly [...]
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 [...]
Australia should be investing more in increasing the number of nurse practitioners (NPs) within its health workforce to reap the improved outcomes that the advanced [...]
A leading primary healthcare academic has challenged nurses to think big and take the lead in making a difference to the health of the planet [...]
Rural health must secure a major funding boost ahead of a looming federal election in order to address the longstanding disparity in access to healthcare [...]
Remote area nurse Jason Coombes believes nurses and midwives have to get out of the clinic and into the community to improve health outcomes. “The [...]
Royal Flying Doctor Service senior flight nurse Jenine Harmer counts joining the vital healthcare operation as the best decision she has ever made. “It gives [...]
