Nursing student and RUSON gains on-the-job experience
Nursing student and RUSON gains on-the-job experience
Q&A: Second-year nursing student
Nursing student Cristina Velez, currently in her second-year at University of Wollongong, shares her experience. What drew you to nursing? I never thought I wanted to, or could be, a nurse, but during my studies in high school, I developed a passion for health and understanding the human body. Talking to my mum, who herself […]
Translating positive first-year student nurses’ pressure injury prevention attitudes into knowledge and action
Findings from this study provide opportunities to invigorate the undergraduate wound management curriculum by focussing on assessment, aetiology, mechanical or shear prevention, risk management, and wound care management. During 2016-2018, on completion of their wound care learning, first-year nursing students were invited to complete a previously validated questionnaire about their knowledge and attitudes about pressure […]
Remembering the Bali Bombings 2002
Remembering the Bali Bombings 2002
Elder abuse campaign focuses on perpetrators
A new campaign launched by the Australian Human Rights Commission to reduce elder abuse by focusing on perpetrators has been welcomed by experts in the sector. The Elder Abuse: Shift Your Perspective campaign launched on 1 October, includes a series of videos to prompt perpetrators to consider how their behaviour might affect older people. “This […]
‘We’ve got your HECS fees covered’: Free uni degrees for Victorian nurses and midwives
More than 10,000 Victorian nursing and midwifery students will have the cost of their university degrees paid for as part of a state government plan to grow the workforce and strengthen the health system. Under the five-year program, all new domestic students enrolling in a professional-entry nursing or midwifery course in 2023 and 2024 will […]
National study to track nursing grads for 10 years to find out where they end up working and why
National study to track nursing grads for 10 years to find out where they end up working and why
An International Nursing Student’s Journey in Culturally Safe Nursing Care
Nursing Philosophy Statement: Nurses are responsible and accountable to provide person-centred and culturally safe care. As frontline healthcare providers, advocators and educators, nurses support patients, families and communities, promoting physical, emotional, social and cultural wellbeing. Australian First Nations People account for 3.4% of the total Australian population, residing across all Australian states and territories.1 As […]
Health intervention helps new grad nurses improve diet and exercise
New graduate nurses who took part in a health promotion intervention program during their transition to practice programs (TTP) improved their health knowledge and some dietary behaviours, research has found. Dr Elizabeth Brogan, a lecturer at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and a registered nurse with over 20 years’ of experience, conducted the study […]
Student nurses drawn to primary healthcare
Seven out of 10 student nurses who completed APNA’s Student Nurse Placement Program (SNPP) said the experience exceeded their expectations, raising hopes that the next generation of nurses will consider a career in primary healthcare, according to new national data. Results from APNA’s survey of student nurses and PHC nurses who completed the program found […]