Nurses, we celebrate you
12 May, 202012 May is International Nurses Day, an opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the vital role that nurses play in our communities.
HESTA announces 2020 Nursing & Midwifery Awards winners
12 May, 2020HESTA has announced the winners of the 2020 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards, celebrating leadership and professional excellence to improve patient outcomes.
The surprising parallels between the worlds of aviation and health care
23 April, 2020 by Geoff Hay*The similarities shared by an aircraft's flight deck and an operating theatre or medical unit are multiple.
Sandy Middleton is a nursing trailblazer
20 April, 2020Her influential work on stroke management protocols has been adopted across Australia and is currently being implemented in 12 European countries.
Nursing on the COVID-19 frontline
08 April, 2020Ashleigh Woods is a Registered Nurse and Midwife at The Tweed Hospital. She is just one of the many nurses and other staff now braving the frontline of the COVID-19 pandemic.
HESTA reveals 2020 Nursing & Midwifery Awards finalists
07 April, 202010 finalists have been recognised for the exceptional leadership and work taking place in the healthcare sector, across three award categories.
Skill shortages may undermine our healthcare system
02 April, 2020 by Callam Pickering, Indeed APAC economistAn ageing population, along with high population growth, has created huge demand for healthcare and aged-care services across the country.
Help us to help you, plead nurses and midwives
30 March, 2020NSWNMA General Secretary Brett Holmes said pressure is building on local health services as more cases of COVID-19 are confirmed across metropolitan and regional parts of NSW.
Compression strategies in ulceration related to venous and lymphatic disease
26 March, 2020 by Taliesin Ellis, Clinical Wound Care Specialist | Supplied by: Sentry MedicalJC had suffered bilateral lower limb cellulitis and ulceration over a four-year period...
Bye-bye, dry eye
03 March, 2020The TGA has approved a novel ciclosporin solution for the treatment of dry eye (keratoconjunctivitis sicca), a condition affecting 7.4% of Australians.
Accolades for private hospital patient care
17 February, 2020The 2020 APHA Awards for Excellence will be announced next month, recognising the high quality of care Australians receive from private hospitals.
Solving the looming nurse shortage
14 February, 2020 by Suzanne Volejnikova-Wenger*As employment pathways and workforce customs have changed, so should our perspectives on nursing career trajectories to a more flexible view and approach.
Australian nurses equipped for coronavirus frontline
13 February, 2020The Australian College of Nursing has assured that nurses are well trained and ready to protect the community in the event of a coronavirus outbreak in Australia.
Robot successfully samples blood
12 February, 2020A team of biomedical engineers has created a blood-sampling robot that performed as well or better than people in a human clinical trial.
Fake doctor convicted and fined in Victoria
05 February, 2020A Victorian man has been convicted in the Magistrates' Court of Victoria and found guilty of six charges under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law.
