Health and disability scheme get budget support
21 May 2013
The government has chosen to take the "responsible" course to delay the return to surplus in order to “support jobs and growth in an uncertain world”. By Amie Larter
Sweet healing
21 May 2013
With a rise in antibiotic resistance, a crisis in chronic wound management has been averted with a new treatment. By Aileen Macalintal
Travelling well
21 May 2013
A Canadian nurse, trained in travel health, has built a career on specialist counselling about vaccines, avoiding tropical disease and illness.
Constant changes
21 May 2013
Professor Phillip Della, head of School of Nursing & Midwifery at Curtin University talks to Aileen Macalintal about his vision for Australia’s nurses.
ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress
21 May 2013
Over 4000 nurses have descended on Melbourne for the ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress
Better access to specialist services
14 May 2013
Online video consulting is a new way forward for rural health that’s dispensing with the need for people to travel long distances. By Susan Currie
Nurses not taking up vaccinations
14 May 2013
Despite risk of exposure to influenza and other infectious diseases, vaccine take-up rates among health professionals remains dangerously low. By Amie Larter
Helping parents of pre-term babies to cope
14 May 2013
The trauma of preterm delivery on the family unit cannot be underestimated. By Trudi Mannix
SA nurses campaign via social media
30 April 2013
Nurses and midwives in South Australia are turning to Facebook in a bid to capture the attention of State Treasurer, Jay Weatherill. By Amie Larter
Nurses knock back ‘substandard’ Mater offer
30 April 2013
Nurses and midwives at the Mater Public Hospital in Brisbane have overwhelmingly rejected an attempt to implement nurse and midwife employment conditions that are inferior to Queensland Health employment arrangements.
Survival was worth the effort
30 April 2013
A nurse responds to the article 'Anorexics force legal decision' (Nursing Review, page 36, February).
