Clinical
01 Sep 10 edition
These are challenging and changing times for infection control in Australia, write Cathryn Murphy and Deborough MacBeth.
Developments in safety needles are an important infection control measure, writes Annie May.
03 Aug 10 edition
Nurses need to be properly educated in how to care for older people, particularly someone with complex and chronic illnesses.
HIV patients may have a greater chance of avoiding life-threatening diseases, after a breakthrough discovery by Sydney researchers. Britt Smith reports.
06 Jul 10 edition
Nurses are ideally placed to inform parents about infant eye health, new research shows.
01 Jun 10 edition
New technology is improving treatment options for those living with multiple sclerosis, writes Annie May.
Jane Barry makes the link between nutrition and infant eye health.
04 May 10 edition
What is the best available evidence regarding preoperative evaluation and preventive measures to control surgical site infection?
Preparing for another wave of H1N1 influenza is the perfect opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of infection control, writes Judy Forest.
Healthcare workers are more likely to become infected with influenza than members of the general population, yet vaccination rates among staff remains low. Annie May reports.
06 Apr 10 edition
The often hidden issue of incontinence can be treated, improved and often cured, writes Anne Ramus.
Gaye Philpott looks at faecal incontinence.
02 Mar 10 edition
Ann Rudowski outlines some simple strategies to reduce skin tears.
When managing malignant wounds a holistic approach is needed, reports Annie May.
With so many wound care products available it’s important for health professionals to keep informed. Here, Gary Bain evaluates Prontosan on problematic leg ulcers.
01 Dec 09 edition
Nurses are at the forefront when it comes to wound management in older people, writes Michael Woodward.
03 Nov 09 edition
New technology is making the lives of incontinence sufferers and carers easier.
06 Oct 09 edition
An award winning UK invention that brought women back out of hiding has now arrived in Australia.
Improving the quality of life for residents with catheters. By Andrea Lord.
07 Sep 09 edition
As more nurses are exposed to peripherally inserted lines, Neville Hearse looks at ways to improve the management of vascular access devices.
Sometimes the most important things are also the simplest.
04 Aug 09 edition
The importance of good nutrition in the healing of wounds is widely accepted, but still remains of low priority in health care.
Honey can help speed up healing in some burns.
03 Mar 09 edition
The federal government needs to look at the real cost of wound care.
Reducing the risk of IAD is the focus of a new care plan.
03 Feb 09 edition
Knowing what to do in an outbreak, and having the supplies on site to handle it, is the purpose of one provider’s newly developed kits, writes Darragh O Keeffe.
