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Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18137 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18137 While there has been much talk about the national nursing and midwifery skills shortage, little has been achieved to address the issue, with... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=18147 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=18147 Operating rooms throughout NSW could soon become a safer and healthier environment, with moves being made to reduce the exposure to surgical plume.... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18144 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18144 How universities can best prepare registered nurses for the realities of working in residential aged care, and how providers can best support student... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=18153 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=18153 Writing an effective job advertisement is the best way to woo the right applicants and will help you sort the wheat from the chaff. You need to... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18152 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18152 The key outcome of the RCNA Nursing Summit held in May this year was the Nursing Accord 2010. The Accord provided a statement charging RCNA with the... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18151 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18151 Nurses and midwives will be aware of recent reports of high levels of fever and febrile convulsions after seasonal influenza vaccination, originally0... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18150 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18150 On 9 August 2010, RCNA's fifth faculty was launched at a ceremony in Canberra. The Movement Disorders and Parkinson's Nurses Faculty (MDPNF) is a... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18149 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18149 Like the rest of Australia, the July-August period was a blur for us at RCNA as we keenly watched the federal election campaign unfold. In the... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=18148 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=18148 Four second year nursing students from the University of the Sunshine Coast stand excitedly - and nervously - in front of a ward office in Nambour... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=18146 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=18146 Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a broad term used to cover any group of clinical symptoms that may result in myocardial ischemia. ACS covers the... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18145 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18145 The University of Ballarat will introduce a master of nursing program to provide specialist training to graduates. The updated program will meet the... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18143 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18143 Every day in Australia dedicated, specialised and skilled individuals working in a range of settings where health care is planned, delivered and... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18142 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18142 Each year in Australia at least 18,000 nurses and healthcare employees are injured by syringes and sharps. Each year in the US, more than 1000... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18141 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18141 It has arrived much later this winter, but experts say the swine flu is now on Australia's doorstep. Transmission of the a(H1N1) virus has been... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18140 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18140 Australia's first "Cancer Survivorship Centre" has opened to improve services for long-term survivors, in a clear sign of advance in combating the... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18139 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18139 Hospitalisations related to chronic kidney disease (CKD) are increasing, and look likely to remain a significant burden to Australia's health care... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18138 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18138 More hospital beds will only give a short reprieve to acute hospital bed shortage, according to a new study. The study, published in Australian... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18135 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18135 The nursing profession has been silent as it waits with the rest of the country to find out which party will form government. At the time of going to... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18057 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18057 The hung parliament could deliver a stronger focus on regional and rural health, according to groups. With the balance of power now in the hands of... Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18056 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18056 South Australian nurses have suspended industrial action over staffing levels and resumed negotiations with the state government on a new enterprise... Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18055 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18055 A new approach to diagnosing and managing common and clinically important health conditions in remote Australia has been outlined in the latest... Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18054 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18054 A review of patients arriving at a Melbourne hospital's emergency ward has found almost 60 per cent were overweight or obese, posing an array of... Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18053 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18053 South Australian researchers will investigate whether yoga can assist women living with lymphoedema after breast cancer treatment. They hope that... Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17942 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17942 Hundreds of international nursing students caught up in the transition to the new national scheme have been saved from deportation, following a... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17941 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17941 Rhetoric about health reform during the 2010 federal election is all well and good, but nurses fear that current reform will go off the boil, said... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17940 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17940 South Australian public sector nurses and midwives will start industrial action today in support of an enterprise bargaining claim. Australian... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17939 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17939 Fixing Queensland's health payroll bungle has cost taxpayers at least $4 million, Treasurer Andrew Fraser says. A new system introduced in March saw... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17938 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17938 The recent health debate between health minister Nicola Roxon and Opposition health minister Peter Dutton failed to address one of the biggest... Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17716 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17716 Nursing and other health groups have questioned the Coalition's health policy, saying while parts have merit, it lacked a "whole system view". Among... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17715 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17715 Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has all but ruled out coming to an agreement with Western Australia over the federal government's national... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17714 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17714 South Australian nurses say a state government response to their wages and conditions claim has fallen short of the mark. Details of the package have... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17713 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17713 Most patients with fragility fractures are unaware they are at risk of osteoporosis risk, a new study has found. The researchers were implementing... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17712 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17712 This year has seen a number of important changes within the primary care system, including national registration and change to the PBS, which will... Tue, 10 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17179 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17179 The federal election is just weeks away and nurses are being urged to push both parties to commit to a workable and sustainable health system that... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17184 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17184 Red tape is slowly strangling the ability of health professionals to provide patient care, according to a new report released last month. There are... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17180 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17180 Despite a shortage of nurses across the country, reports have emerged that some are still struggling to find employment. Just 222 of the 800 nursing... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17189 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17189 One out if every five people in Australia will experience mental illness each year. Of those, about two-thirds don't receive any treatment in a... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17192 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17192 Doctors and midwives are unwilling to compromise in the way they approach maternity care, according to a new survey. Both groups also disagree... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17200 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17200 My name is Christine Hallinan and I am currently an Adjunct Research Fellow at the School of Nursing, University of Ballarat. In this capacity, I am... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17199 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17199 The government has asked the Productivity Commission to develop detailed options for redesigning Australia's aged care system. RCNA hosted a meeting... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17198 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17198 NGNF is about harnessing the energy, views and fresh ideas of nurses who have just entered, or are about to enter the profession whilst also... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17197 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17197 She worked at the Redfern Aboriginal Medical Service on its inception and was the first Aboriginal registered nurse to work there. She has been a... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17196 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=17196 Firstly, I was inspired by the discussions at the recent RCNA National Nursing Summit. Over the coming months, I'm sure those conversations will... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=17195 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=17195 It didn't take long in Togo for Freemantle nurse Jacqui Smith to realise how fortunate she was to live in Australia. And it was with that realisation... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17194 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=17194 Usually I am employed in rural and remote Queensland, at out-posts such as Dajarra, Richmond, Quilpie and most recently as a reliever at Woorabinda.... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17193 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17193 When Jason Whileblood registered as only the 52nd male midwife on the UK register, never did he think the job involved delivering babies without his... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17191 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17191 More than 600 lives could be saved a year under a new tool that "measures" mental health. With the aim of lowering rates of self-harm and suicide in... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17190 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=17190 The arrival of a new baby can be one of the happiest events in a women's life. It can also be a difficult and stressful time. Research indicates that... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=17188 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=17188 The University of Western Sydney's School of Nursing and Midwifery faces many challenges in relation to potential and current undergraduate nursing... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=17187 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=17187 Encouraging student nurses to critically reflect on their attitudes towards older people is one way in which Dr Sharyn Hunter is having a positive... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=17186 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=17186 Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the most common illnesses affecting older Australians. However, the situation is changing and it's time health... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=17185 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=17185 HIV patients may have a greater chance of avoiding life-threatening diseases thought to be associated with their treatment, after a breakthrough... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17183 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17183 Nurses have largely welcomed the transition to the national registration and accreditation scheme, but have expressed some anxiety over the... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17182 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17182 Despite the increasing challenge Australia is facing in recruiting and retaining nurses, little attention is being given to what keeps them happy,... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17181 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17181 Victorian doctors and nurses could be equipped with iPads while undertaking their hospital rounds in future, if a trial of wireless technology is... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17178 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17178 A new nurse-led health South Australian program that reduced hospital admissions by more than 50 per cent has been awarded a national award. Trialed... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17177 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17177 Of all the hundreds of signs held up outside of parliament house in Brisbane last month, there was one that summed up the feelings of everyone... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17176 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=17176 Differing regional health challenges facing the Northern Territory could be met with the development of truly "local" Local Hospital Networks (LHN)... Mon, 2 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17104 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17104 A new tablet for people with type 2 diabetes promises to lower blood glucose levels without the side effects of other medications, doctors say.... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17103 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17103 An interdisciplinary approach to community and primary health care that extends beyond the confines of general practice is needed. That is according... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17102 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17102 Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has welcomed Labor's plan for more staff in hospital emergency departments but questions its delivery. Prime Minister... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17101 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17101 NSW Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt has defended the state government's health record but has told NSW nurses that more can always be done. Tebbutt... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17100 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17100 Employment opportunities for practice nurses will come to a halt under proposed funding changes for general practices, claim the AMA. In the May... Tue, 27 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17019 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17019 Health professionals are being encouraged by Cancer Council to join the fight against cancer by stocking up on yellow boxes this August. Friday, 27... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17018 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17018 Queensland's Attorney-General Cameron Dick wants disgraced surgeon Jayant Patel to be declared a serious violent offender for killing three patients... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17017 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17017 The federal government has announced changes to prescribing rules for drugs listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) in a move aimed at... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17016 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17016 Queensland's health minister says underpaid workers aren't interested in laying blame for the Queensland Health payroll debacle - they just want it... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17015 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=17015 Health Minister Nicola Roxon has announced the MyHospitals website will start next month - but cannot give a date. And she conceded it was unlikely... Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16942 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16942 Applications have opened for up to 395 undergraduate aged care nursing scholarships as part of the government's move to create a sustainable aged... Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16941 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16941 Eight weeks after opening its doors, Australia's first public nurse-led walk-in centre has provided advice or treatment to more than 2000 people. The... Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16940 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16940 New research shows nurses are among Australia's most stressed workers, alongside police and paramedics. Data on workers compensation, compiled by... Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16939 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16939 The NSW facility under sanction as of last Friday is implementing an action plan which will be supervised by an independent nurse advisor. Charles... Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16938 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16938 Nurses, general practitioners and healthcare consumers are keeping an open-mind about the federal government's batch of reforms around diabetes... Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16592 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16592 Queensland has an independent judiciary and its decision in the Jayant Patel case must be respected, Treasurer Andrew Fraser says. The opposition has... Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16591 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16591 A panel of academics, policy makers and leaders in health care will come together today to review the strategic and economic aspects of the... Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16590 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16590 Close to 800 Queenslanders have signed an online petition calling for the resignation of Health Minister Paul Lucas over the health payroll fiasco.... Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16589 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16589 Talking about depression helps break the "fear factor" of seeing it as a weakness instead of an illness. People aren't ashamed to talk about or seek... Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16588 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16588 The Australian Nursing Federation has a new leadership team with Lee Thomas assuming the role of federal secretary and Yvonne Chaperon taking on the... Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16587 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=16587 Health Minister Nicola Roxon says no one will be denied the right to see the doctor of their choice under Medicare Locals. The first group of... Tue, 6 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16520 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16520 Insanity, according to Albert Einstein, is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. And it could soon be a... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16514 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16514 Nursing and midwifery professionals have the lowest growth rate within the nation's health services industries, which as a whole is growing at a rate... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16525 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16525 Its main function is to look after people - the public - but for its staff, the health industry may be one of the most violent industries in... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16537 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16537 Chemotherapy outpatients have significant unmet needs following treatment, indicating an urgent need for improved continuity of care, says new... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16527 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16527 Financial incentives alone will not attract more health workers to the bush, a new report has found. Instead, governments need to offer incentive... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16543 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16543 Summit delegates were welcomed by RCNA President Associate Professor Stephanie Fox-Young FRCNA and Chief Executive Officer Debra Cerasa FRCNA and... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16542 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16542 Previous meetings had all been held via teleconference, so the day provided a wonderful opportunity for FAC members to finally put some faces to... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16541 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16541 At the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) National Nursing Summit held in Canberra over two days from 27-28 May 2010, nurses from across... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16540 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16540 The Hon. Nicola Roxon MP opened the summit, outlining the federal budget measures that will support the nursing profession, which was a great... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16539 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16539 Three leading Victorian aged care providers have been recognised by the state government for providing progressive and family-friendly working... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16538 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16538 It's late on a Friday afternoon and 45-year-old Mary is in a great deal of pain from a laceration she sustained from a recent fall. At first she... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16536 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16536 In the last months of her life, Rhodes Scholar and medical pioneer Dr Anna Donald made the decision to share her experience of living with advanced... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16535 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16535 Some recent experiences with older family members have reminded me of the attitudes that many older people continue to have towards the services we... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16534 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16534 An innovative program combining reminiscence, cognitive behavioural therapy and digital storytelling at a NSW facility is having a profound impact on... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16533 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16533 Nothing shall be done in the ward while the patients are having their meals. These words were spoken by Florence Nightingale in1859. Yet today, 150... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16532 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16532 with residents with dementia, writes Jane Verity. People with dementia unlearn in the opposite order to which they learn. This means that what they... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16531 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16531 The University of Queensland and Monash University schools of nursing and midwifery have joined forces to help the government reform the education... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16530 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16530 Clinical placements are essential for undergraduate nursing students in developing the required skills to join the workforce. However, with nurses... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16529 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16529 A masters program to train specialist nursing practitioners for remote and indigenous communities has been launched in central Australia. The Alice... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16528 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16528 New research shows that Australian mothers look to early childhood health clinics and family care centres for infant eye health advice, with... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16526 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16526 Providing nurse unit managers with better support and training to improve patient care in hospitals and aged care services will be the focus of a new... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16524 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16524 It attracted plenty of criticism for failing to attract the numbers and as of 11 May one of the government's main initiatives to address the nursing... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16523 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16523 The federal government has pledged $58 million to create special leadership groups, made up of nurses and doctors, within the hospital system. The... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16522 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16522 Nurses have again been voted the most ethical and honest professionals. In the annual Roy Morgan Image of Professions survey 89 per cent of... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16521 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16521 Patient safety and care is set to improve when nurses have access to electronic health records, according to the profession. From last month, every... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16519 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16519 Caffeine can help those working shifts or nights to make fewer errors, according to a new study by Cochrane researchers. The findings have... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16518 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16518 The federal government plans to merge the commonwealth's two leading cancer agencies - Cancer Australia and the National Breast and Ovarian Cancer... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16517 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16517 New research shows that women who breastfeed are not receiving adequate advice as to the possible effects of medication. Research released by Dr Lisa... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16516 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16516 Hospital management and policy is hindering Australian hospitals from promoting and supporting breastfeeding, according to a new study. Looking... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16515 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16515 Queensland Health workers will be paid under a local pay model from September as the government struggles to fix its sick payroll system. Premier... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16513 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16513 The introduction of a single national registration and accreditation system for health professions became a reality on the first day of this month.... Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16437 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16437 At this moment, there are more than 1700 Australians on official waiting lists - people hoping and praying that someone has had a conversation about... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16436 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16436 For the 18,000 Australians living with multiple sclerosis, up until now, treatment options often came in the form of regular painful injections.... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16435 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16435 As an issue, infant eye health has not been high on the agenda for many child and family health nurses. It competes for attention and surveillance... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16383 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16383 Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan handed down the 2010-11 Federal Budget on Tuesday 11 May. During the extensive build-up to the release of the budget's... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16382 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16382 Australia's new national registration and accreditation scheme begins on 1 July 2010. From this date, a new National Law (the Health Practitioner... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16381 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16381 ACT ceremony commemorates Australian service nurses RCNA staff and ACT nurses gathered at the Australian War Memorial on 7 May to remember the... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16380 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16380 As the winter chill hits Canberra, issues around nurse practitioners and aged care are high on the agenda at a political level. Our messages to... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16379 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16379 Bethany Hodgkins has always had an interest in science, having completed her first degree in nutrition at the University of Canberra (UC). At the... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16378 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16378 Susan had a few drinks every night after university or work to wind down. She never thought it to be a problem. One night she was caught driving over... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16377 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16377 For the last 20 years Aboriginal peri-natal mortality has been well above the average and has not improved. One critical way to address this is to... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16376 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16376 Aged care nurses in Queensland and NSW can breathe a little easier with news they can pre-emptively protect their wages. In a win for these nurses,... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16375 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16375 If we get it right for you, the nurses, it's likely we will be getting it right for the patients. These are the words of health minister Nicola... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16374 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16374 A needlestick injury can be a devastating event. Although the risk of contracting a blood borne pathogen is statistically low, the psychological... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16373 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16373 For the first time in more than seven years, midwives will be able to purchase professional indemnity insurance, under a deal struck by the federal... Mon, 31 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16440 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16440 Clinical bottom line Surgical site infection (SSI) is a serious complication of surgery and may be associated with increased length of hospital stay... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16439 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16439 As we move into flu season, those working within the residential care sector must be prepared for possible outbreaks of pandemic influenza A H1N1 or... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16438 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16438 Experts are calling for a mandatory signed declaration for all staff refusing the flu shot to help improve vaccination rates among their direct care... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16390 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16390 The theme is a reminder that nurses are fundamentally involved in preventative health and primary health care (PHC) and central to achieving social... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16389 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16389 GP Assist (Tasmania) is an after hours call centre which provides health care information and advice to patients across Tasmania, and is one of... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16388 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16388 Nurse practitioners (NPs) and advance practice nurses (APNs) are the lifeblood of health systems across the globe. However, models of care and... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16387 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16387 Employers need to devise ways of re-engaging with its ageing workforce as the nursing shortage worsens. Retaining older employers also needs to be... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16386 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16386 A nurse for more than eight years, Kate* would struggle to put a number to the lives she has helped save or make better. But despite this, she still... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16385 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16385 More beds without more nurses makes no sense and will do nothing to improve the health of the aging population. But it could make a bad situation... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16384 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16384 Nurses could soon be seen walking the wards wearing "do not disturb" signs to cut down on the number of interruptions while trying to give out... Mon, 3 May 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16445 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16445 Clinical bottom line The umbilicus represents a significant portal of infection into the body of an infant, especially within the healing period of... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16444 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16444 Mental disorders are the second leading cause of disease burden among Australia's indigenous people after cardiovascular disease. Yet indigenous... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16443 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16443 of last resort. Genevieve Costigan reports on a project that has seen it significantly reduced. A pilot project in an inner city Melbourne hospital... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16442 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16442 A much-quoted statistic is "one in three women who ever had a baby wet themselves". When it comes to bladder or bowel control problems, our... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16441 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16441 Constipation is a common frustration for many residents and the staff who care for them in aged-care facilities. However, an even bigger frustration... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16396 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16396 RCNA's faculty advisory committees (FACs) have been a key contributing factor to the success of the faculties. The current three FACs comprise of... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16395 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16395 Since launching its latest initiative to attract nursing students to RCNA, over 2300 nursing students across Australia have taken up this exciting... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16394 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16394 Reform is defined as improving on something. Change is to make something different, yet not necessarily better. This was pointed out in a four-line... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16393 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16393 The government has finally given the right prescription to fully recognise the skills of nurse practitioners and midwives. Landmark and historic are... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16392 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16392 A preventative approach to wound management would reduce the massive cost burden on the Australian healthcare system. But first, money has to be... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16391 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16391 Developing intimate and meaningful relationships with residents is central to enhancing the resilience of aged care nurses, new research shows. And... Mon, 5 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16448 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16448 Skin tears have in the past received little attention with the apparent view that they are necessarily a consequence of ageing; clearly this is not... Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16447 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16447 The physical pain can be indescribable. The emotional pain even worse. Malignant wounds are a devastating complication of cancer that usually... Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16446 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16446 The Sydney Adventist Hospital's Wound Clinic treats over 500 outpatients each year. The majority of these individuals present with chronic wounds, of... Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16401 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16401 Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) provided a clear-cut pre-budget submission to the Department of Treasury in January to highlight priority... Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16400 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16400 RCNA is proud to announce our recent corporate partnership with Dental Health Services Victoria (DHSV). Dental health is an important component of... Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16399 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16399 job, writes Annie May. Brian Moller was always going to do humanitarian work. It was why he became a nurse in the first place. Fourteen years after... Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16398 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16398 Chest drains remain a common intervention for patients with cardiothoracic or respiratory problems. Management of the clinical risks associated with... Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16397 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=16397 A new report revealing a high level of violence against hospital nurses highlights the need for a shift in attitudes by both nurses and managers,... Mon, 1 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16450 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16450 The music they listen to doesn't have any lyrics that tell them to grow, but new research from Tel Aviv University finds that premature babies who... Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16449 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16449 A new study on differences in outcomes of home and hospital births has reignited the home birth debate, but according to the study's author its main... Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16405 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16405 Registration feedback In October 2009 the newly established Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) released two consultation papers seeking... Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16404 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16404 "My new graduate year didn't work out exactly as planned," he says. "One of my rotations was in private mental health and I didn't enjoy it at all."... Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16403 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16403 When it comes to embarking on a new career, your nursing background could be more valuable than you first realise. This is increasingly becoming the... Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16402 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16402 For Belinda McCormack, living with mental illness has been a very personal journey. For years it has been a part of her she kept well hidden from... Mon, 1 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16408 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16408 A Healthier Future for All Australians (the Report), released in June 2009. RCNA expert member comments on the Report's recommendations on "fostering... Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16407 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16407 The most rewarding aspect of Kerry Irwin's job as a prison nurse is earning the trust of her patients. Although her role as a registered nurse at the... Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16406 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16406 The name may not easily roll of the tongue, but the St Vincent's and Mater Health Sydney and Australian Catholic University National Nursing Research... Mon, 4 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16453 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16453 An intervention program that includes home visits by nurses has the potential to not only reduce the risk of emergency readmissions among the... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16452 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16452 Ten years ago Dr Dalia Gottlieb-Tanaka knew next to nothing about dementia. But an unlikely friendship with a woman living at a local nursing home... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16451 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16451 The Australian population is ageing. Already 13 per cent of Australians are over age 65 and this is rapidly increasing to 25 per cent - a proportion... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16412 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16412 These are interesting times for nurse practitioners, health service researchers, and legislators. For nurse practitioners there is at last some... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16411 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16411 A small group of nurses and media staff from RCNA and the Australian Nursing Federation have been meeting by teleconference intermittently over the... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16410 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=16410 It is timely that we end this year of new beginnings with the announcement that Professor Tracey McDonald FRCNA has been elected to the position of... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16409 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16409 Providing positive and meaningful placements to trainee nurses and high school students will help solve the workforce shortage. Workplace expert Ken... Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16456 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16456 Use of the Nintendo Wii as a therapeutic tool in aged care facilities can have positive effects on the physical and psychological symptoms of its... Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16455 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16455 Residential aged care homes in South Australia and Victoria are involved in a new project to promote the most effective use of "when required"... Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16454 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16454 The effective and discreet management of continence is an important issue for many residents of aged care homes. Incontinence impacts on an... Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16460 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16460 For the past year, Tim Wand has been running a pilot mental health nurse practitioner outpatient service in the emergency department of the Royal... Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16459 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16459 Blood glucose levels should be more stringently controlled and patient education should be accessible and delivered by a multidisciplinary team,... Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16458 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16458 At 50 years young, Britain's Carole Kendall felt, for the first time, free to enjoy life. However, this turned out to be fleeting feeling and all if... Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16457 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16457 Mr Brown is a frail elderly 87 year old man, residing in your facility. He has a catheter in place to drain his bladder, because his enlarged... Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16414 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16414 Nursing education has rapidly progressed in recent years, with masters study available in a diverse range of areas including clinical nursing, and... Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16413 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=16413 If current predictions are to become a reality, the desperate shortage of nurses in Australia is likely to worsen as the population grows and ages.... Mon, 5 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16465 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16465 Every operation performed at every hospital involves some risk. This is a fact of life. However many complications are preventable, with experts... Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16464 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16464 Surgery can be traumatic for children - and their parents. But it doesn't have to be, with research released on how hospitals and the perioperative... Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16463 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16463 In Australia, around one in five people will experience a mental illness at some stage of their life. While many of these people suffer from... Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16462 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16462 Over the last decade, nurses have been exposed to the increasing trend toward vascular access devices (VAD's) for many types of patient therapies.... Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16461 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16461 It is said that cleanliness is next to godliness, which is very much the case for health professionals. An estimated 12,000 blood stream infections... Sun, 6 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16469 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16469 Clinical bottom line Breech presentation occurs in 4 per cent of all singleton pregnancies, and as gestation increases, the proportion of breech... Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16468 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16468 Incidents of violence in triage have increased dramatically in the past 10 years, putting the safety of nursing staff and other patients at risk. In... Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16467 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16467 Dubbed a "hidden epidemic" by healthcare professionals, chronic wounds affect around 200,000 people in Australia at any one time and this prevalence... Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16466 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16466 A cream commonly used to treat burns may actually delay healing, with some health professionals looking at more natural remedies. Increased... Mon, 3 Aug 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16470 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16470 The same robot technology that guides massive machines around Australian mine sites could be delivering cups of tea in aged-care homes within a... Mon, 6 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16474 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16474 The past three decades have seen dramatic changes in the treatment of mental illness. The nursing profession has kept pace with these changes, but... Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16473 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16473 Australian and New Zealand clinicians, uncertain if intensively lowering blood glucose was harmful or beneficial to critically ill patients have... Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16472 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16472 John is a 62-year-old male diagnosed with colorectal cancer, while Jane, 36, has ovarian cancer. From this month nurses will be able to follow the... Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16471 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16471 Supporting nurses in expanding their knowledge of cancer care is one of the main functions of the first ever academic chair in cancer nursing for... Mon, 1 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16415 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16415 In one job he brings blobs of plasticine to life, in the other he helps keep people alive. As both a nurse and animator, Jason Lynch's two... Mon, 4 May 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16475 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16475 To say darling or not to say darling - that is the question. The three words darling, dearie or sweetie are often perceived as inappropriate ways to... Mon, 6 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16478 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16478 The transition to life outside the womb doesn't always go smoothly. Complications during birth can send an infant into respiratory distress, which... Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16477 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16477 The very serious problem in relation to wound management is well known - if you are elderly, have a wound and live either in the community or within... Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16476 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16476 Experts on incontinence-associated dermatitis (IAD) are advocating a management plan that helps patients avoid incontinence-related skin issues. IAD... Mon, 2 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16481 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16481 When parents look forward to the day their child is finally born the thought of being separated isn't something they want to consider. However, that... Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16480 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16480 Each day six Australian children are born with heart problems, with many requiring operations to give them a chance at life. Childhood heart disease... Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16479 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=16479 It's been such a relief for staff. They feel more equipped and prepared should an outbreak occur. That sense of organisation has been a key result of... Mon, 2 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16417 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=16417 Hanging out of a helicopter isn't something one would expect to see in the job description of a nurse, but that is why Major Eraine La Galle is... Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16416 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=16416 Children dying from diseases easily treated with modern medicine, incredible poverty, suffering and starvation on a massive scale and heavily armed... Mon, 5 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT