http://www.nursingreview.com.au/ This feed displays the lastest stories from Nursing Review. Copyright 2006-2010 APN Educational Media Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT Nursing Review Mon, 6 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT 1440 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23002 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23002 The resources bonanza has sparked one of Australia's largest ever periods of uninterrupted economic growth, but the expansion of this... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22988 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22988 Average nursing clinical placement hours have declined over time as universities try to ease placement and resourcing problems, according to a report... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22995 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22995 NSW TAFEs are having to increase the number of full-fee training places they offer to plug a shortfall in government funding for enrolled nurse... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23004 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23004 Worldwide, nursing is facing a significant challenge in recruiting people into the profession and then retaining them in the workforce. This is... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=23009 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=23009 Skilled nurse shortages are well known and commonly experienced within the Australian nursing community. These shortages are also experienced across... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=23008 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=23008 Three weeks after suffering the loss of her mother to cancer, Vanessa Raggio was enrolled in a bachelor of nursing degree. Having witnessed... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=23007 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=23007 A relative of a patient asked: "Where do you come from?" "From Bankstown ma'am," I replied, happy that I easily remembered the name of my new town.... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23006 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23006 What is a specialist nurse? People argue that our health service needs more of them, particularly to meet the growing burden of chronic disease and a... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23005 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23005 They are all smart, articulate and passionate about nursing - meet the future leaders of the profession. As the first cohort of the inaugural... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23003 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=23003 Something seems badly wrong in the registered nursing profession. December's Nursing Review covered the bicentenary of nursing in Australia and in... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=23001 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=23001 Jo Beven's patients live in an area that takes in three states - about 640,000 square kilometers. As part of a roving healthcare team, she provides... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=23000 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=23000 Rural acute care nurses will be targeted in an education program designed to help drive down avoidable readmissions in NSW hospitals. From February,... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22999 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22999 Pressure injuries can range from small red areas of damage to deep, full tissue thickness wounds and can be painful, debilitating and costly to... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22998 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22998 A network of Queensland's leading non-government health organisations has joined forces to help combat the state's obesity epidemic. Diabetes... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22997 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22997 Professor Jennie Brand-Miller from the University of Sydney's medical school has said a scientific review of 10 studies showed eating a high GI diet... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22996 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22996 The Australian Nursing Federation has filed an application with Fair Work Australia (FWA) to negotiate a new minimum standard in pay and conditions... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22994 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22994 Expectant mothers who already have an autistic child are being sought for a study by the Autism Research Team at Western Australia's Telethon... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22993 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22993 Victorian aged care facilities have reduced the number of registered nurses employed in the sector following revised legislation which has allowed... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22992 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22992 Almost half of surveyed practice nurses say they are looking to resign in the next six months. The Australian Practice Nurse Association's survey of... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22991 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22991 Adjunct Associate Professor Lydia Dennett has started as the new Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer for SA Health after being appointed in November.... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22990 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22990 The European Union is considering an alert system for overseas health workers who have been struck off or suspended, and the introduction of English... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22989 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22989 Nurses can get confused between health promotion and just one of its aspects, health education, according to new research. Dr Janet Roden, nurse... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22987 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22987 The plan to restructure Queensland's health and hospitals system by July is being received with cautious optimism by the Queensland Nurses Union... Mon, 30 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22966 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22966 The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, yesterday launched Australia's first National Mental Health Commission. The Commission is led... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22965 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22965 Anna Bligh's plan for an overhaul of Queensland's health system has been dismissed by the Australian Medical Association (AMA) as little more than... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22964 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22964 Cancer patients and the elderly will be able to see their specialist or GP with the click of a mouse, even if they are hundreds of kilometres away. A... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22963 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22963 A new federal government agency has released a framework for defining which public hospital services may be funded under national health reforms.... Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22962 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22962 Following a six month search, Queensland Health has appointed Dr Frances Hughes, a former health advisor to the New Zealand government to be the... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22961 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22961 More than 1000 lives were saved or significantly improved due to a record number of organ donors in 2011 but Australia still lags behind the world's... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22960 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22960 The popular belief that caesareans are on the rise because women are 'too posh to push' is incorrect, a new study shows. University of Queensland... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22959 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22959 South Australia's public hospitals have seen a drop in serious errors and mishaps, new figures show. The latest patient safety report said the number... Wed, 18 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22942 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22942 The key players: Adjunct Associate Professor Fiona Stoker, Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, Tasmania Veronica Croome,... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22927 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22927 After years of rapid growth in international student numbers, nursing schools around Australia are contemplating tightening their belts in... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22941 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22941 From the birth of Australian military nursing in 1879, nurses have formed an enduring and integral part of military history. Accompanying servicemen... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22950 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22950 Ever wondered why your feet and legs ache at the end of another shift or day at work in the clinic? Why is it that so many qualified nurses work... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22947 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22947 As an avid reader of Nursing Review, I would like to acknowledge this 15th anniversary edition and recognise the work of its contributors over these... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22951 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22951 Nearly a third of employees included in the 2011 study - many of them nurses - identified themselves as victims of domestic violence, with half of... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22949 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22949 A Charles Sturt University (CSU) PhD graduate may have some of the answers to the persistent problem of nursing workforce shortages due to challenges... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22948 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22948 Legal nurse consulting is an emerging specialty area for nurses. First established in 1989 in the US, the role is still in its infancy and relatively... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22946 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22946 One of the most challenging problems for nursing in Australia is providing the on-the-job training - or clinical practicum - component for... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22945 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22945 A trauma care nurse has set a new standard and helped speed up treatment time for injured military personnel in the battlefield. Bronte Douglas,... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22944 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22944 The past has great potential. It is a rich source of ideas, insights and lessons to be learnt. It shows us our strengths and failings. It offers... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22943 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22943 An article published in the British Medical Journal begins with the question: "Nurse or minor medical practitioner?" It continues: "There is a real... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22940 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22940 An unexpected tumble in the number of people employed in full-time work justified the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) decision to cut the cash rate... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22939 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22939 It's hard to find a more polarised debate than homebirths. Platitudes such as "a woman's right to choose" flow easily, but when it comes to choosing... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22938 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22938 The importance of special attention to oral problems for people with mental disorders can't be stressed enough since the lifespan of people with... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22937 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22937 From January, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) will scrutinise registered training organisations (RTOs) when they apply to register,... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22936 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22936 Increasing abortion rates among women aged over 30 in Adelaide's southern suburbs has triggered a community awareness campaign to better support... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22935 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22935 The former head of the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission, Professor Merrilyn Walton, is the lead author of the first global patient safety... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22934 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22934 Nursing students from Georgetown University in Washington DC will study in Australia under a recent agreement signed with an Australian university.... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22933 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22933 Climate change will lead to greater injuries, disease and deaths in the decades to come, according to a report which says health professionals such... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22932 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22932 Requiring NSW nurses to undertake a refresher course at a cost of $10,000 before returning to the workforce after lengthy absences is potentially at... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22931 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22931 A proposal to remove a family member's right to override their relative's organ donation consent has drawn opposition from health professionals. The... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22930 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22930 The Victorian nurses union has welcomed the results of a report into safety in Victorian hospitals and hopes it will pave the way for attacks on... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22929 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22929 Nurses have cautiously welcomed Premier Anna Bligh's announcement to dismantle Queensland Health, but say there are no quick fixes to the troubled... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22928 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22928 The profession has welcomed the merger of Australia's two national peak professional bodies as a chance to boost the political clout and influence of... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22926 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22926 The annual social cost of smoking in Victoria is almost $7 billion, according to a recent report. The research by Professor David Collins of... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22925 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22925 Researchers hail big increase in US nurses Significantly more young people in the US are becoming registered nurses, reversing a 10-year decline,... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22924 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22924 A three-year study is investigating best practice and new approaches of the hot meal delivery service Meals on Wheels to ensure the volunteer... Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22855 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22855 Nurses and doctors have welcomed incoming health minister, Tanya Plibersek, who was elevated to cabinet in yesterday's ministerial reshuffle. Nicola... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22854 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22854 Queensland researchers have launched a three year project to examine why futile medical treatment is, at times, provided to dying patients. The study... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22853 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22853 Doctors are urging the West Australian government to dump a proposal to reverse smoking bans in the state's secure mental health units. Allowing... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22852 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22852 Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has announced she will dismantle Queensland Health and set up two new agencies in its place. Bligh said one entity will... Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22781 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22781 Nurses working in aged care and those with an interest in gerontology are being encouraged to have their say on whether the government is likely to... Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22780 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22780 Japan has voiced "deep remorse and a heartfelt apology" to a 96 year old former nurse and other Australians it once held as prisoners of war. A group... Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22779 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22779 People have a greater chance of lowering their blood pressure if they see their GPs more often and take higher doses of medication, a study has... Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22778 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22778 Any border disputes between NSW and ACT government services are set to ease through new regional collaboration, NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell said.... Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22777 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22777 Federal Labor has declared war on the WA Liberal government's privatisation of public hospitals. At the ALP national conference in Sydney on the... Mon, 5 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22761 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22761 Royal College of Nursing Australia and the College of Nursing are to merge, forming what will be Australia's largest peak professional body for... Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22757 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22757 In January this year I left Australia for what was to be a seven-month trip travelling and working in Africa. As part of this trip I had organised to... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22750 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22750 It began life as a collection of tents pitched on the western shore of Sydney Cove, when life as a nurse was so bad that the job was used as a... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22754 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22754 The Weekend Australian of November 5 had a 22-page supplement entitled "Health of the Nation". An exploration of Australia's health system, its... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22752 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22752 While in Turkey last week, I woke to the news of an Australian nurse being charged with the murder of several aged care residents in Sydney. I was in... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22745 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22745 In Australia there are about 18 universities offering courses leading to nurse practitioner qualifications as standalone courses or in partnerships.... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22760 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22760 Acute care nurses may easily overlook the care of people with dementia, focusing more on the physical rather than the mental condition of the... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22759 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22759 In a bid to lure nurses back to the system, the NSW Minister for Health Jillian Skinner has announced $150,000 in funding for 25 scholarships to... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22758 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22758 At Amberley Medical Centre near Brisbane, Leigh Molloy, 32 is currently the nursing officer in charge of outpatients - a role similar to a GP... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22756 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22756 As an indigenous nurse research fellow at the University of Southern Queensland my primary role is to undertake research with, for and about... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22755 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22755 Recognised for her leading research into cardiovascular disease, Dr Sally Inglis has become the first nurse to win a highly competitive research... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22753 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22753 The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has long recognised that setting standards for nursing education and practice is a major responsibility of... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22751 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22751 One than three quarters of Australians won't have enough superannuation to last them throughout their retirement, a new report from financial... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22749 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22749 In the West of Thailand and sharing a border with the civil war-ravaged Burma is the bustling industrial town of Mae Sot. As the main gateway between... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22748 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22748 The majority of the teaching nursing homes currently operating in Australia are in metropolitan areas, are large in size and serve a diverse range of... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22747 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22747 While primary healthcare settings may appear to be gender neutral places, they are often biased towards women, says registered nurse and educator Del... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22746 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22746 One would argue with the proposition that healthcare professionals ought to be ethical practitioners or that universities ought to promote ethical... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22744 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22744 Nurse practitioners in community pharmacies provide a timely, accessible, primary healthcare service and do not necessarily encroach on the role of... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22743 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22743 An internationally respected trauma nurse and researcher has won the Frank McDermott award for her research into trauma nurse case management. The... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22742 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22742 The English language requirements for registration as a nurse or midwife in Australia will come under scrutiny in the first independent study of the... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22741 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22741 The nursing workforce is facing a staff turnover crisis with 15 per cent of nurses saying they will leave the profession within a year, the first... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22740 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22740 Fewer than five eligible midwives have managed to sign a collaborative agreement with a doctor, one year into the federal government's ''landmark''... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22739 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22739 Less than half of Monash University's midwifery graduates have been offered a graduate position within the state's public maternity units next year.... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22738 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22738 The study of 400 babies from remote communities in the Northern Territory will evaluate two different vaccines used to help prevent otitis media, a... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22737 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22737 NSW patients pay more for out-of-pocket medical expenses than do citizens of every country except the US, a report has found. The Bureau of Health... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22736 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22736 A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22735 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22735 Depression or a history of suicide attempts in people younger than 40 markedly increases their risk of dying from heart disease, an American study... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22734 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22734 More than 56,000 National Health Service (NHS) jobs have been lost or face the axe - double the figure of a year ago, the UK's Royal College of... Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22710 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22710 Cancer is more emotional distressing and frightening for migrants, according to new research. Professor Phyllis Butow from the University of Sydney,... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22709 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22709 Health Minister Nicola Roxon has admitted the federal government won't be able to get its changes to the private health insurance rebate through the... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22708 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22708 Graduate nurses unable to find work will be able to register their name on a website currently being developed by Health Workforce Australia. CEO,... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22707 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22707 The Victorian nurses' union has started up a hardship fund and is asking the public to donate to it because they believe their pay will be docked as... Mon, 21 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22633 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22633 The ACT's Research Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Practice has become the second research institution in Australia to receive formal accreditation... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22632 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22632 An online survey of aged care workers, conducted by the Australian Nursing Federation, has found 77 per cent of respondents would leave the sector... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22631 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22631 People in their 60s and older who enjoy a drink may be indulging a little too much and putting their health at risk, a study suggests. While binge... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22630 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22630 The Victorian government will ask Fair Work Australia today to terminate industrial action being taken by nurses, following the cancellation of 150... Mon, 14 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22584 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22584 The Victorian Government has considered a plan to cut the Victorian nursing budget by more than $100 million and replace highly qualified nurses with... Mon, 7 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22583 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22583 Mothers who choose to bottle feed their babies lack adequate education in hospital, research suggests. While breastfeeding mothers tend to be given... Mon, 7 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22582 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22582 The Australian Human Rights Commission has decided not to investigate whether the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) was discriminatory in its... Mon, 7 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22581 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22581 Lung cancer cases have soared among women but fallen for men, a new government report shows. Rates of the disease surged 72 per cent for women while... Mon, 7 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22561 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22561 Australia is currently experiencing a boom in tertiary nursing enrolments. Federal government figures released in September show new commencements in... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22559 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22559 They are independent practitioners who see a wide range of primary healthcare concerns but school nurses are among the most fragmented and... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22557 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22557 "There has never been a mental health equivalent to the likes of Slip, Slop, Slap; 30 Minutes a Day; or 10,000 Steps. The reality is that mental... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22568 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22568 In the past decade, Fiji has lost 57 per cent of its graduating nurses to external migration, the head of the Fiji Nurses' Association has told a... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22564 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22564 "It's been a pretty hectic month," says Julie Farrelley, lead nurse practitioner at the Brisbane-based SmartClinics, just hours ahead of the... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22569 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22569 The NSW Nurses' Association in collaboration with Public Sector International (PSI) will undertake a joint research project to map the migration of... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22567 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22567 The number of Kiwi nurses seeking work in Australia continues to grow but the nursing workforce in New Zealand is also increasing steadily, the... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22566 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22566 As Victoria's first formally appointed Chief Clinical Information Officer, Jenny O'Brien says she's part of an emerging hybrid of clinical leaders... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22565 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22565 Acute stroke patients who receive three clinical protocols to manage fever, sugar and swallowing are 16 per cent more likely to be alive and... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22563 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22563 The chairman of the government's advisory panel on the economic potential of senior Australians, Everald Compton said the changing demographic in the... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22562 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22562 The federal government will set up a business tax review, increase the personal tax-free threshold and work with the states to make their revenue... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22560 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22560 The opposition has said it will not respond to the Productivity Commission's recommendations for reforming aged care until the government shows its... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22558 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22558 In the developed world the topic of caesarean section often gives rise to an emotional debate. Some view the caesarean section with disdain and fear,... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22556 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22556 Fear and trepidation are normal responses when considering whether to add a PhD to the resumé but nurses should instead focus on the career... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22555 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22555 The Queensland University of Technology has trialled a pilot program to boost the role of nurses in the post-treatment care of cancer patients.... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22554 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22554 A Tasmanian government bid to slash $100 million from the state's health budget has renewed calls for a federal takeover of the system. Nurses around... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22553 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22553 The factors affecting the supply of health services and medical professionals in regional communities will be the subject of a senate inquiry... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22552 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22552 Only 30 per cent of emergency nurses said they would be unwilling to respond to a chemical or biochemical event, such as a Japan-like nuclear... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22551 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22551 A new report has found that while women in high-income countries benefit from medical advances, an increasing number of women in the developing world... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22550 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22550 Victorian emergency departments are delivering an increasing number of babies due to a shortage of labour ward beds, according to an... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22549 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22549 The number of abortions has increased in African countries where the US heavily cut funding to NGOs providing or counselling women on the procedure,... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22548 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22548 The Australian Bureau of Statistics "missed an opportunity" by excluding Aboriginal children from voluntary medical tests in the national health... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22547 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22547 Rural and regional women were more likely to use complementary and alternative medicines than women in cities, Australia's largest study of rural... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22546 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22546 Western Australia's Chief Nurse and Midwifery Officer, Catherine Stoddart, has won the state's Telstra Business Woman of the Year Award. "I'm proud... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22545 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22545 Discrimination against mentally ill people is a profound human rights issue, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said. To tackle the issue, Bligh announced... Tue, 1 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22519 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22519 Palliative care admissions have increased by more than 50 per cent in ten years, according to a report from the Australian Institute of Health and... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22518 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22518 Encouraging children to exercise and eat enough calcium will be at the heart of new guidelines designed to curb Australia's growing osteoporosis... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22517 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22517 Victoria's nurses say they are still a long way from reaching a pay deal with the state government. Victoria's police officers are in line for a pay... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22516 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22516 Australian defence personnel commit suicide at a lower rate than the general community but think about it more often, a new study has revealed. The... Mon, 24 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22467 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22467 The federal government has announced grants of more than $670 million for health and medical research. The more than 1000 grants will support... Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22466 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22466 Parents will be discouraged from taking babies into their own beds under new safe sleeping guidelines released by the South Australian Government.... Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22465 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22465 Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has slammed the Tasmanian government for its decision to slash its elective surgery budget. The Tasmanian government... Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22464 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22464 Guidelines developed in Australia to keep medical patients safe while undergoing treatment are being adopted by health workers around the world. The... Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22408 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22408 The federal government will spend an extra $3.2 million to make sure a problem-plagued GP Super Clinic in Brisbane's northern suburbs can open its... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22407 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22407 Australia needs to campaign against mental illness stigma in the same way it campaigns against obesity, smoking and alcohol addiction, a mental... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22406 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22406 A national vaccination program to protect children from the potentially fatal pneumococcal disease is to be rolled out from this month. Pneumococcal... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22405 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22405 Inadequate information on alcohol and substance abuse during pregnancy has been highlighted by an Australian Institute of Health and Welfare review... Mon, 10 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22327 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22327 An acute shortage of practical nurse-training positions means that up to 150 students at the University of Western Sydney will be unable to complete... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22334 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22334 One-third of Tasmania's annual graduate nurse intake has been slashed, due to public cost cutting. The Tasmanian Minister for Health, Michelle... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22344 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22344 It is estimated that up to two per cent of the Indian population or some 36 million people suffer from serious mental illness. A further seven per... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22347 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22347 Giant US pharmaceutical and tobacco corporations are setting the agenda at negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22343 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22343 Professor Andrew Lloyd had always imagined his career as an infectious diseases physician and researcher would take him back to the tropics, where he... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22348 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22348 It's more than three decades since a group of 130 remote area nurses congregated in Alice Springs with a collective goal in mind; getting the... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22346 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22346 It may be just 16 months in operation but a multidisciplinary 'geriatric flying squad' has already made a world of difference to the lives of elderly... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22345 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22345 Women living in Western Australia are almost three times more likely to give birth to preterm babies compared to women in China, according to a joint... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22342 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22342 Changes to sexual wellbeing can be one of the most problematic aspects of life post-breast cancer. Research has shown that when compared with healthy... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22341 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22341 Cost, release from work and time are the greatest barriers to further education, Australia's first national survey on the education and career... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22340 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22340 Graduate-entry or accelerated nursing education began in Australia in the mid-1990s to enable graduates from a discipline other than nursing to enter... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22339 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22339 The Sunshine Coast's two largest education providers, USC and Sunshine TAFE, have developed a joint training initiative to increase collaboration... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22338 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22338 Under the leadership of Professor Kim Usher, the School of Nursing and Midwifery at James Cook University has become a World Health Organisation... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22337 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22337 Children with incontinence from non-Caucasian backgrounds are at higher risk of experiencing severe negative effects on their wellbeing, research has... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22336 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22336 Research has found one in eight Australian females under 30 suffer from urinary incontinence, in what is a first look at the prevalence of the... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22335 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22335 The public has a right to vaccinations and parents who fail to comply should be fined, says a leading research scientist and former Australian of the... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22333 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22333 A ''virtual policy'' school to encourage the active involvement of nurses in public policy is to be established. The school will be an international... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22332 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22332 Victoria's largest public health service provider has apologised to a nurse it summoned to a "performance/behaviour" meeting following remarks she... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22331 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22331 The 2011 Australian of the Year, Simon McKeon, is to chair an independent review of health and medical research in Australia and recommend a 10-year... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22330 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22330 Four universities and five state health authorities are collaborating in a major study to examine the effectiveness of nurse practitioners in... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22329 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22329 Health professionals should refrain from referring to diabetes as a 'disease' and describing people living with the condition as 'diabetics' or... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22328 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22328 Australia's prisoners have high levels of mental and physical health issues, and high numbers engage in risky health behaviours, according to a new... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22326 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22326 Child and family health nurses have slammed recommendations by the Productivity Commission to remove midwifery qualifications from their training.... Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22287 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22287 The new National Workforce and Productivity Agency will provide a pathway to help address Australia's critical shortage of nurses, the Australian... Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22286 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22286 Plain packaging and other anti-smoking measures are getting Australia noticed in the global domain, said Health Minister Nicola Roxon. The minister... Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22285 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22285 Women with a family history of breast cancer were not accessing services available to them, new research has found. The University of Melbourne study... Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22284 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22284 Australian of the Year Simon McKeon says it's vital that the federal government back global efforts to eradicate polio. McKeon has told a group of... Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22183 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22183 Opposition is mounting to the latest moves in South Australia to legalise euthanasia. The Australian Medical Association (AMA) and the Law Society of... Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22182 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22182 People with colorectal cancer in rural areas have a greater chance of dying than their city cousins because treatment facilities are so far away, a... Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22181 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22181 A new study has found treating patients at home could save state and federal governments millions of dollars annually. Research by Deloitte Access... Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22180 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22180 A new watchdog keeping an eye on Australia's health services will itself be independently reviewed after a year, under amendments agreed to by the... Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22106 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22106 Research showing men with type 2 diabetes face a higher risk of developing bowel cancer has sparked calls for more regular screening checks for the... Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22105 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22105 Leading Australian and international health groups have welcomed the Australian Government's announcement that it will increase its assistance to the... Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22104 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22104 Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon has hit back at critics of the "opt in" system for setting up individual electronic health records, saying... Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22103 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=22103 Two of Melbourne's biggest hospitals have rejected Victorian government plans to have armed officers in emergency departments. Security and nursing... Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22039 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22039 It was dusk on an unassuming evening when Ruth Jebb, a Brisbane nurse on deployment to Darfur realised she was being followed. For 25 minutes, Jebb... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22031 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22031 Professor Alan Rosen from the University of Sydney has called upon the mental health professions to formally apologise to indigenous Australians for... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22023 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22023 The dean of nursing at the University of Technology, Sydney has warned undergraduate nursing students there are penalties for student misconduct... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22041 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=22041 Dr Clara van Gulik is Médecins Sans Frontières' medical advisor in paediatrics and nutrition. She has worked with the nobel prize- winning medical... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22029 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22029 Rapid advancement in technological innovation over the past decade has made simulated learning available for various levels of skill development for... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22043 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22043 Within the cool confines of the Australian National University's supercomputer laboratory, biostatistician Keith Dear (above) couldn't be further... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22042 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=22042 ref lect on these workforce challenges and the need for nurses to get better at telling their professional story. Nursing is an increasingly complex... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22040 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22040 There needs to be increased communication between healthcare professionals and parents to improve understanding about the right nutrition practices... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22038 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22038 Community service provider Wesley Mission has partnered with St George Bank to launch a financial literacy program to support struggling families in... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22037 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22037 The government and its financial regulator have failed people in distress who need early access to their superannuation funds, the opposition said.... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22036 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22036 Nutrition-related chronic disease and weight issues are on the rise in Australia but some at-risk patients aren't getting the proper counselling and... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22035 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22035 Practice nurses can improve depression in patients with diabetes and heart disease, a recent study has found. Researchers from the Greater Green... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22034 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22034 The exclusion of indigenous children from parts of a national health survey is a mistake that will leave health professionals with a large... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22033 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22033 Improvements in indigenous mortality rates have reversed in recent years, the latest government snapshot of indigenous health has revealed. The... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22032 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=22032 Researchers from the University of Sydney and James Cook have launched a series of online teaching resources targeting improved communication between... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22030 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22030 In Dr Maree Bernoth's article "No surety of standards in Cert III for aged care" she raises important issues about consistency and quality in... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22028 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=22028 If the Certificate III in Aged Care Work and the Certificate IV Assessor and Trainer were designed to be the cornerstones of education and skill... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22027 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22027 Infection control nurse Alison Carter is in a unique and authoritative position to talk about crisis-related infection control in aged care. It was a... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22026 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=22026 Nurses and other health professionals need to move from infection control to infection prevention to minimise the number of healthcare-associated... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22025 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22025 The number of employed nurses has increased by 13 per cent since 2005, a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22024 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22024 The Australian College of Mental Health nurses has renewed its call for the government to dump its policy of mandatory detention, amid concerns of a... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22022 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22022 Federal Minister for Ageing Mark Butler has said the government may respond to the quality issues in aged care training, as highlighted by the... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22021 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22021 Langton, who is foundation professor of Australian Indigenous Studies at the School of Population Health at the University of Melbourne made the... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22020 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=22020 I applaud the manager of the surgical ward in Brisbane who highlighted an immensely important issue in nursing education (NR, July, p.11). It has... Mon, 5 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21969 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21969 A middle layer of bureaucracy at the NSW Health Department will be abolished under a restructure that will scrap 300 positions, and savings of $80... Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21968 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21968 Nurses at Victorian hospitals are gagged from speaking out against violence perpetrated against them at work and fear management, a state... Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21967 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21967 Australian Scientists believe giving obese people the same psychological counselling as those with anorexia nervosa could help their weight battle.... Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21966 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21966 Australian women are far more likely to attempt suicide than men but the violent methods men use to take their own lives means their suicide rate is... Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21965 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21965 Cheap medicines recommended for cardiovascular disease patients are being underused across the world despite their effectiveness in saving lives, a... Mon, 29 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21900 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21900 Menopausal women who stop using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are likely to start skipping mammogram checks for breast cancer, a study suggests.... Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21899 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21899 Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon have announced the appointments of the inaugural chairs of the two major... Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21898 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21898 The number of employed nurses has increased by 13 per cent since 2005, a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has... Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21897 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21897 A NSW study on childbirth will document the experiences and expectations of regional and rural families as they access maternity care. The research... Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21896 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21896 Mental health professionals have renewed their call for an end to the indefinite detention of asylum seekers. Psychologists, psychiatrists and mental... Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21834 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21834 While it is yet to commit to the PC's timetable for a national disability insurance scheme, the government has defended the seven year lead-in period... Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21833 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21833 Some of the major public hospitals in regional NSW are among the lowest rated for outpatient care in the state, a survey has found. The opinions of... Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21832 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21832 A new survey suggests seniors, and particularly pensioners, risk being left behind as businesses and governments shift more services online. In... Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21831 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21831 The Federal Government is facing calls to extend Medicare benefits to thousands of community-based asylum seekers following the release of a report... Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21830 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21830 Every year roughly half of Australian families turn down the opportunity to donate the organs of their loved ones. In new research, registered nurse... Mon, 15 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21780 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21780 The final Productivity Commission report into aged care saying it fails to address quality care for elderly Australians, says the ANF. ANF federal... Mon, 8 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21779 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21779 Queensland nurses are refusing to work certain shifts out of fear they won't be paid properly, in the latest twist in the payroll saga. The nurses'... Mon, 8 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21778 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21778 Nurses, doctors, dentists, pharmacists and other health practitioners are being encouraged to consider extending their careers to help provide care... Mon, 8 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21777 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21777 Heart attack survivors underestimate the danger of suffering another attack within a year and struggle to make crucial lifestyle changes, a survey... Mon, 8 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21776 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21776 Independent privately practising midwives have been given a further 12 month extension of the professional indemnity insurance exemption. The... Mon, 8 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21701 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21701 Nurses have called for there to be no further investigations into preventing violence in Victorian hospitals, with the government needing to take... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21699 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21699 The potential role nurse practitioners could have in reducing hospital admissions for older Australian's is to be explored. Researchers will lead 25... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21709 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21709 When Certificate III training began in the mid 1990s it operated under strict guidelines governing curriculum and competencies. This has gradually... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21702 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21702 The minister for ageing, Mark Butler has directed his department to compile a detailed report on the incidence of assaults within aged care... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21710 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21710 The growth in the ageing population in developed countries and their growing numbers in acute and aged care is forcing a rethink of undergraduate... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=21717 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=21717 Australia must focus on ensuring that the numbers and skills of healthcare workers it produces and retains is sufficient to support a sustainable... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=21716 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=21716 Milly Cahill has 28 kids. But she isn't their mother. She is a child health nurse in Broome. This is how she introduces herself in a new national... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21715 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21715 Nursing and Midwifery Health Program, Victoria (NMHPV) Chief Executive Officer Glenn Taylor has called for nurses and midwives and nursing and... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21714 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21714 Criticising nurses was once like kicking Bambi. Bolstered by consistent reports that we are among the top 'trusted professionals', nurses enjoyed... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21713 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21713 I am hospital trained and have accrued letters and pieces of paper on the way through. I was taught by rote and had to work out the reasons for what... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21712 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21712 Across Australia, confusion persists around antenatal screening of the three major blood-borne viruses: hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21711 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21711 quality and safety of discharge care of remote NT mothers and their newborns. By Annie May. Discharge practices for mothers and newborns from remote... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21708 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21708 More than 50 per cent of Australians will die in hospitals, despite the vast majority wanting to die at home. Currently advance care planning... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21707 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21707 Aged care staff must work out what they think about their own death, and dying generally, before they can be trained to provide effective palliative... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21706 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21706 Sit-ups can make you feel virtuous. They can also make some women incontinent. It is new to many of us that some exercise routines can worsen the... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21705 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21705 Incontinence can affect people of all ages from all backgrounds, yet it still remains a taboo subject, with individuals finding it difficult to raise... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21704 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21704 Addressing the rapidly rising demand for dementia specialist services and increase the early dementia diagnosis rate within the community, Tasmania... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21703 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21703 More needs to be done to improve the care that older adults with cognitive impairment, including dementia and delirium - receive when they visit... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21700 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21700 Bela Heidrich was about two hours old when she died at Rockhampton hospital in 2008. Her tired mother, Zelia Blomfield, had been breastfeeding her,... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21698 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21698 The fight against NSW public sector wages reform will continue until worker's rights are restored, Unions NSW says. About 50 protesters gathered... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20793 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20793 In the closing address of the 11th National Rural Health Conference, the Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon said that through strong... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20792 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20792 Agriculture workers put themselves at risk of dying, says a pilot study examining the prevalence of cardiac risk factors in the group and of their... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20513 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20513 Practice nurses in three Queensland clinics are motivating their patients to change their lives for the better. And the results have shown nurses... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20512 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20512 Every day in Australia an estimated 275 people develop diabetes. It's the nation's sixth leading cause of death. Today, the total number of... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20511 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20511 The health care system of Australia, as in many other countries, is moving out of large acute care hospitals and into the community. This is due to... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20502 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20502 Improving Australia's health care sector - particularly rural health - will not be achieved by more doctors or more money. And it definitely won't be... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20104 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20104 Working in isolation, a lack of permanent staff and cultural issues all contribute to the high levels of psychological distress, trauma and emotional... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20103 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20103 Given the unique context, and the inseparable work and living conditions in which remote area practitioners provide health care services, it is of... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20102 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20102 Remote Australia makes up over three quarters of the Australian landmass. The population living in remote Australia includes generational station and... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20101 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20101 Dementia is a growing health and social concern for all Australians. The prevalence of dementia in Australia is predicted to rise significantly as... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20100 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20100 Working in remote Australia providing desperately needed ear, nose and throat care has been a life changing experience for nurse Fiona Wake - and for... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20099 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20099 Inefficient funding arrangements, mainstream programs being inappropriate for Aboriginal Australians and competing interests determining the... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20098 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20098 The Centre for Research on Ageing (CRA) at Curtin University has been given a $96,000 grant to establish the long-term outcomes of restorative home... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20097 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20097 At 87 years old, Jack has had his fair share of challenges in life. He explains nonchalantly that he got through the war pretty well, recalling... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20089 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20089 If practice nurses are to work to their full capacity and capitalise on funding arrangements, hierarchical structures that continue to exist - with... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20085 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20085 Prime Minister Julia Gillard wants indigenous people to take greater responsibility for improving their own lives, after admitting the task was... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=19769 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=19769 Two new reports show people in country Australia are missing "out badly" on access to primary health services, according to the National Rural Health... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=19631 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=19631 As Australia's health care emphasis became more focused on prevention and primary health care, practice nurses are well placed to deliver essential... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 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, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=16538 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&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... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 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... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 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... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 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... Tue, 2 Aug 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21655 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21655 Dozens of nurses gathered at Martin Place in the city centre this morning demanding their employer, Macquarie Hospital Services, increase their wages... Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21654 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21654 Queensland Health can't wipe out the debts of employees it overpaid because of tax reasons, Premier Anna Bligh says. The government needs to recoup... Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21653 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21653 Many mums end up sleeping alongside their newborns, either deliberately or by accident, despite mixed findings on whether it is beneficial or... Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21652 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21652 Up to 100 doctors and nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) face the sack because of Tasmanian government budget cuts, federal independent MP... Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21651 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21651 GlaxoSmithKline has launched its fourth Adult Immunisation Grants program for healthcare professionals working in immunisation. The grants are... Mon, 25 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21585 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21585 Up to 50 nurses, doctors and security guards stopped work at Blacktown Hospital on Friday to say "enough was enough", following the two assaults in... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21584 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21584 Medicare Locals will work with GPs, nurses, allied health professionals, indigenous health organisations and local hospital networks to identify and... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21583 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21583 Two Sydney Nursing School academics have been awarded 2011 Churchill Fellowships enabling them to develop their nursing expertise at overseas... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21582 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21582 Queensland Health must regain the trust of its nurses as the bungled payroll saga continues, the nurses union says. Queensland Nurses Union (QNU)... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21581 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21581 A wound-healing invention developed at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) has produced remarkable results in an international human trial.... Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21524 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21524 In another twist to Queensland Health's payroll problems, Premier Anna Bligh has put a moratorium on chasing overpayments. The about face follows... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21523 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21523 The Mental Health Professionals Network (MHPN), an initiative of the Department of Health and Ageing, has announced its operational contract is to be... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21522 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21522 The completion of the Productivity Commission's final report into aged care should be the first step toward urgent reform of Australia's... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21521 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21521 A website that shows updated information on waiting times at NSW emergency wards has gone live. Health minister Jillian Skinner said the website,... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21520 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21520 Lying around for long stretches outside of work doubles the risk of dangerous blood clots in the lungs, according to a new study among women. The... Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21410 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21410 Gaps between policy and practice in ensuring a good work-life balance and the resulting "struggle to juggle" is resulting in nurses withdrawing and... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21411 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21411 The government's maternity reforms are "doomed to fail" as a result of obstetricians refusing to enter into collaborative arrangements with midwives.... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21412 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21412 The looming retirement of 'baby boomer' nurses will place unprecedented pressure on Australia's health workforce over the coming years, but... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21417 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21417 In the past decade progress in the clinical development of disease modifying treatments for dementia has been disappointing. Previous trials of new... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21416 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21416 The future of university nursing programs will give students the flexibility to study online, fast-track their way to registration and get involved... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=21422 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=21422 Close to one third of Australian workers say they have been bullied in the workforce, while 42 per cent of employees report having witnessed their... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21421 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21421 With the number of cases of cancer continuing to grow, a recently launched cancer nursing research unit will help meet the needs of people in NSW by... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21420 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21420 Melissa Oostenbroek's sisters don't know how she can be a cancer nurse. For them it brings back bad memories of losing both parents to cancer. But... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21419 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21419 In a first for Australia, a fulltime breast cancer nurse will be joining the Royal Flying Doctor Service. The McGrath Elders Breast Care Nurse will... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21418 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=21418 Enrolled nurses and personal care attendants in aged care facilities are better at recognising pain in non verbal residents with dementia than... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21415 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21415 It is well documented that chronic wounds constitute a major problem in society, as they lead to social isolation of the patient, prolonged inability... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21414 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21414 Melbourne researchers have developed smart bandages that change colour to reveal the state of the wound beneath. Their invention could reduce the... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21413 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21413 Mothers trying to cope with babies who cry persistently and wake frequently during the night are turning to hospital emergency departments for... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21409 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21409 Nurses must ensure new mums are alert enough before letting them breastfeed in bed, an inquest into the smothering death of a baby has found. New... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21408 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21408 For the last time the Australian Learning and Teaching Council (ALTC) Teaching Awards, which is to be wound down in January of next year, celebrated... Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21362 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21362 Queensland Health is again under fire over the bungled introduction of its payroll system, with nurses asked to prove they don't owe their employer... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21361 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21361 Red tape is weighing down the aged care sector from improving their services, much to the detriment of older Australians, parliament has been told.... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21360 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21360 Australia's nurses and midwives who were due to renew registration by May 31 and have not done so have only days left to apply or their registration... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21359 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21359 The union representing civil servants will legally challenge a NSW government law that restricts public sector wage increases. The bill allowing the... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21358 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21358 A recent report has found that almost 4.8 million Australians are living with some form of incontinence, limiting their ability to work and resulting... Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21300 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21300 Queensland mental health professionals have slammed last week's Queensland budget for failing to provide long term mental health funding. Christine... Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21299 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21299 Changes to NSW public sector wages are worse than expected and foreshadow further cuts to come, according to the opposition and union leaders.... Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21298 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21298 Premature death due to chronic disease has dropped by nearly 20 per cent in the last decade, a new report from the AIHW has found. The report by the... Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21297 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21297 A new drug to treat potentially fatal lung injuries caused by ventilators in hospital intensive care units is being developed by Flinders University... Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21296 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21296 A study of schoolgirls and young women given the cervical cancer vaccine in Victoria as part of a national program has revealed a significant fall in... Tue, 21 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21216 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21216 Elective surgery waiting times are not improving across the country and people are putting off seeing a doctor because of the cost, a national report... Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21215 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21215 The Practice Nurse Incentive Program, which starts on January 1 of next year, will bring great opportunities to nurses, GPs and consumers, according... Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21214 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21214 Nurses at hospitals and health centres across Sydney have voted to rally against the NSW government's industrial relations changes. The controversial... Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21213 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21213 A Curtin University-led international collaboration is aiming to bring dignity and support to end-of-life patients and the people who care for them.... Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21212 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21212 Each year, close to 3000 of the state's South West residents are hospitalised in Perth for acute cardiac conditions, or have to travel to Perth to... Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21180 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21180 AHPRA should apologise to any practitioner who was mistakenly deregistered as a result of problems during the transition to a national registration... Mon, 6 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21179 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21179 The impact of increasing the number of assistants in nursing has on patient, nurse and ward level outcomes will be investigated by a team of... Mon, 6 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21178 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21178 Medical specialists who provide videolink consultations to patients in remote areas will be paid a 50 per cent bonus in an effort to encourage them... Mon, 6 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21177 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21177 Protests against the NSW government's changes to public sector workplace laws have entered a new phase, with Sydney nurses to kick off state-wide... Mon, 6 Jun 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21103 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21103 The increasing number of new nursing roles and titles that exist in Australia is out of hand, say researchers. And with the many and varied titles... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21100 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21100 Experienced nurses need to learn how to best work with Gen-Y and not buy into the many popular misconceptions about the group, says a Sydney-based... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21104 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21104 Australian nurses are more likely to report high job strain than their New Zealand counterparts, the early data from a major longitudinal study has... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21108 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21108 Each year there are more and more Australian's who require dialysis therapy for end-stage kidney disease. And with an ageing population and an... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21111 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21111 Where is their bedside manner? That is the question many experienced nurses ask when students or recently trained nurses arrive on the ward. Issues... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=21119 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=21119 Building a strong indigenous workforce is imperative to improving health outcomes and the life expectancy of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21118 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21118 The Federal Government has released a draft concept of operations document regarding the use of personally controlled electronic health records... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21117 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21117 Australian researchers are working with their Indonesian colleges to develop a new computer model to track the HIV epidemic designed specifically for... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21116 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21116 It could be an episode from any one of the medical drama television shows: a man in cardiac arrest falls out of his car in front of the hospital. But... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21115 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21115 Do whatever it takes and never say we can't help. That is the philosophy of the Geriatric Flying Squad, developed at the War Memorial Hospital in... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21114 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21114 With a car for an office and seeing people at the lowest moment in their lives, one wouldn't be surprised if Paul Esplin wasn't at least a little... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21113 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21113 NURSE OF THE YEAR Merrilyn Hewett Merrilyn Hewett is known as the woman who transformed aged care in the tiny rural town of Port Broughton, South... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21112 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=21112 Why is it there are so many unhappy nurses around? So many nurses that have dedicated years of training and study yet find themselves in a job that... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21110 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21110 In 2006, the Council of Australian Governments committed to a national health workforce reform package. In 2010, Health Workforce Australia (HWA) was... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21109 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=21109 Concerned that many nurses lack sufficient knowledge and skills to deal with incontinence problems, Lille Healthcare is now providing evidence-based... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21107 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21107 Does Australia need a new kidney allocation scheme to address the current shortage of deceased donor kidneys for transplantation? And if so, should... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21106 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21106 Maternal obesity is the most common factor in high-risk pregnancies. Yet, in Australia there is little done to reduce this risk. This is becoming... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21105 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=21105 The benefits of a new antenatal service for obese women in NSW is being evaulated by the department of health. The project, a collaboration project... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21102 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21102 Palliative care needs to be embedded in undergraduate training of health professionals to improve the quality of care when dying, says an expert.... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21101 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21101 Nurses and midwives will be supported in undertaking further training away from their place of employment under the Nursing and Allied Health Rural... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21099 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21099 Nurses in aged care are to be educated on the needs of Forgotten Australians, with education pack detailing the special needs of this group to be... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21098 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=21098 There is a widening rift within Australia's system of older person care between acute medical care and parts of the aged care system, according to... Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21049 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21049 Doctors, nurses and allied health professionals are being called on to provide input into clinical leadership structures with the proposed model of... Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21048 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21048 Australian researchers are launching a palliative care toolkit which aims to improve resources for residential aged care facilities nationally and... Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21047 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21047 Healthcare professionals that play a crucial role in supporting the millions of Australians currently affected by diabetes and are being encouraged... Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21046 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21046 Nurses working, or planning to work in emergency departments may be eligible for a range of scholarships, covering a wide variety of skill levels.... Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21045 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=21045 Macular Degeneration, which attacks the central part of the retina, is the leading cause of blindness and severe vision loss in Australia. Patients... Mon, 23 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20981 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20981 A nurse who has spent the last four years looking after the homeless people of Sydney was last week named the HESTA Australian Nurse of the Year.... Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20980 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20980 Nurses have applauded the federal government for delivering a well-balanced investment in mental health, but questioned where the staff will come... Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20979 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20979 Last week's federal budget failed to include a number of key workforce issues which would help deliver quality care for older Australians, says the... Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20978 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20978 Australian Red Cross nurse and aid worker Noela Davies has received nursing's highest international honour, the Florence Nightingale Medal. Davies, a... Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20977 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20977 Draft laws aimed at ensuring the insurers of self-employed midwives are taxed correctly have been passed by parliament's lower house. The legislation... Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20906 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20906 While some inroads have been made in the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, there are still many areas where large... Mon, 9 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20905 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20905 Nurses want to lead in the global fight against the further spread of non-communicable diseases but workload and time constraints are holding them... Mon, 9 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20904 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20904 Nurses and midwives who have yet to renew their registration, which is due May 31, are being urged to do so on time or risk not being able to... Mon, 9 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20903 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20903 More new mums in Queensland are getting help at home with post-natal care, thanks to a state government initiative. Health Minister Geoff Wilson used... Mon, 9 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20902 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20902 A mental health expert predicts a new $2 billion funding package in tonight's federal budget will help transform the sector. Treasurer Wayne Swan... Mon, 9 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20782 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20782 The registration of nurse practitioners has been blocked by AHPRA since the changeover to that national scheme in July last year. Midwives have been... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20779 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20779 Professional organisations, representing both consumers and health workers, risk polarising the debate and alienating their broad constituencies if... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=20794 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=20794 Annie May reports. Standing at just 40cm tall and looking suspiciously like the latest toy their grandchildren have been dropping hints about for... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=20791 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=20791 It was the first day of practicum for my maternal nursing course for professional development and as I was buddied up to my nurse midwife after... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=20795 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=20795 Significant medical workforce shortages, particularly in rural and remote locations, have prompted a range of responses in Australia at both state... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20790 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20790 It was November of 2001 when Susan Salmond walked into every mother's worst nightmare. Arriving at her then 22-year-old daughter's apartment, she... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20789 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20789 At a time when health care needs are growing health science faculties across the country are concerned that the threatened cuts to the medical... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20788 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20788 The Australian Practice Nurses Association and the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA) have launched a new online education program,... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20787 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20787 There are many reasons why overseas qualified nurses decide to study in Australian universities. Completion of a bachelor of nursing degree at an... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20786 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20786 In 1998, a highly respected British medical journal, the Lancet, published a study that linked the Measles Mumps Rubella (MMR) vaccine to regressive... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20785 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20785 On 24 April, 2009 the World Health Organisation advised of an outbreak of a new strain of flu - H1N1 Influenza 09, to become commonly known as swine... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20784 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20784 Prevention of infectious diseases is vital following sudden flooding disasters, according to an infectious diseases specialist. Writing in the latest... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20783 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20783 The federal government's rumoured $400 million cuts to the National Health and Medical Research Council budget will not only set back health and... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20781 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20781 Pregnant women are not receiving enough information from midwives and health professionals on the effects of alcohol consumption on their babies, a... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20780 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20780 A program to boost immunisation rates among four-year-olds on the Limestone Coast has been shortlisted in the HESTA Australian Nursing Awards. When... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20778 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20778 Legally forcing midwives into compulsory collaborative arrangements won't work, says a midwifery academic. Writing in a recent issue of Women and... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20777 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20777 Coroner John Hutton last month handed down his findings of an inquest into the newborn's death following a birth intervention at Gold Coast's John... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20776 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20776 Providing better patient outcomes in Australian hospitals by improving the management of acute patient deterioration events is the focus of a new... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20775 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20775 Some girls are missing out on the vaccination that helps protect against cervical cancer because of fears related to the vaccination process, a study... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20774 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20774 The highly variable quality of Certificate III training across the country has emerged as an unlikely recurring theme in the Productivity... Sun, 1 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20716 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20716 Pregnant women are not receiving enough information from midwives and health professionals on the effects of alcohol consumption on their babies, a... Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20715 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20715 The World Health Organisation must take a tougher stance on super bugs, according to an Australian infectious diseases expert. Professor Tim Walsh,... Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20714 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20714 Researchers in Brisbane will be taking part in a rally to show their support for a campaign aimed at raising awareness of the impact of federal... Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20713 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20713 A new publication and supporting seminar series have been developed to provide a guide for people with dementia and their families and carers about... Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20625 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20625 A major cause of antibiotic resistance, a growing issue in Australia and internationally, is the unnecessary and inappropriate use of antibiotics and... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20624 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20624 A new disease control agency is needed in Australia to combat rapidly evolving infectious diseases in future, health experts say. Local and overseas... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20623 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20623 The federal government is likely to manage a national database to store the summaries of electronic health records belonging to millions of... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20622 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20622 Pregnant women with low levels of vitamin D are more likely to develop gestational diabetes, and, their babies are more prone to bone weakness,... Mon, 11 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20501 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20501 In two months time almost every nurse and midwife in Australia will be required to renew their registration if they want to be able to continue... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=20510 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=20510 On February 22 Kate Cooper was catching up on her paperwork on disaster management. As the first earthquake shock died down the associate clinical... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20507 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20507 Sometimes homeless, at times experiencing problems with drugs or alcohol or simply suffering a mental health episode - people with a mental illness... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=20514 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=20514 Each day brings new challenges for volunteer nurse educator Di Brown, on assignment in an under-resourced hospital in Bali. More than half way... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20509 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20509 'Give a man a fish; feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish; feed him for a lifetime" is often quoted when talking about international aid. But what... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20508 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=20508 Delivering and achieving consistent education outcomes can be a challenge when mental health clinicians are spread geographically. A collaborative... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20506 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20506 Stephanie Fox-Young, RCNA president recently wrote in an editorial how graduates needed to be supported as they start their practice and that access... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20505 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20505 Garden clubs, book clubs, travel clubs and even Star Wars clubs - for as long as time people have been getting together with others who have similar... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20504 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20504 New findings released last month by the Influenza Specialist Group have led experts to call upon nurses to challenge what they believe is risky... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20503 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20503 Health professionals and consumers may change their choices when the same risks and risk reductions are presented using alternative statistical... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20500 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20500 Plans for patients to be given the flu vaccine in pharmacies without the need of a prescription from their see their GP hasn't been welcomed by... Mon, 4 Apr 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20449 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20449 A triumphant Barry O'Farrell has claimed a mandate for change after the coalition demolished Labor in the NSW election, promising to return honesty... Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20448 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20448 How the features of a birthplace including design, objects, materials and colours could influence the outcome of a woman's labour will be explored by... Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20447 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20447 A new joint project between USQ and Toowoomba Hospital to increase the quality and quantity of nursing student clinical placements has the potential... Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20446 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20446 A lack of consultation by the federal government over the establishment of the proposed new hospitals watchdog is risking the future of health... Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20445 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20445 If they haven't already done so, it's time for all relevant interests to get involved with the first 15 Medicare Locals to be established from 1 July... Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20407 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20407 Results from a recent survey conducted by Kidney Health Australia have shown that patients facing dialysis need a greater understanding of the... Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20406 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20406 Nurses in the aged care industry yesterday demonstrated in Melbourne demanding better wages and more care for older Australians. The nurses, who... Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20405 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20405 Australia's incidence of bowel cancer is predicted to surge by 50 per cent over the next decade. The number of mostly older Australians who develop... Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20404 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20404 Stroke is still the second biggest cause of death in Australia and incurs crippling health care costs but continues to languish in terms of national... Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20403 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20403 Patients admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) after hours and on weekends have an increased risk of mortality, according to a study published in... Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20348 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20348 Hospitals in Sydney's southwest would get 100 extra beds and 25 extra nurses under a NSW coalition government. The coalition is promising to add... Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20347 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20347 NSW will have its first public mother and baby mental health unit if the Labor government is re-elected. Premier Kristina Keneally said a state-wide... Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20346 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20346 Indigenous communities throughout Australia are set to reap far-reaching benefits from a key initiative involving Griffith University and Townsville... Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20345 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20345 Australian scientists are part of a global effort looking at whether erythropoietin - otherwise known as EPO - can boost the brain's recently... Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20344 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20344 Dementia and obesity are two of Australia's biggest public health problems and the relationship between them is now one step closer to being... Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20250 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20250 NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has pledged $2.3 billion in new funding for upgraded health facilities and new medical staff, including $24 million to... Tue, 8 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20231 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20231 A review has found the computer system that runs emergency departments in hospitals throughout NSW is crippled by design flaws and is compromising... Tue, 8 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20230 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20230 Universal access to high-speed broadband at a uniform retail price has the capacity to transform Australia's rural and remote areas just as surely as... Tue, 8 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20229 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20229 Australian nurses are disappointed by the lack of support from the Australian Medical Association (AMA) for a health system based on... Tue, 8 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20228 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20228 India's Supreme Court ruled that life support can be legally removed for some terminally ill patients in a ruling that will allow "passive... Tue, 8 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20227 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20227 Researchers are calling on men and women who work in the diverse fields of nursing, retail, exotic dancing, construction and medicine, to take part... Tue, 8 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20088 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20088 Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled the latest incarnation of Labor's plan to shake up the health system this week and there's near universal... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20093 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20093 Despite the sometimes low prestige associated with working as assistants in nursing (AIN), which often features some of the less-glamorous... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20096 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20096 It has been recognised internationally that increasing the number of Indigenous people working as health professionals is linked to the improved... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20095 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20095 Providing nurses with career development opportunities is essential in growing a professional aged care workforce according to Bupa Learning and... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20094 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=20094 Newly registered nurses will be better able to 'hit the ward running' in the high-pressure environment of the nation's hospitals and care facilities... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20092 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=20092 An Australian company is releasing what it claims is "the world's first personal mobile emergency alert system, providing 24-hour monitoring and... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20091 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20091 Australians in the early phase of a heart attack wait too long to go to hospital, a study has shown, pointing to less time for treatment to stem the... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20090 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20090 Extra resources will be provided to the national health registration agency in an effort to fix its significant administrative problems. The pledge... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20087 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20087 Hiding your true feelings at work can damage your well-being, research has found. Murdoch University PhD candidate Steve Brown has researched some of... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20086 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20086 COAG health reforms are a first step in improving the funding of the healthcare system but are a long way short of the reforms needed to build a... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20084 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20084 When Ona Macleod looks out the window of her Murwillumbah home and sees the brand new campervan parked out front she has to remind herself that it... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20083 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20083 As health experts await a decision on whether bowel cancer screening will continue to exist in Australia, a study has shown how an expanded program... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20082 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20082 Thirty-three days, 4200km and two guys on their bikes doesn't only add up to an epic adventure, but hope for thousands of Australian families. Perth... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20081 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20081 Health professionals are urging the government to go slowly in its introduction of activity-based funding for public hospitals, with concerns raised... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20080 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=20080 A new award the nurses union has negotiated with the NSW government has the backing of the coalition if it wins the March state election. Under the... Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20021 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20021 NSW nurses have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a new pay and conditions package which should ensure hundreds more nurses working in state... Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20020 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20020 Gillard government faces an uphill battle to finalise its national health agreement by the middle of this year if comments by NSW Premier Kristina... Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20019 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20019 Surgeons at a British hospital have pioneered a new treatment that could remove the need for medication to treat type 2 diabetes while helping... Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20018 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20018 Figures showing nursing home residents are experiencing high rates of depression is a reminder that the aged care sector needs more skilled staff,... Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20017 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=20017 Women who are socioeconomically disadvantaged are less likely to access Medicare Benefits Schedule items for recently introduced mental health... Mon, 21 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19900 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19900 State premiers have embraced a new hospital funding deal that the federal opposition says will do nothing to help Australia's ailing public health... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19899 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19899 Aged care reform relies on the wages of carers and nurses being increased, with nurses working in aged care earning up to $300 a week less than... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19898 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19898 The quality of research undertaken by Australian nursing and midwifery researchers is 'on par' if not better than many of their international... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19897 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19897 The barriers facing Australian dementia sufferers from non-English speaking backgrounds will be the subject of a new study from The Australian... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19896 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19896 The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is contacting health practitioners whose registration has lapsed because they did not... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19828 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19828 Federal Labor says it is still committed to health reform but it's back-pedalling from its pledge to overhaul funding to put the nation's hospitals... Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19827 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19827 At least an extra 1400 full-time equivalent nurses could begin working in NSW hospitals if a state government offer to the NSW Nurses' Association... Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19826 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19826 Fewer indigenous people are smoking today compared to eight years ago but Aborigines are still lighting up at almost three times the rate of other... Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19825 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19825 University researchers believe a combination of nutritional supplements and low dose hormone treatment delivered to under-nourished elderly people in... Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19824 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19824 People who spend more time in the sun, and those with higher vitamin D levels, may be less likely to develop MS, new research from The Australian... Mon, 7 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19764 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19764 As many as 10 to 20 per cent of nurses and nursing students may have substance abuse and addiction problems, but the key to tackling the issue - and... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19761 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19761 When so much change is need, there is little chance of everyone getting what they want. But, when so much change is needed, any move for proper... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19772 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19772 For many clients and their carers, the link between nutrition and wound care is not easily understood. But in the context of food as the building... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=19777 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=19777 Recruitment retention strategies need to be informed by the altruistic and vocational reasons why nurses and students are drawn to nursing,... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=19776 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=19776 Around a quarter of all heart attacks, strokes, and operations to open blocked arteries could be avoided in people with chronic kidney disease by... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19775 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19775 Although empathy is widely accepted and expected to be a central component of the nurse-patient relationship, patient's perceptions are that it is... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19774 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19774 Pressure ulcers are highly prevalent, painful and in many cases preventable. They are also very costly. There are many devices available on the... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19773 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19773 Common plants such as marigold could hold the key to dealing with chronic wounds, which affect almost half a million Australians and cost around $2.6... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19771 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19771 It is well recognised that malnourished patients recover more slowly from illness and experience more complications. Yet, despite this, routine... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19770 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19770 A new research project is hoping to 'light up the night' for shift workers and evaluate the efficacy of a novel light intervention for sleepiness.... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19768 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19768 Patients in hospitals where nurses work long hours are much more likely to die of pneumonia and heart attack, researchers have found. In most US... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19767 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19767 The recent flood crisis across the nation, particularly in Queensland, has left whole communities devastated. But as with many tragedies, among the... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19766 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19766 In addition to causing lung cancer, heart attacks and strokes, smoking may slightly increase the risk of breast cancer, a new study suggests.... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19765 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19765 Member of the Order of Australia (AM) Professor Jill White, Dean of the Sydney Nursing School, The University of Sydney, for service to nursing and... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19763 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19763 Older Australians are getting a raw deal from the aged-care system, which is riddled with inequities and needs an urgent overhaul, the Productivity... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19762 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19762 • The aged care system should promote independence and wellness, while ensuring all seniors have access to person-centered care. Services should be... Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19714 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19714 The Australian Nursing Federation has called on the federal government to urgently review the Productivity Commission's draft report in to the aged... Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19713 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19713 NSW nurses fear their voices are still not being heard, even as they continue negotiations with the state government over nurse-patient ratios. The... Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19712 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19712 Communities across Australia are being encouraged to nominate their most remarkable nursing professionals - in the 2011 HESTA Australian Nursing... Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19711 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19711 Transplant authorities this week heralded the release of figures showing 2010 was a record year, the improvement coming mid-way though a four-year... Tue, 25 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19662 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19662 NSW nurses will soon find out the details of the state governments new offer on their ratios and staffing claim, with the deal to be considered... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19661 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19661 The new Tasmanian Public Sector nursing agreement is a positive step forward for the nursing profession and the Tasmanian community, says the ANF.... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19660 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19660 Rural communities in Queensland, NSW and Victoria that are now entering the recovery and re-building phase will be assisted by community support... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19659 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19659 Students of The College of Nursing who are affected by floods in Queensland and Victoria and natural disasters in other states have the option of... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19658 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19658 Sydney-based scientists have examined the role played by the gene MCC which, in earlier work, in 2007, they found was awry in around half of all... Tue, 18 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19637 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19637 Nurses have closed more than 400 hospital beds across NSW as their industrial action enters its second week. Another 14 hospitals on Monday voted to... Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19636 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19636 Queensland's flood crisis will severely strain the state's health system for months, the Australian Medical Association has warned. AMA Queensland... Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19635 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19635 People affected by the floods devastating Queensland are being urged to look after their mental health. The Royal Australian and New Zealand College... Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19634 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19634 Nurses and assistants in nursing working in the aged care sector are hoping the government holds good on its promises of reform for the coming year,... Tue, 11 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19619 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19619 Action must be taken to increase the ratio of registered nurses to aged care residents if the ongoing deterioration of the sector is to be halted, a... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19618 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19618 Patients in community care are at risk of neglect and abuse as a result of no mandatory minimum qualifications for assistants in nursing. This is... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=19632 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=19632 When a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer the focus is most often on treating the disease and not the post-prostate cancer issues that can arise.... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19627 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19627 Culture has a significant impact on the way women comply with breast screening measures. For women of the Australian Chinese community, it is largely... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19628 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19628 The reality of living in a technological age is that, at times, human connection can be lost. And in nursing, that loss can cost lives. It is these... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=19633 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=19633 There is a lot to be said about living and working in a capital city. There is always something to do, whether your interests lie in sport, music,... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=19630 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=19630 For some it is a case of not seeing that there is a problem. Others are told it might be a problem but don't listen. And then there are some who... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19629 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19629 The Nurses Memorial Centre, Melbourne, has continued with its drive to advance the profession with the announcement of its 2011 scholarship... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19626 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19626 Heather Machin never knows what her day will bring, but that's to be expected when you work in a flying hospital and help treat blind patients all... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19625 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19625 Most people associate stained glass with religious buildings; it forms an integral part of our churches but it can also be found in some of our... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19624 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19624 A new report which compares the NSW health system with those in 10 other countries says the state is winning the battle against cancer and heart... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19623 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19623 The government must listen to the health sector's ideas when establishing local primary health organisations, starting with renaming the proposed... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19622 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19622 The spend on research funding into Alzheimer's and other dementias has increased tenfold since 2000, new figures from the National Health and Medical... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19621 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19621 The rate of new cancers diagnosed in Australia has surged over the past quarter-century, just as advances in detection and treatment have put cancer... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19620 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19620 Australia is about to be hit by a tsunami of ageing and demanding baby boomers at the same time as residential facilities are declining to provide... Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19546 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19546 Curtin University is set to produce job ready health professionals who can handle complex client cases due to a new training initiative giving... Tue, 7 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19545 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19545 The federal government says it is spending more than ever before on mental health services but admits it can do better. Mental Health Minister Mark... Tue, 7 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19544 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19544 South Australian nurses will get a pay rise before Christmas after accepting a state government offer. A ballot of Australian Nursing and Midwifery... Tue, 7 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19543 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19543 Workers in Victoria and South Australia will be the only ones to miss out on penalty rates for working on Christmas Day. The governments of NSW,... Tue, 7 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19542 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19542 Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she's keeping "a close watch" on the much-maligned GP super clinics program following fresh accusation of delays... Tue, 7 Dec 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19483 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19483 The number of people seeking either emergency treatment, or elective surgery, in Australia's public hospitals continues to rise but it is not all bad... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19482 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19482 The NSW Department of Health says it will enter into discussions with nurses following the Nurses Association's decision to lift the proposed... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19481 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19481 Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she will continue to press her case for health reforms despite the prospect of an agreement being threatened by new... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19480 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19480 A controversial new book by a Charles Sturt University (CSU) researcher argues that the so-called 'obesity epidemic' has been grossly exaggerated by... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19479 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19479 Victoria's 90,000 nurses and midwives are now due to renew their registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). Nurses and... Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19382 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19382 A month has passed since nurse practitioners and eligible midwives gained access to PBS and MBS, but the dust has far from settled. The new... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19390 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19390 Attracting controversy since its implementation five months ago, the English language skills requirements for registration of nurses and midwives in... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19389 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19389 Under-resourced, undertrained and overburdened. This is the current situation of Western Australian health professionals and correctional staff... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19393 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19393 Shifting focus from hospital-based care to the promotion of health and prevention, the government is placing increasing emphasis on primary care, and... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19391 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=19391 High rates of nutritional risk have long been documented in acute care settings and, more recently, across rehabilitation settings. People are... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=19401 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=19401 Planning is currently underway for the 2011 RCNA workshop calendar. One of the most popular presenters is Dot Yam, whose workshops on leadership and... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=19400 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=19400 RCNA community and primary health care priorities RCNA's second Community and Primary Health Care Nursing Conference - Nursing innovation and... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=19399 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=19399 The University of Ballarat is a regional dual sector organisation nationally recognised for its outstanding teaching. With nursing programs offered... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=19398 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=19398 Last month I promised to report back on the Community and Primary Health Care Nursing Conference and it is my pleasure now to do just that! Firstly,... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=19397 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=19397 Whether a small cut with a knife, a surgical wound or a major injury caused by a fall - the body's defence and repair system leaps into action and... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=19396 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=19396 Long has past the era where nurses were confined within the walls of a hospital ward. From educators to pharmaceutical sales representatives,... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=19395 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=19395 Australia's health system has an enviable record internationally. However, a growing demand for healthcare reform has been recognised to prepare... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=19394 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=19394 Robynne Cooke is not a nurse to be trifled with. As chief nursing officer of the major healthcare network Northern Health, she has elevated nursing... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19392 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=19392 Third year Flinders University students Amy Buckerfiled and Laura Grigg are playing a critical role in Timor Leste, helping to reduce the number of... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19388 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19388 With the first Medical Locals expected to commence operations mid next year, some concern has been expressed the government has missed the... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19387 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19387 Specialist nurses can make a huge difference to the quality of life, access to treatments and compensation for people with mesothelioma and other... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19386 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19386 The Senate has supported a Greens motion urging the Government to address the widening gap in funding for Australia's aged care sector. Senator... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19385 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19385 Registered nurse education must stay in the university sector - without exception. And any attempts to move it outside will be strongly opposed.... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19384 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19384 Officials say a Queensland hospital is safe, despite a union's claim that masking tape has been used to contain asbestos. The Queensland Nurses Union... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19383 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=19383 NSW Premier Kristina Keneally has urged the nurses union to heed the industrial umpire's ruling and call off a strike planned for Wednesday (November... Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19198 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19198 The federal government has shelved its controversial diabetes reform plan that was meant to allow patients to sign up with a "home" GP practice for... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19197 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19197 A major review of operations performed in Australian and New Zealand hospitals has found 5 per cent of patients aged over 70 died soon after their... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19196 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19196 A screening program which has prompted thousands of Australians to get early treatment for their bowel cancer is facing an uncertain future, with its... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19195 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19195 Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler has announced $447.5 million for medical research, though the National Health and Medical Research... Tue, 16 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19035 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19035 Significant numbers of cancer patients experiencing anxiety post diagnosis are seeing their condition escalate to a clinical disorder because they... Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19034 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19034 The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) is urging students due to graduate from health profession courses later in 2010 to apply... Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19033 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19033 The fact that nurse practitioners now have access to the Medicare Benefits Scheme and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme mustn't obscure that fact that... Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19032 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19032 The first cohort of registered nurses have successfully completed Bupa Care's new graduate nursing program in aged care. The one year program, run in... Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19031 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=19031 Victorian Labor has promised to employ an extra 2800 doctors, nurses and health professionals if re-elected in a bold bid to take the upper hand on... Tue, 9 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18950 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18950 Australians know the difference between being sick and needing a doctor and those "everyday health concerns" when a nurse practitioner would suffice,... Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18949 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18949 The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses and the Australian Nursing Federation are concerned that systematic failures are leading to a lack of... Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18948 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18948 Nurses campaigning for a major reform of the NSW public health system are planning to protest at Sydney's Liverpool Hospital amid rolling rallies... Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18947 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18947 The new national pregnancy helpline has received three times more calls than the old service, which barred counsellors from discussing abortion. The... Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18946 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18946 Patients will be able to jump online to compare the performance of hospitals via a website to be launched in December. Federal Health Minister Nicola... Wed, 3 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18874 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18874 The first day in November will be remembered as a big step for nurses - the day when Medicare starts offering rebates for services provided by nurse... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18870 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18870 There has been an increase in nurses and doctors over the past year, new figures reveal, however, there is concern that the numbers aren't enough to... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18869 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18869 In six years time it is predicted Queensland will face a shortfall of up to 5000 registered nurses. This year about 1500 new graduates couldn't find... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=18879 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Features&idArticle=18879 When army nurse Lieutenant Colonel Judith Spence stepped off the plane after being deployed to Rwanda, the first thing the hit her was the smell. The... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=18877 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=18877 The early identification of dementia in indigenous populations is an emerging public health concern with studies revealing a prevalence rate nearly... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18883 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18883 The Australian College of Children and Young People's Nurses (ACCYPN) is a national organisation which was formally established in 2008. Originally,... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18882 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18882 My name is Belynda Abbott and I am currently a Nurse Educator for the Surgery and Perioperative Services at the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18881 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18881 As an education provider, you know that choosing which learning tool to use, which course to undertake or which event to attend can be daunting and... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18880 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18880 Although the end of the year is in sight, things are not slowing down for us at RCNA! By the time this edition of Nursing Review reaches your... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=18878 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=18878 Outcomes for patients are often dependent on nurses' ability to identify and respond to signs of increasing illness and initiate medical... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18876 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18876 Providing students from various disciplines, such as nursing, physiotherapy and podiatry, the opportunity to learn and work together in aged care... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18875 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18875 There is no evidence that taking fish oil capsules during pregnancy can help reduce the risk of post-natal depression, contrary to international... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18873 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18873 The national health reform process cannot proceed with financial certainty in NSW while the issue of mandated minimum nurse-to-patient ratios remains... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18872 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18872 The lack of a specialist mental health nursing workforce in Australia continues to make it difficult, and frustrating, for consumers to access the... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18871 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18871 A study of expenditure trends in the public psychiatric sector raises questions about the highly controversial period of deinstitutionalisation and... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18868 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18868 Extra undergraduate places for health professionals will be supported by a boost in clinical training days, with nurses to see the highest increase.... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18867 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18867 The NSW government has moved to implement the commonwealth's health reforms by introducing a bill into Parliament to establish its new local hospital... Mon, 25 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18805 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18805 Freedom of Information documents have revealed 340 nursing jobs were shed by the Sydney West Area Health Service, including at Westmead Hospital. A... Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18804 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18804 The Australian Greens are calling for a more unified approach to make homebirths a suitable option for Australian mothers. Senator Rachel Siewert,... Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18803 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18803 Education is the key to reducing depression in older Australians, according to a new study from The Australian National University. Professor Helen... Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18802 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18802 Western Australia could become the first state in Australia to introduce opt-out organ donor laws. Currently, people must opt-in to the provision,... Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18801 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18801 The Australia and New Zealand - Lung Cancer Nurses Forum (ANZ-LCNF has been established to provide a forum for specialist nurses working with people... Tue, 19 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18740 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18740 The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing Mark Butler has announced a new round of scholarships under the Supporting a Professional Aged Care... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18739 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18739 The detrimental impact of untreated mental health disorders on patients suffering from chronic illnesses will be a focus of Mental Health Week. ANF... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18738 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18738 Despite job vacancies nationwide falling in September, health care professionals remain in demand. Job agency IPA Recruitment said the number of job... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18737 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18737 After three years of constant pain and visits to numerous doctors and specialists, 18-year-old Sam McKnoulty thought the wound on his foot that... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18736 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18736 More proof of Australia's looming diabetes "tsunami" has emerged, along with signs many of those affected are ignoring the seriousness of the... Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18645 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18645 Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced the start of more funding for health services in regional communities. The opening of applications for the... Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18644 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18644 The release of the 'World Alzheimer Report 2010' in Sydney recently has reinforced the seriousness of the impending dementia epidemic, but it also... Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18643 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18643 West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has said he believes several states are prepared to pull out of the national health reform agreement. It is... Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18642 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18642 Queensland Health says it's on track with its payroll bungle fix - injecting extra staff into special pay hubs at local hospital district level... Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18641 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18641 An additional 34 nurses will be employed as part of emergency department response teams at 14 key Victorian metropolitan emergency departments during... Tue, 5 Oct 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18556 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18556 The push for mandated staffing levels in all Australian hospitals has been further backed by new research that directly links an increase in nurses... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18558 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18558 comes to nurse numbers, write Annie May. The ratio of aged care residents per nurse will double in the next decade if the current rate of decline in... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18563 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18563 The union movement could soon change its opposition to TAFE provision of nursing degrees, according to Ged Kearney in her new role as Australian... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18566 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18566 It's every provider's nightmare. Your continence supplier changes products, without notifying you. And unfortunately the new products result in... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18567 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18567 Victoria's Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) has successfully trialled and implemented a leg ulcer prevention program for home-based clients,... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=18741 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=18741 The Otway Division of General Practice (ODGP) has conducted an innovative Australian-first pilot orientation program designed for nurses in their... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18581 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18581 Nurses have a presence in nearly all primary health care settings and are able to extend their services well beyond the boundaries of the health... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18580 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18580 Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) meetings Throughout August and September all FACs held their quarterly meetings. Due to busy workloads, retirement... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18579 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18579 Like everything we undertake, nursing is a journey. As nurses, we learn from our experiences, and sometimes from our mistakes. We also draw guidance... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18578 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18578 Following a frenetic federal government election campaign, RCNA has continued concentrated lobbying efforts to ensure greater recognition and... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18577 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18577 RCNA is pleased to introduce Eastern Health as an RCNA Corporate Partner. Eastern Health covers the largest area of any metropolitan health service... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18576 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=RCNA&idArticle=18576 What a fantastic event the 6th International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network Conference was! Over 400 national and international... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=18575 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Workforce&idArticle=18575 A snapshot survey of Dunedin third-year nursing students shows most want a job in New Zealand but the vast majority are pessimistic about their... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18574 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18574 While climate change remains a largely abstract argument for many Australians, two Queensland institutions are already hosting international students... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18573 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18573 Australia needs more nurses. Now. The skills shortage that is being experienced not just in Australia, but across the world, is only going to get... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18572 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18572 Finances - or lack-there-of - weighs heavily on whether people will choose to further their education. This is why scholarships are so appealing.... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18571 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18571 With practice nurses set to become the "must have" worker for general practices in the coming years, new opportunities are opening up for those in... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18570 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18570 As the majority of surveys show, most nurses are in the profession for the love of it rather than financial reward. They want to care for people. But... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18569 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Education&idArticle=18569 Fostering further study among nurse employees is an important recruitment and retention strategy for hospitals. However, the support to do this isn't... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18568 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Clinical&idArticle=18568 Despite the commercial hype, costly silver dressings should not be routinely used on wounds until there is better evidence to support their use, say... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18565 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18565 When it comes time to hang up the new calendar and look forward to what the new year holds, a number of nursing and midwifery graduates will be left... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18564 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18564 Despite the challenges of a minority government, the new minister for ageing is confident of reform as aged care is not "a major fault line" between... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18562 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18562 Lifting and moving patients is causing hundreds of Victorian workers to suffer painful yet preventable muscle and bone injuries every year. In the... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18561 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18561 New standards for mental health nursing will ensure people with mental health issues receive quality care, say those in the sector. Launched at the... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18560 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18560 Despite some initial teething problems, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency say applications for registration are now being... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18559 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18559 It has taken pressure off the state's public hospital emergency departments, but the safety of the advice given by Victoria's nurse-on-call hotline... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18557 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18557 Fears over legal consequences will stop health professionals from admitting to mistakes, a new survey has found. Researchers asked a group of 51... Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18491 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18491 Nurses want minimum nurse-to-patient ratios to improve the quality and safety of patient care in NSW. Brett Holmes, general secretary of the NSW... Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18490 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18490 Australia needs to increase skilled migration to prevent a crisis in aged care at the end of the decade, demographer Bernard Salt says. Salt... Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18489 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18489 Concerns Australian women with ovarian cancer endure a "long and circuitous" path from their first GP visit to eventual diagnosis have been declared... Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18488 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18488 The Queensland Nurses Union and its 42,000 members will end their affiliation with the Australian Labor Party. QNU state secretary Gay Hawksworth... Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18487 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18487 Jailed surgeon Jayant Patel's appeal against his convictions for killing and maiming his patients has been postponed until next year because he can't... Tue, 21 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18384 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18384 Health Minister Nicola Roxon says she will press on with Labor's program of reforming the health system. Roxon said she was pleased and honoured to... Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18383 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18383 Curtin University and partner organisations have launched a research study that brings together health service providers to improve care for people... Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18382 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18382 Nursing students, nurses and midwives are being encouraged to apply for an Australian government scholarship under the newly consolidated Nursing and... Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18381 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18381 Australia and the UK lead the world in improving the survivability of breast cancer, a leading expert and new author on the subject says. Professor... Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18380 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18380 Better identification of indigenous patients in general practices would improve their access to Medicare benefits such as health checks that could... Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18134 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18134 In the two months since taking over the registration of more than 500,000 health professionals, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18136 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=News&idArticle=18136 Midwives are fuming over new laws that will give doctors a veto over women's choice, calling for them to be scrapped once parliament returns. From 1... 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=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=Specialties&idArticle=18379 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Specialties&idArticle=18379 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=Breaking+News&idArticle=18258 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18258 Australian scientists have made a significant advance in the understanding of Alzheimer's disease, a condition they describe as an accumulation of... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18257 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18257 More than 1300 children at risk of abuse and neglect don't have allocated case workers in Victoria, despite money being thrown at the state's child... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18256 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18256 Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) CEO Debra Cerasa has been named a finalist for the White Pages Community and Government Award in this... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18255 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18255 Australia's medical task force dispatched to the flood disaster in Pakistan has treated its first patients at an emergency health facility in Kot... Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18254 http://www.nursingreview.com.au/pages/section/article.php?s=Breaking+News&idArticle=18254 Regional community and primary healthcare organisations should be established and funded by the federal government, according to a policy think tank... 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=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=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=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=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=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, 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=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=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