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Health assistants are an emerging role in Australia’s public hospitals. Linda Belardi reports on the battle to ensure they support, rather than replace skilled nurses. “OUR NURSES have three years’ education, experience and training and hundreds of hours of medical ...

Victims of forced-adoption practices believe it is time for nurses to apologise for their actions in the scandal, writes Flynn Murphy. Accusations of coercion, deception, bullying and even child theft have been levelled at the medical profession, amid intense scrutiny ...

Nurses around the country are struggling to find graduate placements so industry leaders are calling on state and federal governments to solve the urgent problem. Flynn Murphy reports It's an ugly time to be a graduate nurse in Australia. A ...

Australians are putting on the kilos and this causes problems for pregnant women. But health workers and patients are working on it. Amie Larter reports The prevalence of obesity around the nation has more than doubled in the past 20 ...

Lee Thomas, federal secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation, talks influences, achievements and elections with Amie Larter. You have a clear passion for the nursing industry. Where did this stem from? I am a nurse and midwife and have had ...

Australian groups have launched a campaign to condemn ongoing human rights violations against nurses and other health workers in Bahrain. The Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) and Union Aid Abroad-APHEDA have supported the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) in this ...

A pain-free delivery method for DNA material to be placed in the skin holds great potential for developing countries. Researchers have developed a patch that uses barely visible needles to inject a new DNA vaccine under the skin, much like ...

The closure of a child health research unit is the last straw, says a large group of leading health professionals in Queensland. By Aileen Macalintal An open letter to the Queensland Premier from 39 professors, doctors and other health professionals ...

Nurses in Western Australia have voted to accept a 14 per cent pay offer over three years, bringing to a halt a month-long campaign over pay and conditions. The offer from the Coalition government is conditional on them winning the ...

Having nurses take over more doctors' tasks brings efficiency benefits - but also risks. By Amie Larter A limited number of public hospitals around Australia are trailing new initiatives where nurses will be performing procedures normally completed by doctors. In ...