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Woman’s new musical show weaves together the joy, pain, compassion and humour of the profession. A Victorian nurse is touring her one-woman musical comedy act – a show born from a desire to promote the nursing profession. Zuleika Khan, who ...

ACN forum to discuss keeping ahead of the challenges. The Australian College of Nursing will soon hold its second National Nursing Forum, with a focus on Staying Ahead of the Game. In line with ACN’s new strategic direction of advancing ...

Virtual wards aim to reduce hospital readmissions; take a closer look at approaches in Australia and the UK. In the UK, virtual wards in the home are already in use. They have been employed with varying degrees of success. Now ...

The role of the nurse has probably never been more important in society than today. An ageing population combined with record hospital admissions and cuts to health budgets around the country, topped with pressure to discharge patients as soon as ...

'What’s special about mental health nursing?’ This question launched a three-year study into the nature, scope and consequences of nurses’ work in the mental health sector. “The question [was] posed in the context of what constitutes distinctive practice and how ...

As the number of Australians affected by Parkinson’s and other movement disorders continues to mount, so too does the need for specialist nurses. In Australia, there are just over 30 nurses who work specifically with Parkinson’s and movement disorders – ...

An Australian nurse has flown to Kenema, Sierra Leone, to lend a hand in the Ebola-affected area. RN Sue Ellen Kovack put up her hand to go as soon as the call went out. “The needs are massive and are ...

Nurse practitioners have a role to play in evaluation and research into best practice, attendees at a recent conference were told. Professor Sandy Middleton, director of the Nursing Research Institute – a joint initiative between St Vincent’s Health Australia (Sydney) ...

Hospital infections are down but mental healthcare has deteriorated, a recently released report states. The Australasian Clinical Indicator Report 2008–2013, published by the Australian Council on Healthcare Standards (ACHS), presents an overview of the changes in levels of performance in ...

An online education program aims to boost nurses' emergency management skills using simulations of deteriorating patients. The program, FIRST2ACTweb (Feedback Incorporating Review and Simulation Techniques to Act on Clinical Trends), was developed by Monash University researchers, the University of Queensland, ...