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Australian Medical Sheepskin could reduce the risk of sacral pressure ulcers in hospital and nursing home patients, recent research has found. Greta Marsh reports Pressure ulcers are highly prevalent, painful and in many cases preventable. They are also very costly. ...

Native plants may hold the key to healing wounds. 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 billion to the health system annually. ...

Stephen Ratcliffe on the important link between nutrition and wound care and healing. 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 block ...

Nurses are being encouraged to embrace nutrition screening and to undertake research studies in this field, writes Annie May. It is well recognised that malnourished patients recover more slowly from illness and experience more complications. Yet, despite this, routine screening ...

ANF says draft inquiry report doesn’t go far enough on workforce issues The Australian Nursing Federation has called on the federal government to urgently review the Productivity Commission's draft report in to the aged care sector. ANF federal secretary, Lee ...

Government says nurses given fair offer, nurses disagree. NSW nurses fear their voices are still not being heard, even as they continue negotiations with the state government over nurse-patient ratios. The NSW Nurses' Association (NSWNA) began holding rallies on Monday ...

Nominations open for 2011 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards Communities across Australia are being encouraged to nominate their most remarkable nursing professionals - in the 2011 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards. The awards, now in their fifth year, acknowledge outstanding nurses, midwives, ...

It's too early to celebrate Australia's rising organ transplant rate, doctors say, because it is still half that of other countries and this discrepancy is costing lives. Transplant authorities this week heralded the release of figures showing 2010 was a ...

Commissioners will meet today to begin work on Australia’s first national report card on mental health. The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, yesterday launched Australia's first National Mental Health Commission. The Commission is led by the Chair, ...

QLD Premier Anna Bligh has released details of the state’s planned health restructure. 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 political spin. AMA Queensland ...