Nursing Review The latest in heathcare news for nurses

A new orientation program is helping nurses make the transition from hospital to general practice, writes Julieanne Crow. The Otway Division of General Practice (ODGP) has conducted an innovative Australian-first pilot orientation program designed for nurses in their first 12 ...

Pessimistic about job prospects in New Zealand, nursing students are looking across the Tasman. 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 chance of ...

The 2010 Community and Primary Health Care Nursing Conference will bring together nurses working across the many areas of community and primary health care. Nurses have a presence in nearly all primary health care settings and are able to extend ...

The latest news from across the faculties. Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) meetings Throughout August and September all FACs held their quarterly meetings. Due to busy workloads, retirement and other commitments, resignations were received from the following members: Dan Gordon (New ...

Nurses are being asked to share their stories for a new book. Like everything we undertake, nursing is a journey. As nurses, we learn from our experiences, and sometimes from our mistakes. We also draw guidance from the experience of ...

RCNA maintains lobbying momentum through the federal government election 2010. Following a frenetic federal government election campaign, RCNA has continued concentrated lobbying efforts to ensure greater recognition and engagement of nurses in health planning and reform. This included targeted post-election ...

Introducing RCNA’s new corporate partner. RCNA is pleased to introduce Eastern Health as an RCNA Corporate Partner. Eastern Health covers the largest area of any metropolitan health service in Victoria, providing essential services and programs across a range of specialty ...

The International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network Conference was a huge success, writes Debra Cerasa. What a fantastic event the 6th International Nurse Practitioner/Advanced Practice Nursing Network Conference was! Over 400 national and international nurses and nursing leaders joined us ...

The union has called for a centrally coordinated and funded model for the employment of Queensland’s new graduates. When it comes time to hang up the new calendar and look forward to what the new year holds, a number of ...

Abandoning his departmental script, Mark Butler spoke openly and was warmly received at the ACSA national conference. Despite the challenges of a minority government, the new minister for ageing is confident of reform as aged care is not “a major ...