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It has been a rocky start to the national registration and accreditation scheme, with AHPRA coming under fire for its handling of international students and overseas-qualified nurses. Annie May reports. In the two months since taking over the registration of ...

University-trained nurses are here to stay, writes Peter Kieseker. Four second year nursing students from the University of the Sunshine Coast stand excitedly – and nervously – in front of a ward office in Nambour Hospital awaiting their first “real ...

New program aims to meet the needs of contemporary nursing. The University of Ballarat will introduce a master of nursing program to provide specialist training to graduates. The updated program will meet the needs of educating nurses for contemporary nursing ...

Darragh O Keeffe reports on how a university and leading providers are working to bolster aged care education. How universities can best prepare registered nurses for the realities of working in residential aged care, and how providers can best support ...

These are challenging and changing times for infection control in Australia, write Cathryn Murphy and Deborough MacBeth. Every day in Australia dedicated, specialised and skilled individuals working in a range of settings where health care is planned, delivered and evaluated ...

Developments in safety needles are an important infection control measure, writes Annie May. 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 healthcare workers ...

No smoking in rules in hospitals need to apply to the operating room as well, writes Annie May. Operating rooms throughout NSW could soon become a safer and healthier environment, with moves being made to reduce the exposure to surgical ...

No smoking in rules in hospitals need to apply to the operating room as well, writes Annie May. Operating rooms throughout NSW could soon become a safer and healthier environment, with moves being made to reduce the exposure to surgical ...

By Matt Luther FRCNA, Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Department, Calvary Health Care ACT and Shane Lenson FRCNA, Senior Nurse Advisor, Royal College of Nursing, Australia. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a broad term used to cover any group of clinical symptoms ...

Putting together an effective job ad is simple by sticking to some basic guidelines, writes Helen Isbister. Writing an effective job advertisement is the best way to woo the right applicants and will help you sort the wheat from the ...