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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 ...

Research provides insights into effects of dermal care for newborns.  Research into pressure injuries and wounds has for many years been largely focused on the older adult population. However, experts are now focusing on patients at the other end of ...

Every patient is different; whenever one presents a particularly troublesome problem, meeting it with the specified precautions is critical.  The way patients who present special difficulties are managed needs to be individualised, even with all the competing demands on nurses’ time, ...

Peak body calls for comment to help shape new, streamlined set of guidelines for best practice.  Australia’s peak organisation for palliative care is calling for interested parties to provide feedback on the revised national draft standards. Palliative Care Australia, which ...

Employees are getting older and living longer, making retirement strategies more important than ever.  An ageing workforce, changes to the age pension and longer retirement mean older workers need to plan ahead, experts say. Such news affects an increasingly larger ...

Opportunities abound for leadership and reform as new WA chief nurse takes office.  Meet WA’s new chief nurse and midwifery officer, Karen Bradley. An RN with a master’s degree in leadership, Bradley has more than 25 years’ experience within a variety ...

Predicted shortages could have a serious effect on healthcare; here, we look at how the profession can continue to attract and retain personnel.  Renee Callender moved three hours’ drive from her rural hometown to study a bachelor of nursing at ...

A less-refined workforce is being asked to do more and more in aged care; experts see a bad mix.  A report revealing the disease mix aged-care workers must treat has experts concerned that issues already bubbling around the nursing workforce ...

Primary healthcare nursing’s peak body takes over multifaceted approach to expanding and improving the workforce and its impact.  APNA has been tasked by the government with implementing the full Commonwealth-funded Nursing in General Practice program. The project was previously contracted ...