Nursing Review The latest in heathcare news for nurses

Slowing the decline of muscle mass is an important step for the health of older men. By Aileen Macalintal Hot baths and warm blankets may help prevent muscle wastage as we age. Victoria University exercise physiology expert Dr Aaron Petersen ...

Advances in DNA sequencing are having a major impact on the understanding and diagnosis of epilepsy. Leading up to today’s Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness, geneticist Professor Jozef Gecz said advances in DNA sequencing have been a huge leap forward ...

NSW emergency department waiting times are improving. The acting chief executive of the Bureau of Health Information, Kim Browne, said the latest Hospital Quarterly report showed “improvement in the time that most patients wait for treatment in NSW emergency departments”. NSW’s ...

Federal Labor wants to formalise penalty rates, overtime, shift loading and public holiday pay when the Fair Work Commission sets award rates and conditions. Prime minister Julia Gillard announced the new policy at an ACTU community summit in Canberra. Australian ...

Being connected to a doctor or nurse via a mobile device is a boon, especially for those who want to live away from cities. By Gary Denman Pull words: Bluetooth-enabled ECG devices connected to a tablet device for example, can ...

While Labor’s plan to boost pay draws criticism from the Coalition and LASA, the ANF welcomes the Aged Care Workforce Compact. By Amie Larter The federal government has announced a $1.2 billion injection into the pocket of minimum wage aged ...

Over the past three decades, nurses across the globe have engaged in highly politicised action to protect patient safety and the future of the profession, writes Linda Briskin. Thousands of Victorian nurses are ramping up industrial action with the threat ...

University nursing courses are not only increasing intakes of indigenous students, they are also learning how to keep them. By Mardi Chapman. Changes in recruitment and retention strategies are ensuring university nursing courses are not only getting more indigenous recruits, ...

Health assistants are an emerging role in Australia’s public hospitals. Linda Belardi reports on the battle to ensure they support, rather than replace skilled nurses. “OUR NURSES have three years’ education, experience and training and hundreds of hours of medical ...

Victims of forced-adoption practices believe it is time for nurses to apologise for their actions in the scandal, writes Flynn Murphy. Accusations of coercion, deception, bullying and even child theft have been levelled at the medical profession, amid intense scrutiny ...