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Nurses will play a leading role in ensuring all Australians get equal access to healthcare – if they get support. By Amie Larter By the year 2020, the National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) hopes all Australians will have equal access ...

“Stop passing the buck, Australia’s nursing grads need jobs” is Australian Nursing Federation’s new national campaign aimed at ensuring jobs for Australia’s graduate nurses. The campaign was started in order to place pressure on Australian politicians to fund strategies to ...

Debra Thoms, the head of the Australian College of Nursing, talks to Amie Larter about the merger and current focus of the organisation What first prompted your choice for a career in nursing? When I left school I could not ...

As resources get stretched to breaking point, nurse practitioners could help solve ED workflow problems. By Louis White Australian hospital emergency departments are under pressure as patient numbers increase, while workforce and workflow issues between hospital departments remain constant. Funding ...

The George Institute for Global Health and the Heart Foundation are calling for reforms in healthcare to try to reduce the number of repeat heart attacks. By Aileen Macalintal. They have presented a five-point plan, part of which is to ...

The dramatic increase in reported drug theft from West Australian hospitals may not be as bad as it sounds. The annual report of the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) recently revealed that 462 health-related complaints were received over the past ...

A diary kept by hospital staff, family and friends could help intensive-care patients prevent psychological complications. “Being admitted to ICU can be a time of significant psychological and physical stress for patients and their families,” said Bev Ewens, a PhD ...

Three nurses from Wynnum Hospital, Brisbane, are the subject of a dispute over interrupted meal breaks. Currently before the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission, the matter was lodged on behalf of the nurses by the Queensland Nurses’ Union (QNU). “They get ...

The NSW government has applied to vary the Crown Employees (Public Service Conditions of Employment) Award in an effort to change the pay and working conditions of public-sector employees. The move is set to affect thousands of public servants, disability ...

A project to improve nursing practice and patient outcomes has won the Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) a prestigious national award at the 2012 Project Management Achievement Awards, run by the Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM). The Connected Wound ...