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Three Australian nursing researchers were inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame last week for their contribution to the profession and its impact across the globe. Among the recipients of this prestigious international accolade were Professor Patricia Davidson, ...

Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has released a major report to address lengthy ramping times and overcrowding across the state’s hospital emergency departments. Key recommendations: · From January 1, 2013, no hospital will have authority to divert ambulances to another ...

The Victorian government may consider new legislation designed to better protect emergency workers from violent attacks. Health Minister David Davis said draft legislation that would increase jail sentences for those who attack emergency workers would be discussed at length with ...

Scott Trueman discusses the crucial importance of nursing documentation in legal proceedings. Nursing documentation or “nursing notes” have several functions not least of which are to record faithfully and actually what occurred at the relevant time. Such documentation is highly ...

Australians are happier to stay home for work compared with nurses over the ditch. By Fiona Cassie More than a quarter of New Zealand’s new graduate nurses were working or intending to work overseas compared with just 12 per cent ...

Qualified senior nurses overseas have been ordering and administering drugs safely for years and soon their Australian counterparts will be doing the same. By Mardi Chapman Midwives are another step closer to getting approval as PBS prescribers with the commencement ...

The government’s decision not to increase funding for the nurse incentive program is a missed opportunity in preventative care, writes Scott Harris The Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program (MHNIP) has been responsible for saving lives and improving the health of ...

The “rather not know” attitude by people with cancer in Australia poses the greatest risk to surviving the disease, says the Cancer Institute NSW. The institute’s chief cancer officer and CEO, Professor David Currow, said a person diagnosed with the ...

Health professionals and the public now have access to a multilingual online library to educate patients on cancer treatment and support. The Cancer Council has launched the initiative to assist Australians from culturally and linguistically diverse communities (CALD) to access ...

For a number of reasons, not everyone who needs good end-of-life care is able to receive it, writes Yvonne Luxford Perhaps it is because it is such a young discipline that palliative care engages in a lot of self-analysis. Unlike ...