Nursing Review The latest in heathcare news for nurses

It is worth investigating if there are compelling health and financial benefits from mandatory flu vaccinations for aged care staff, writes Robert Booy. Residential aged care staff are a major potential source of infection, yet research shows that only about ...

An alliance of health and consumer groups will begin another round of government lobbying to introduce food labels. Health groups are still pushing for front-of-pack labels on foods to be colour-coded despite their preferred "traffic light" system being rejected late ...

Monash University is playing host to Japanese students to boost their transcultural nursing skills. Nursing students from Nagasaki, Japan are spending two weeks with their peers in Melbourne to gain firsthand experience of the Australian health system. In a collaboration ...

Additional child centres announced but still no plan to address shortage of child health nurses. Child and parent centres aimed at helping families with children at risk will be set up at 10 West Australian primary schools under a $29 ...

NSW govt has dismissed reports that hospitals have experienced a jump in violent incidents. NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner says there are no plans to boost powers for hospital security following reports that assaults on nurses are on the rise. ...

The Queensland Nurses Union is seeking to finalise an EBA for thousands of nurses and midwives before Saturday. The new Liberal National Party (LNP) government will meet with Queensland public-sector unions this week, with nurses expected to push for a ...

Advertising targeting youth will be the focus of a new independent review board. A new national health body has been established to "name and shame" irresponsible alcohol advertising. Chaired by former Australian of the Year and children's health advocate Fiona ...

Bowel and breast cancer are the most avoidable through diet and exercise, research shows. Improving the nation's diet and increasing physical activity could prevent almost 43,000 new cancer cases and save $674 million in healthcare costs, medical research shows. It's ...

Researchers find more than a third of suspected infections were treated with antibiotics even when they didn’t fulfill the criteria for clinical infection. The inappropriate use of antibiotics could transform Australian residential aged care facilities into "a reservoir" of drug-resistant bacteria, researchers have ...

WA is suffering from a shortage of midwives and GP-trained obstetricians, says AMA. A baby boom in Western Australia has highlighted a shortage of doctors trained to deliver them, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has said. WA has a surging ...