Nursing Review The latest in heathcare news for nurses

A trial of prostate cancer nurses may lead to a national roll-out of the support carers, writes Julie Sykes. For men and their families, a diagnosis of prostate cancer can lead to great uncertainty. Men not only face the prospect ...

Delivering inclusive, culturally sensitive cancer support services for ethnic communities is a pressing challenge for health teams, writes Cannas Kwok. Breast cancer is a growing but often unacknowledged health problem among women in Sydney’s Chinese-Australian community. Although the rate of ...

The role of the family and child health nurse in Tasmania is fast eroding, Flynn Murphy reports. A push to have mainstream health services play a greater role in family and children’s health in Tasmania has raised concerns that general ...

Final results of a nation-wide survey on nurses’ attitudes to their workplace have been released. By Linda Belardi. Nurses are significantly more dissatisfied with their workplace than the average Australian worker national comparative data has shown. Despite being more skilled ...

Universities have held back student growth in the new demand-driven system, Annabel McGilvray reports. Despite strong demand and new uncapped enrolments, many of Australia’s nursing and midwifery schools have limited their 2012 student intakes due to continuing clinical placement uncertainty. ...

Retention strategies are urgently needed as graduate employment has weakened in recent years, an inquiry into insecure work has been told. By Linda Belardi. The Queensland nurses’ union has called for urgent stimulus funding to secure employment for thousands of ...

Nurses continue their industrial action in protracted dispute with the Victorian government. Nurses have defied Federal Court orders to cease all unprotected industrial action, vowing to continue work stoppages at 15 hospitals across the state. Secretary of the Australian Nursing ...

Agency calls for HIV, TB aid for Burma Staff from the global aid agency Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) will be visiting Australia this month to petition the federal government to provide additional support for HIV and TB programs in Burma. ...

Union petition to force re-entry fees debate The NSW Nurses’ Association is petitioning the NSW Parliament to help fund the cost of the $10,000 re-entry program for nurses seeking to return to the workforce. The union is hoping to obtain ...

Initial results from ongoing research show families and friends are adept at providing care, but that doesn’t mean they don’t need support. By Darragh O Keeffe. The majority of Australians may spend their final days in hospitals, hospices or residential ...