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An RAAF reservist in Afghanistan transformed the medical support for NATO forces and war victims. Linda Belardi reports. A trauma care nurse has set a new standard and helped speed up treatment time for injured military personnel in the battlefield. ...

Adaptability, innovation, and political savvy have endured throughout our nursing history. By Pamela Wood. The past has great potential. It is a rich source of ideas, insights and lessons to be learnt. It shows us our strengths and failings. It ...

The emergence of nurse practitioners in Australia has profoundly changed the nursing profession, Flynn Murphy reports. An article published in the British Medical Journal begins with the question: “Nurse or minor medical practitioner?” It continues: “There is a real risk of ...

After more than a decade of change, Linda Belardi asks Australia’s nursing leaders to reflect on the shape of the profession and to lay out their policy priorities for the year ahead. The key players: Adjunct Associate Professor Fiona Stoker, ...

From the Zululand War of 1879 to the long conflict in Afghanistan, the Australian War Memorial commemorates the history of service of military nurses. By Linda Belardi. From the birth of Australian military nursing in 1879, nurses have formed an ...

An Australian leader in medical education is helping to raise standards and drive down the error rate at hospitals around the world. By Linda Belardi. The former head of the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission, Professor Merrilyn Walton, is the ...

ACU signs student exchange agreement with Washington uni, writes Annette Blackwell Nursing students from Georgetown University in Washington DC will study in Australia under a recent agreement signed with an Australian university. Two students from Georgetown University School of Nursing ...

Ensuring the quality of aged care training has been made a priority by the new national regulator of the vocational education and training sector, reports Natasha Egan From January, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) will scrutinise registered training organisations ...

Changing fertility patterns have created strong demand in reproductive health information for women over 30. By Linda Belardi. Increasing abortion rates among women aged over 30 in Adelaide’s southern suburbs has triggered a community awareness campaign to better support women ...

Tanya Plibersek will be sworn in as federal minister for health in Sydney tomorrow. Nurses and doctors have welcomed incoming health minister, Tanya Plibersek, who was elevated to cabinet in yesterday’s ministerial reshuffle. Nicola Roxon, who leaves the health portfolio ...