Sydney Hospital has helped to advance patient care enormously since its humble and wretched beginnings 200 years ago, writes Flynn Murphy. It began life as a collection of tents pitched on the western shore of Sydney Cove, when life as ...
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Blurring the lines between acute and aged care
The impact of an ageing population and rising cases of dementia is being deeply felt in hospital wards across Australia. Kasia Bail and Brian Draper explain. Acute care nurses may easily overlook the care of people with dementia, focusing more ...
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Just as a round of government funding gets underway, new research looks at the growth of teaching nursing homes in Australia and highlights the role they can play in improving quality of care and countering workforce issues. Darragh O Keeffe ...
More »Balancing gender issues in healthcare
A pilot education program is being implemented nationally to improve the skills of practice nurses in men’s health. By Linda Belardi. While primary healthcare settings may appear to be gender neutral places, they are often biased towards women, says registered ...
More »Do nurse practitioners need a doctorate?
It is timely to ask whether the qualifications for nurses working in advanced positions need reviewing, writes Andrew Cashin. In Australia there are about 18 universities offering courses leading to nurse practitioner qualifications as standalone courses or in partnerships. Some ...
More »Embedding ethics in practice
While nurses and healthcare professionals frequently top the list of the most trusted professions, it is critical for universities to challenge the status quo of ethics education, writes Sandy Lynch. One would argue with the proposition that healthcare professionals ought ...
More »Cancer symptoms more distressing for CALD communities
Study calls for improved support services for cancer patients from CALD backgrounds. Cancer is more emotional distressing and frightening for migrants, according to new research. Professor Phyllis Butow from the University of Sydney, said cancer patients from culturally and linguistically ...
More »Roxon admits 2011 defeat on private health
Labor will continue to lobby key cross benchers on private health insurance reforms. Health Minister Nicola Roxon has admitted the federal government won't be able to get its changes to the private health insurance rebate through the federal parliament this ...
More »HWA confirms graduate unemployment register
Plans are well advanced to deliver a national approach to graduate recruitment. Graduate nurses unable to find work will be able to register their name on a website currently being developed by Health Workforce Australia. CEO, Mark Cormack confirmed to ...
More »VIC nurses start a hardship fund
The Victorian nurses' union has started up a hardship fund and is asking the public to donate to it because they believe their pay will be docked as they continue to defy orders to lift work bans. At a mass ...
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