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The goal of embedding transcultural nursing within modern practice continues to make steady progress, to the benefit of patients around the world. Australia’s shift towards multiculturalism was signalled with the adoption of a multicultural policy in the 1970s by the ...

Plaintiffs must show a negligent act led to suffering in order to win. In any medical negligence case it is for the patient to prove their accusations on the balance of probabilities. One of the elements of a medical negligence ...

Heads of nursing schools grapple with big issues all the time; here’s what’s front of mind for three such leaders now. The reforms of the education minister, Christopher Pyne, have been a hot-button topic over the last few months – ...

The numbers show children in detention centres face higher risks for mental, physical and social problems. If you open an Australian newspaper or news website, questions or criticism regarding the treatment of refugees in Australian immigration detention centres and offshore ...

Reflective practice should be a tool for building resilience against racism in nursing and midwifery, attendees at the recent CATSINaM conference were told. Griffith University professor of first peoples health Roianne West delivered the presentation, following recent membership forums at ...

Is electric stimulation therapy a viable alternative when compression therapy is not tolerated? That’s the current focus of a La Trobe University pilot randomised controlled trial investigating whether people with venous disease would tolerate an alternate regimen and, further, would ...

United Nations experts have declared the current Ebola outbreak like nothing the world has ever seen – something morphing from a local to an international crisis. The World Health Organization has confirmed that more than 4000 people have died in ...

Security in wards for patients and staff was a key discussion point at the recent Australian College of Mental Health Nursing 40th international conference. The theme – honouring the past and shaping the future – was prevalent through all talks at ...

A new technique has potential to make information transfers easy and more accurate.  Technology that can record and classify the clinical data transferred in a typical nursing handover could improve the accuracy of the information shared and reduce administrative work.  ...

We ask the experts about the challenges facing dementia care in Australia, and how to overcome them.  Each week, more than 1700 people in Australia are diagnosed with dementia. As our ageing population grows, it’s expected that this number will ...