Nursing Review The latest in heathcare news for nurses

Nursing, already under pressure, is reaching breaking point due to the pressures of COVID-19 and a disjointed healthcare system, including the acute, primary and aged care sectors. We must act now to protect our nurses and healthcare; the time has ...

Two midwives deny police allegations they were criminally negligent after a woman died following a home birth in a pool of water. Melody Bourne, 44, of Mullumbimby, and Gaye Demanuele, 60, of Preston, appeared for a committal hearing in Melbourne ...

The findings of the Health Department's 2020 Aged Care Workforce Census have been released and they tell the tale of an increasing, and increasingly younger, workforce. This is the fifth census of its kind, following four previous workforce data collections ...

The first large scale study of the school outcomes of children hospitalised with chronic illnesses has found they are three times more likely to fall behind than their peers. The study, from UNSW Sydney and University of Sydney, looked at ...

Rising COVID cases in several Australian states means demand for intensive care unit (ICU) beds and specialist critical nurses will rise. This increase in demand is on top of the typical workload ICUs might see. And because of the nature ...

Hospitalisation rates, not case numbers, could determine when NSW residents could be granted more freedom. Former deputy chief medical officer Nick Coatsworth said once hospitalisation rates decrease it would be a good indication that the state is “on the right ...

Picture the scene. It's 2.00am and you're three coffees and two bags of m&ms down and you've lost count of how many laps of the ward you've done. You're on the first shift of a week of nights and sure, ...

NSW looks set to make COVID-19 vaccination a mandatory condition of work for healthcare workers, as reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.  Health minister Brad Hazzard will sign a public health order this week which will mandate that health workers ...

A Sydney doctor has warned of a distressing reality for some families hospitalised with Covid-19 – leaving their kids “Covid orphans” with nobody to care for them. Dr Lucy Morgan, an associate professor at Sydney University and a respiratory physician ...

Women will soon be able to safely and privately access abortion health services in Western Australia after landmark legislation finally passed through state parliament. Advocates have expressed relief and described the passing of the legislation as “historic” and “momentous” for ...