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Correctional nursing is a tough beat. All nursing has its hard parts, but this is a speciality job, looking after a high-risk community in a residential style setting. Correctional nurse Donna-Marie Bloice has seen a lot in her time at ...

Does the way in which a doctor describes a medical condition influence our decision making?  Researchers from the University of Sydney believe that it does, and found that in some cases the terminology used could make people up to 25 ...

A new international study has found that surgery dramatically increases the risk of death from COVID-19 and it recommends that all non-emergency surgery patients be vaccinated while awaiting surgery. The COVIDSurg Collaborative international team of researchers, led by the University ...

An artwork depicting nurses as superheroes by reclusive street artist Banksy has raised more than £16m for an NHS charity, as reported by the BBC. The piece, titled Game Changer, was sold by Christie's auction house and fetched a 'hammer ...

As Australia's COVID-19 vaccination rollout gets off to a sluggish start, other nations have made great strides in vaccinating their population. Israel is one of those nations, and since the start of its vaccination drive in December 2020, about 57 ...

Four Australians have made the 2020 List of 100+ Outstanding Nursing and Midwifery leaders around the world. The list was announced to mark last year's International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and is a joint venture from the World Health Organization (WHO), ...

An international network of children’s nursing experts has spent time during the last year creating a unique e-book, featuring the self penned COVID-19 experiences of children around the world. 'Our COVID-19 Artwork' contains drawings, pictures, poems and narrative from young ...

Ageism is ubiquitous worldwide, with every second person holding ageist attitudes, according to a new WHO report on ageism. Ageism seeps into many institutions and sectors of society including those providing health and social care, in the workplace, media and ...

Making aged care homes more liveable for older Aussies will be a key feature of any changes to the sector, and as over half of all aged care residents have a dementia diagnosis, thinking outside the box when it comes ...

Four Australians have made the 2020 List of 100+ Outstanding Nursing and Midwifery leaders around the world. The list was announced to mark last year's International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and is a joint venture from the World Health Organization (WHO), ...