Nursing Review The latest in heathcare news for nurses

Nursing has changed enormously since I started my nursing training as one of the last cohort of solely hospital trained nurses in the late 1980s. Although we transitioned to a degree qualified profession more than 30 years ago, there are ...

Around 7.7 million Australians get a cannula or 'drip' placed each year and the procedure can be a painful experience.  That may be about to change with a new clinical standard that aims to provide national guidance on best practice ...

A former nurse has vowed to “fight to the bitter end” to force change to Queensland’s beleaguered health system after his father died following a 26-hour wait in an emergency department. Neville Clayton died less than a week after he endured ...

Aged care has been plunged back into the centre of a COVID-19 crisis as three people have tested positive for the virus in Victoria. Two staff members and one resident have contracted coronavirus at Arcare Maidstone, while it was also ...

The nurse who cared for British PM Boris Johnson when he was in intensive care with COVID-19, has quit the NHS over lack of respect for nurses. Kiwi Jenny McGee told the UK's Channel 4 that nurses felt the government ...

The Federal Government’s $17.7 billion of funding to the aged care sector is a significant start to improving outcomes for aged Australians, but it does not enough go far enough to solve the problems in aged care which are deep ...

As the world continues to navigate through an unprecedented and ever-changing pandemic, the role of nurses remains visibly crucial to the care of patients. After all, it is our nurses who spend, and continue to spend, enormous amounts of time providing direct care to patients who ...

A Victorian nurse who administered only one COVID vaccine during an eight-hour shift has aired her dismay as concern mounts around the public’s uptake of the jab. The nurse, who works at a mass vaccination hub in the state, was left fuming ...

Victorian health Minister Martin Foley says millions of dollars in funding slashed from the state’s hospitals will add intense pressure in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. Mr Foley said the federal government had cut an estimated $93 million from ...

The most significant budget for a generation was handed down last week. After years of debate about how we should go about caring for our elders, now and into the future, this budget was to be the answer. Much like ...