Senior manager at Hays Recruitment Paul Burch spoke to Aged Care Insite to share his predictions of the top 5 areas of demand for nurses in 2015. In the podcast, Burch identified regional facilities, aged care, midwifery and allied health ...
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Autonomy, working hours among most valued
Autonomy, working hours and processes to deal with violence and bullying are the most important job characteristics for nurses and midwives, according to recent research. Professor Tony Scott, professorial research fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social ...
More »Dr Fenglian Xu on predicting postnatal depression
Depression affects up to 15 per cent of women after birth and a predictive model could be used help prevent the health issue, according to a medical researcher and statistician. Dr Fenglian Xu, who will be undertaking research into developing a ...
More »Peter Bradley on marching against sedentary lifestyles
Health editor Dallas Bastian spoke with Peter Bradley, nurse, exercise physiologist and service manager for RDNS Home Care, about his plan for a march against the enemy – sedentary behaviour. From January 14, Bradley is calling for people to take ...
More »Professor Chris Reid on taking aspirin to prevent cognitive decline
Health editor Dallas Bastian spoke with professor Chris Reid from Monash University, who is part of the research team looking at whether daily doses of aspirin keep people healthier for longer through prevention of cognitive decline, heart attack, stroke, physical ...
More »Dr Sanjee Perera: finances and milestones game changers for older workers
Health editor Dallas Bastian spoke to research fellow from the University of South Australia Dr Sanjee Perera. Perera's research revealed older Australians' decision to leave work was more complex than simply to stay or retire. In the interview, Perera discusses the different job ...
More »Better wait times, through engineering
The skills of engineers could make clinical care flow better and reduce patient waiting times, an Australian university vice-chancellor has said. Although he said a major change in culture would be needed, Flinders University vice-chancellor professor Michael Barber said there was much ...
More »Students head to remote Laos
An Australian nursing student will provide care for people in developing countries by heading over to remote communities in Laos. Second-year Griffith University bachelor of nursing student Elizabeth Eastwell will head to Laos in January next year to provide primary ...
More »Hormone lowers risk for some twin births
The risk of pre-term birth for a specific group of twin pregnancies could be halved, international research has found. The University of Adelaide's Robinson Research Institute was involved in the study, which involved a review of 13 large studies conducted ...
More »Take on burnout together
Clinical supervision is effective at reducing stress and improving performance – but it requires full organisational support. Healthcare organisations aspire to provide high-quality care to the community. The role staff play in achieving this is critical. In 1998, the World ...
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