Complaints about cosmetic health services are being aired out in the media and through a parliamentary inquiry – and governing bodies need to know that nurses can help restore public trust. That’s the message the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has ...
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Better dressings needed to curb PIVC failures
Peripheral intravenous catheter (PIVC) failure is unacceptably common and change is urgently needed, an academic from the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research has argued. Professor Claire Rickard, from the Griffith University’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland-based group, said optimal ...
More »Give nurse practitioners what they deserve: ACN to MBS taskforce
Shed old fashioned views that nurses can only provide care under supervision and ensure nurse practitioners are compensated through the Medicare Benefits Schedule. These are the calls the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) made at a recent presentation to the ...
More »The power of nursing notes: UK study on patient survival
The sentiments left in nursing notes are good indicators of whether ICU patients will survive, a UK study has found. Researchers at the University of Waterloo looked at the notes from over 27,000 ICU patients and examined how sentiments related ...
More »Nurse naps: what are the consequences of sleeping on the job?
There is an obvious employer expectation and condition of employment that when nurses are at work they are awake and not sleeping. After all, the employer is paying for the time that the nurse is at work. This rule does ...
More »Men in birthing suites: treated poorly or poorly behaved?
Male partners are not always included at all phases of the process. They are sometimes treated like a support person instead of a father-to-be. Often there is an assumption that men aren’t informed and therefore can’t be part of the ...
More »New nurse-to-patient ratios on the table for Victoria
Victorians will get hundreds more nurses and midwives if changes to nurse-to-patient ratios are voted through parliament. The Labor Government announced plans to make amendments to the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) that will ...
More »Consumers hear competing advice on My Health Record opt out
Australians can now opt out of My Health Record. Starting today and for the next three months, the Australian Digital Health Agency is giving all consumers the opportunity to decide whether they want an online summary of their key health ...
More »Thousands of NZ nurses back to work after country-wide strike
New Zealand nurses and midwives have wrapped up industrial action this morning. The strike was held following an online vote by the New Zealand Nurses Organisation’s (NZNO) 30,000-strong membership through which the majority rejected the latest proposed District Health Boards ...
More »Back to basics: the psychology behind hand hygiene compliance
As children, our parents or guardians likely told us to wash our hands to get rid of germs – and these directives might still be playing a role in health professionals’ handwashing practices, an infection control expert has suggested. UNSW ...
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