An early career enrolled nurse who works in an inner-city Sydney hospital would have to settle down 150km away in Cessnock in the Hunter Valley just to find an affordable home to purchase. That’s according to a new study carried ...
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Lack of attention on complication rate reductions a tragedy: Grattan Institute
Australian hospitals should release information on complication rates so patients can identify gaps between the best and the worst-performing and make more informed decisions, health experts have urged in a new report. The Grattan Insitute report, All complications should count: ...
More »Caring from bedtime to breakfast focus of free course for shift workers
Are you an early bird or a night owl? Unpacking that question is a good starting point for shiftworkers to ensure a person-centred approach to caring for people with dementia at night, says Belinda Goodenough, knowledge translation manager at Dementia Training ...
More »Robots to push stroke survivors towards better recovery
Robots will guide the hands of stroke survivors to retrain the brain in a new research project that aims to help people overcome spatial neglect. The neuropsychological condition often occurs after damage to the right hemisphere of the brain and ...
More »Wading through midwives’ water birth decisions
The vast majority of women who plan to give birth in water experience an uncomplicated vaginal birth, though many who wish to birth in water do not achieve their aim. Those are some of the key findings of a study, ...
More »Breakdown of accidental child poisonings reveals areas for improvement
Child poisonings due to accidental exposure to medicines are down but there has been an increasing number of non-urgent presentations to emergency departments. Recent research from the University of Sydney found that hospital admissions for child poisonings from medicines have ...
More »A gaming plan for nurse education
Booting up a videogame in class or at home might help students hone nursing skills, a new study suggests. A group of Australian researchers looked at the ways videogame-based learning links to the development of decision-making, motivation and other benefits. ...
More »Eyes help spy melanoma risk: study
When it comes to indicating melanoma risk, the eyes have it. University of Queensland researchers have found that freckles and moles appearing on the iris were an effective predictor of the risk of melanoma and complemented traditional factors. Dermatology Research Centre’s ...
More »Shiftwork while caring for children source of guilt for nurses
Nurses who have children and experience shiftwork may feel as though they’re not living up to society’s expectations of motherhood, a new study suggests. RN Dr Annabel Matheson explored the implications of working shiftwork while caring for children to identify ...
More »Clean out your medicine cabinets but do so safely: researchers
Australians are stockpiling unused medicines and it could cause harm, a recent survey has found. Sixty per cent of respondents said they had unwanted medicines in their household. Most were keeping them just in case they were needed again. Of ...
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