Nursing Review The latest in heathcare news for nurses

With social distancing and lockdowns, the use of telemedicine has skyrocketed across the globe, with more patients than ever reaching for the phone to meet their healthcare needs. A new survey has delved into how primary care nurses have experienced ...

Twenty-six-year-old Gabby Cleophas was in the first semester of her nursing diploma when the pandemic first came to Australia. Just over a year and a half later, she now works in the centre of one of Queensland's mass vaccination hubs. ...

Unprecedented circumstances and workforce pressure has led more nurses, midwives and students to call for mental health support during COVID, a national counselling service has told Nursing Review. Mark Aitken, a registered nurse and manager from the Nurse & Midwife ...

Nurses in regional NSW fear that ongoing staff shortages and daily changes in exposure sites will leave them overwhelmed in the coming weeks, advocates have told Nursing Review. Health authorities have flagged the Central Coast as a growing area of ...

After hearing news he had won a national literary award Queensland palliative care nurse Adam Brannigan said he had no plans on becoming a best-selling author.  “I think a writer is not made of that stuff. I just keep offering ...

The movement of consumer driven healthcare has become a growing phenomenon.  Engaging people accessing healthcare in the creation of policy, services, education and research is vital to address public needs, according to Dr Brett Scholz from ANU’S medical school. Dr ...

A new factual reality series has ushered audiences behind the frontlines of Australia's busiest hospitals, from the eyes of the nurses who work inside. Nurses premiered on Channel 7 last week, beating The Bachelor to attract almost 900,000 viewers nationwide. ...

Melbourne-based artist and researcher Dr Erica Tandori has enabled people with low-vision or blindness to touch, feel and experience the world of infection, immunity and nutrition in a new exhibition.  As part of Science Week 2021, Monash University’s Rossjohn lab ...

Australia’s health inequality gap is growing, a new report has warned, and experts are calling for a cultural shift in policy to help curb preventable deaths in lower socioeconomic communities.  The 2021 Australia’s Health Tracker by Socio-economic Status report found ...

With COVID-19 severely restricting physical activity on wards, nurses have spoken out about the most significant challenges they face when getting their patients up and moving. Professor Danny Hills and his colleagues at Federation University surveyed 138 nurses and found ...