An Australian-first standard has been released to educate healthcare workers, including nurses and midwives, about the prevention of stillbirths and care for families. Each day, six babies are stillborn across the country. For 30 per cent of these cases, the medical ...
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Midwives say ‘dire staff shortage’ is sending mothers home too early
A chronic shortage of midwives in public hospitals is causing women to be discharged without proper postnatal care, midwives have said. Earlier this year, NSW hospitals had over 500 vacancies for full-time midwifery positions, resulting in women leaving hospital within two days ...
More »‘Taking off’: Fourth Covid wave warning
A fourth wave of Covid-19 is well and truly under way in the eastern states as a dramatic spike in cases brings fresh warnings from health authorities. A mix of Omicron subvariants – BA. 5, BA. 2.75, XBB and BQ. ...
More »ACN’s academic journal welcomes new editor-in-chief: podcast
One of Australia’s leading academic journals on nursing has welcomed a new editor-in-chief. Professor Lisa Whitehead, who'll take up position of ACN's research journal by January next, has thirty years of experience in studying and providing work on nursing, rehabilitation ...
More »Nurse on changing landscape of IVF treatment
A long-time fertility nurse says IVF and other reproductive treatments have come a long way from when she started her career back in the nineties. Nursing Review spoke with Jan Mackenzie, who works at Monash IVF as a nurse manager, in ...
More »Victorian Liberals promise further $800m in hospital upgrades
Less than a month out from the Victorian state election, the Liberal opposition has made another massive funding announcement, this time promising $800 million in new and upgraded hospitals in Melbourne’s outer suburbs. On Wednesday, a day after the writs ...
More »Aged care nurses to receive pay increase
News of a 15 per cent interim wage increase for Australia's aged care workforce has been welcomed by peak nursing groups who say more needs to be done to retain and recruit staff into the hardened sector. The Australian Nurses ...
More »Expert says new Covid strains may indicate end of pandemic
The appearance of the two latest Covid subvariants may warrant the end of the global pandemic, an epidemiology expert has said. Sydney University's professor Robert Booy, who specialises in infectious diseases, said the latest strains BQ.1.1 and XBB are not ...
More »Western Australian nurses escalate wage battle
Escalating industrial action by nurses and midwives in Western Australia has seen an overtime work ban put in force by the state's union. In early October, the Australian Nursing Federation WA (ANF) initiated a ban on overtime work and double shifts after a ...
More »Using clinical simulation to prepare nurses for rural challenges: Q&A
A university in the Northern Territory is refurbishing their clinical simulation suites to better prepare their nursing workforce for the state's healthcare challenges. Dean of CDU's College of Nursing and Midwifery professor Karen Francis says NT's health system is in ...
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