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Photo: Supplied An expert says Australian abortion legislation is hindering people seeking access to those services, and suggests nurses and midwives should be more involved. CQUniversity academic Lydia Mainey, who specialises in abortion care and gender-based violence, says a change ...

Twenty-six-year-old nurse Hannah Kent always considered becoming an associate lecturer as her career goal. But when the job opportunity popped up, and she applied, she didn't expect to be offered the position straight away. "I was very shocked to hear ...

Australian hospitals have issued a plea for blood donations after back-to-back disasters have diminished supplies. Floods, road closures, the flu season and Covid-19 are all being blamed for reducing people’s ability to donate life-saving blood. With the impact of recent ...

A new animation starring Indigenous characters uses humour to destigmatise palliative care, grief and death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 'Indigenous Program of Experience in Palliative Approach’ (IPEPA), created by the Queensland University of Technology, will be ...

Nurses forced to flee their homeland have been given a new chance to use their skills in Australia's healthcare system thanks to a recently launched program.  The pilot 'Scholarship for Refugee Nurses' program, organised by Edith Cowan University (ECU), will ...

A new Flinders University study has shown how a protein called tau, a critical factor in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, turns from normal to a disease state. Researchers say the discovery could help to prevent the tau transformation process ...

A psychiatric nurse has been suspended after she formed a personal and intimate relationship with a “highly vulnerable” patient. Jaclyn Stratton was working in regional Victoria when she began a six-month relationship with a patient under her care. The relationship included regular ...

Last week, nurses and midwives took to the streets demanding more staff, and better pay and work conditions. Organised by NSW's Nurses and Midwives Association, this year's third strike came in response to the state's health workforce boost that's planning ...

Can going on a holiday treat dementia? A team of researchers from Edith Cowan University believe 'travel therapy' could be the future of treatment for people living with dementia.  To integrate this into our healthcare system, lead researcher Dr Jun ...

Fully vaccinated Australians are becoming sick again as Omicron's newest mutations cause a surge in COVID cases across all states. Experts worry that sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, coupled with low influenza immunity in the community, will increase the strain on ...