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Australians living with mental illness are four times more likely to be hospitalised with a vaccine preventable illness compared to the rest of the population, according to recent studies. As NSW and Victoria emerge from extended lockdowns, experts are raising ...

Nurses are calling on the NSW government to introduce hazard pay for health workers who have risked exposure to COVID-19. Registered nurse and NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association delegate, Jennifer Le, started an online petition urging the state premier to ...

Waking up at 3am in the morning and worrying is a common experience, and researchers have unpacked why we have late night sleep disturbances and how we can avoid it. Professor Greg Murray, a clinical psychologist and director of the ...

From a bundle of old letters and a diary from 1914, Krista Vane-Tempest unearthed the story of the only Australian nurse to die in action during the First World War. As a child, Krista knew she had a great aunt ...

With reports of nurses in New York burning their scrubs in protest against vaccine mandates and footage of workers protesting in Melbourne against lockdown, the divide between 'vaccine mindsets' is growing. Around 90 per cent of health workers in Australia ...

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this material may contain images of deceased persons. Across the vast, red desert of northwest South Australia, Terrie Ivanhoe is helping to deliver the COVID-19 response in the country’s most remote Indigenous ...

Nurses who have taken a prolonged break from their careers are being offered short courses to fast-track their return to the workforce.  La Trobe University’s ‘re-entry to practice course’ is the only approved 10-week course in Australia available for nurses ...

“I’ve had a patient strangle me, throw poo on me, throw urine at me. I’ve been spat at,” said registered nurse Jackson Heilberg in his short docu-series about violence in nursing.   “The verbal abuse is mind-blowing,” said another nurse. ...

Hundreds of Queensland nurses who oppose the health worker vaccine mandate may walk out of their jobs, according to a state employee union.  Nurses Professional Association of Queensland (NPAQ) Secretary Aenghas Hopkinson-Pearson said within the past week the union has ...

With ongoing 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 ...