Nursing Review The latest in heathcare news for nurses

A new project has highlighted the role of nurses in significantly reducing cervical cancer cases in Australia. Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, resulting in over 600,000 new cases and 342,000 deaths yearly. Australia has been at ...

Healthcare settings could face a longer and more impactful flu season this year, an infectious disease professor has warned, as flu cases in Australia begin to surge. Nearly 8,500 flu cases have been confirmed in Australia since the start of ...

The death of pregnant mother could have been prevented if she was given antibiotics at the correct time by a doctor, an inquest has found. Melbourne-based Annie O’Brien, 37, passed away due to a fatal sepsis infection in August 2017. ...

Less than three weeks before the state election, NSW premier Dominic Perrottet and opposition leader Chris Minns have pledged to funnel money to build more public hospitals and pay for healthcare degrees. On Sunday, Perrottet said the Coalition would spend ...

There’s fears a woman may have suffered brain damage as a result of a routine surgery. It’s the second serious incident at a hospital run by Catholic healthcare provider St John of God in less than a month. It happened ...

A major international study has highlighted how midwives and nurses continued to go the extra mile to deliver person-centred care in birth units during the pandemic. The Murdoch Children's Research Institute study examined data from nearly 700 babies in 13 ...

The Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) has launched a new graduate program to attract more registered nurses into residential care facilities. Since its launch in November, over 75 nursing graduates have participated in the Aged Care Transition to ...

Professor Lisa Whitehead has been awarded the WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award. The Edith Cowan University professor was handed the state's most prestigious awards today by the health department to honour her contribution to the nursing and midwifery profession. ...

Academics have offered a sneak peek into how artificial intelligence (AI) could revolutionise hospitals in 30 years. Professor of Economics David Orsmond and artificial intelligence expert Dr Hamid Alinejad-Rokny said a machine that provides nurses with patient-specific data could be ...

Experts have sounded the alarm on the growing crisis of antibiotic-resistant superbugs that could potentially lead tens of million Australians into hospital. More than 10 million people could be killed by antimicrobial resistance (AMR) each year, costing the world economy ...