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Nurses advise patients about advance care planning two decades earlier than GPs, a study has found.  Advance Care Planning (ACP) gives people the opportunity to write down their preferences for their future health care. Behavioural scientist Dr Stephen Whyte from ...

Whitney Fear A new documentary highlights the vital role nurses play in the wellbeing and support of their communities. The 30-minute film 'Who cares: A nurse's fight for equity' follows nurse Whitney Fear who works at Family Healthcare, a health ...

On International Nurses Day Uniting is celebrating two of its aged care nurses who have different experiences but share the same passion.  Beth Willis, a nurse at the Waverley War Memorial Hospital for over 50 years, started her training after ...

Nurses play a crucial role in detecting, preventing and helping those experiencing domestic violence (DV). DV involves complex patterns of physically and mentally abusive behaviour and is still shockingly common in our country. For instance, one in six women and ...

Professor Kylie Ward loves her job and is proud to be a nurse. In light of today being International Nurses Day, Nursing Review asked ACN's chief executive what the 12th of May means to her. She says that 2022's theme: ...

A local biotech company thinks it may have found the future drug to treat Alzheimer's disease.  This week, Australian firm Actinogen announced that its latest trial of the drug Xanamem had shown improved attention and working memory in Alzheimer’s patients. CEO Dr ...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has pressed the federal government to step up its COVID-19 vaccine dose donation efforts as the existing $300 million Pacific support package is due to expire in June. During the pandemic, the ...

Paramedics and nurses reported poorer mental health and higher levels of social isolation than other health care workers during the pandemic, a new study has found. The pandemic has impacted nurses heavily, leading to higher chances of psychological stress such ...

HESTA has announced its finalists for the Nursing & Midwifery Awards 2022 to shine a light on ordinary people doing extraordinary things in our health system.  Nursing Review spoke to the finalists and dove deeper into the trio's lives to find out about ...

Every day, 35 people are diagnosed with Parkinson's in Australia, yet few people understand the disease well.  Parkinson's unique expression of physical and cognitive symptoms can also pose challenges for nurses and carers alike.  With April being Parkinson's Awareness Month, ...