Amanda S. Gossman provides tips on keeping documentation up-to-date. Nurses are talented and intelligent professionals, and our clinical skills, education and personal attributes are admired by many. These attributes need to be demonstrated at all times by our documentation principles. ...
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Sandy’s story
Sandy Anderson is a women's health nurse and practice nurse at the Baarlinjan Medical Clinic at Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative. Last year, Sandy was awarded the ASHM/NSW STIPU/GPV Best Practice Nurse Award for Sexual Health for her work in ...
More »Debate over diabetes in pregnancy
If the threshold for gestational diabetes is lowered then nurses will need more training to care for the increased number of patients, say experts. Flynn Murphy reports. Up to 50 per cent more women could be diagnosed with gestational diabetes ...
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There is meant to be collaboration between doctors and nurses in maternity care but this is being hindered by unequal and disrespectful cultures and practices, writes Karen Lane. English is a funny language. Apparently it challenges newcomers because of the ...
More »Mid Staffordshire: heeding the lessons
An inquiry into a UK health service scandal has released its findings. Could such a tragedy happen here? The Report of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust Public Inquiry, recently released in the UK, examines how hundreds of people died due ...
More »Halting muscle wasting
Slowing the decline of muscle mass is an important step for the health of older men. By Aileen Macalintal Hot baths and warm blankets may help prevent muscle wastage as we age. Victoria University exercise physiology expert Dr Aaron Petersen ...
More »New DNA technology advances epilepsy treatment
Advances in DNA sequencing are having a major impact on the understanding and diagnosis of epilepsy. Leading up to today’s Purple Day for Epilepsy Awareness, geneticist Professor Jozef Gecz said advances in DNA sequencing have been a huge leap forward ...
More »More patients have shorter wait for emergency care
NSW emergency department waiting times are improving. The acting chief executive of the Bureau of Health Information, Kim Browne, said the latest Hospital Quarterly report showed “improvement in the time that most patients wait for treatment in NSW emergency departments”. NSW’s ...
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Being connected to a doctor or nurse via a mobile device is a boon, especially for those who want to live away from cities. By Gary Denman Pull words: Bluetooth-enabled ECG devices connected to a tablet device for example, can ...
More »Programs to tackle pregnancy & weight
Australians are putting on the kilos and this causes problems for pregnant women. But health workers and patients are working on it. Amie Larter reports The prevalence of obesity around the nation has more than doubled in the past 20 ...
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