Having nurses take over more doctors' tasks brings efficiency benefits - but also risks. By Amie Larter A limited number of public hospitals around Australia are trailing new initiatives where nurses will be performing procedures normally completed by doctors. In ...

Experts worry that misuse of scrubs might be spreading infections in hospitals. By Aileen Macalintal Ideally, scrubs should be changed every day, after every operation and whenever medical staff leave operating theatres - but this has not been the case. ...

A university has made a mock-up of a patient's residence for healthcare students. By Aileen Macalintal With health services increasingly providing recovery and long-term support for people at home, a new Immersive Domestic Nursing Laboratory at the University of Ballarat ...

Sugar may be as effective as anaesthetic creams for babies receiving injections. By Aileen Macalintal In the first 18 months of their lives, babies may receive as many as 15 injections, but sugar may offer a simple and effective way ...

Internationally recognised palliative care nurse Molly Carlile spoke to Amie Larter about her career, recent awards and thoughts on the future of nursing. When did you realise you wanted to have a career in nursing? I fell into nursing through circumstance ...

Practice nurses perform myriad tasks in doctors' surgeries, one of the most important is to communicate with patients. By Flynn Murphy It is 1pm on a Wednesday at Glebe Medical Centre in Sydney's inner west, and nurse Jessica Turner is sneaking ...

Getting men to discuss health issues, especially with their mates, could help reduce the gap between male and female life expectancy. By Amie Larter Compared with their counterparts around the world, Australian men fair well and generally can expect better ...

Michael Robertson discusses the provision of acute care for those with mental health problems and what is lacking for such patients. Nursing professionals working in acute care settings frequently provide the only clinical contact such patients receive. Acute care teams ...

Researchers are making great improvements in treatment of hard-to-heal wounds, a problem that costs the nation up to $3bn a year. Amie Larter reports Patients experiencing inflamed, weeping sores that are either reoccurring or fail to heal are typically suffering ...

By 2030, cases of incontinence are expected to rise to 6.5 million Australians—with women being more likely to be incontinent than men. In light of this, the Continence Foundation of Australia developed the Australian Continence Exchange, a confidential online chat ...