Today, nurses are increasingly playing a greater role in diagnosing and prescribing treatments. The digitalisation of healthcare systems in recent years also meant that nurses had to upskill to keep up with new administrative demands in addition to their extensive ...

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 ...

Aiming to wait at least 60 seconds before clamping the umbilical cord in premature babies can significantly reduce their risk of death and disability, new research has found. Researchers from the University of Sydney analysed the outcomes of 1500 pre-term ...

Hospital patients with anaphylaxis will have direct access to their adrenaline injector as part of Australia’s first clinical care standard for the condition. The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality on Healthcare (ACSQH) released the new guidelines which emphasise early ...

Curtin university researchers will be carrying out a first-of-its-kind examination of stillbirths among Aboriginal families in a project supported by the federal government.  Led by Associate Professor Carrington Shepherd from the Curtin medical school, the project will involve researchers and ...

The medical literature has detailed child abuse for over a century, from child slavery to battered children and shaken babies. Since the 1970s evidence of specific inflicted injuries has been documented by radiologists such as John Caffey and pediatricians such ...

Student nurses and midwives will be critical to assisting Australia’s recovery from COVID-19, but have gone largely unrecognised by the broader system, according to education leaders. Tracey Moroney, a professor of Nursing at the University of Wollongong, says there needs ...

Women in Labor could soon have another alternative for pain relief — water. Researchers at the University of Queensland are conducting research into whether labor pain could be reduced by water injections thanks to a new round of federal funding. ...

'Freedom day’ in NSW has arrived, and families, staff and residents are preparing for increased visits with loved ones after enduring over three months of strict isolation. As part of the eased restrictions, aged care residents are permitted two visits ...

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 ...