Around 4000 nurses came to Melbourne for the ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress. The six-day event started on Saturday 18 May with an opening ceremony that included a parade of nations, presentation of awards and entertainment from Deborah Cheetham. The theme ...

Should the recent spate of violence towards nurses in Victoria and other states raise the alarm on national hospital safety?  In Victoria, nurses have once again called on the government to action the recommendations set down by the 2005 Victorian ...

The government has chosen to take the “responsible course” to delay the return to surplus in order to “support jobs and growth in an uncertain world”.  Treasurer Wayne Swan made these announcements when delivering the federal government’s election budget – ...

Technology looks set to blitz time-honoured Australian nursing procedures.  Paper records are taking a back seat to e-health and e-learning, and clinical informatics is making inroads on Australian nursing practices. Schemes already in place include electronic admission risk screening tools ...

Experts discuss how access to big data can advance patient care.  In a world of technology moving at a breakneck speed, detecting and analysing health situations as they happen in real time is no longer an impossibility, as more and ...

We are more likely to pass away in hospital, among strangers, than at home surrounded by our own, which places nurses in a new ethical position.  Traditionally, before we entered the modern era of nursing, a large portion of people ...

Vitamin D deficiency does not display obvious symptoms, nor is it often diagnosed by doctors. But when left unaddressed, it can have significant health effects. Vitamin D is a hormone that controls calcium levels in the blood, crucial for bone ...

Bullying, abuse and unemployment throw a dark shadow over the Northern Territory’s nursing industry. By Aileen Macalintal Despite a ‘zero tolerance’ stance on bullying and harassment in the workplace, the Northern Territory government seems to be failing to protect nurses ...

The launch of the Western Australian at Large Honor Society of Nursing sees nurses in WA taking the first step toward joining a global nursing community. By Amie Larter Last month’s establishment of the Western Australian at Large Honor Society ...

NSW Nursing and Midwives Association general secretary Brett Holmes talks about what matters most – from nurse-patient ratios to wage claims, and how the NSWNMA can help nursing graduates pursue their chosen profession. By Aileen Macalintal NSW has seen a ...