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 ...

The benefits of feeding your baby donated breast milk generally outweigh the risks. By Amie Larter The age-old tradition of wet nursing is once again in the spotlight, as the growing demand for human breast milk rises. Human Milk 4 ...

We need to find graduate positions for new nurses to prevent a future staffing crisis. By Penny Paliadelis More than a decade ago, the National Review of Nursing Education report, Our Duty of Care, found that not all nursing graduates ...

“A victory for commonsense” is how the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) described the federal government’s decision to restore more than $100 million taken out of the Victorian public hospitals budget. “We acknowledge the redirection of funding for Victoria as a ...

Scientific advancements have revolutionised healthcare in Australia; people are living longer than ever before and treatment that once required hours of hands-on intervention can now be administered at the touch of button. The benefits of an efficient healthcare system are ...

Some nurses consider working with the elderly is not 'real' nursing but nothing could be further from the truth, writes Peter Kieseker. The implicit - and often explicit - message received during my study was: "Aged care - it's not ...

Bruno Cordier, a Perth-based palliative care nurse, has completed a 4097km bike ride across Australia, all in the name of charity. Cordier set off on his adventure from Sydney on January 11, reaching Perth on February 14. He rode unassisted ...

Private providers and government must work together to keep costs down in this growing area of nursing. By Mary Casey There have been many changes in the care and nursing industry in the past 10 years, especially in the community ...

Amie Larter talks to Neroli Ellis about the state of nursing in Tasmania. What were the main challenges for nurses in Tasmania throughout 2011- 2012? The significant budget cuts in health in this financial year resulted in the closure of ...

A newly created role in the Central Adelaide Local Health Network is set to strengthen links among nurses in South Australian hospitals and tertiary nursing educators and SA Health executives. The role, executive director of nursing, is to be shared ...