Victorian Health Minister David Davis said interstate nurses won’t be needed if mass resignations of public sector nurses go ahead. Victoria's health system will be able to withstand any nurse resignations that may come and staff will not need to ...

A parliamentary inquiry is generating calls for FASD to be recognised as a disability. Parents, foster carers, nurses and other health workers who have experience with foetal alcohol spectrum disorders have been urged to tell their story to federal parliament. ...

Building on its success in the community, the award-winning ‘geriatric flying squad’ is planning an expansion into residential aged care. By Linda Belardi. The past 12 months have been a whirlwind of activity for clinical nurse consultant Amanda Klahr and ...

Hundreds of nurses will begin doorknocking a key marginal seat as the stalemate with the Baillieu government continues. Victorian nurses will doorknock the state's most marginal seat in the latest chapter of its protracted feud with the Liberal government for ...

Hospital deaths have declined in EDs where new targets have been introduced. Hospitals that introduced the four-hour rule to reduce overcrowding in emergency departments have experienced a 13 per cent decline in overall mortality, new research has found. The research ...

The prevalence of diabetes has more than doubled since 1990, according to the AIHW. Australian men are becoming obese faster than women even though they generally do more exercise, according to a new report which shows the incidence of diabetes ...

Medication error has dropped in hospitals using e-prescribing technology. The use of electronic prescriptions can slash medication error rates in hospitals by up to two-thirds, new research suggests. A study by the University of NSW has found that prescribing errors ...

Since the birth of the first IVF baby in Australia in 1980, teams of nurses have supported couples to overcome infertility. Linda Belardi talks to one nurse working in the field. Three weeks after suffering the loss of her mother ...

The global movement of nurses provides an important opportunity to improve care for an increasingly multicultural society, writes Sophia Dywili. A relative of a patient asked: “Where do you come from?” “From Bankstown ma’am,” I replied, happy that I easily ...

If managers want to increase the retention of nurses in hospitals they need to adopt generation-specific strategies, writes Kate Shacklock. Skilled nurse shortages are well known and commonly experienced within the Australian nursing community. These shortages are also experienced across ...