New research explores the experience of non-English speaking nurses on their journey to registration in Australia. By Linda Belardi. The English language requirements for registration as a nurse or midwife in Australia will come under scrutiny in the first independent ...

National survey paints bleak picture of nurse dissatisfaction. By Linda Belardi. The nursing workforce is facing a staff turnover crisis with 15 per cent of nurses saying they will leave the profession within a year, the first national survey of ...

New research hopes to pave the way for a significant reduction in the number of Aboriginal children with ear disease. The study of 400 babies from remote communities in the Northern Territory will evaluate two different vaccines used to help ...

NSW patients face high care costs in comparison to other nations NSW patients pay more for out-of-pocket medical expenses than do citizens of every country except the US, a report has found. The Bureau of Health Information’s second annual report, ...

Major stumbling blocks still exist for eligible midwives and nurse practitioners to take advantage of the government’s reforms. Linda Belardi reports. Fewer than five eligible midwives have managed to sign a collaborative agreement with a doctor, one year into the ...

Victorian midwifery graduates are frustrated over a lack of graduate positions, Linda Belardi reports. Less than half of Monash University’s midwifery graduates have been offered a graduate position within the state’s public maternity units next year. Dr Carole Gilmour, course ...

UN signals breakthrough in access to HIV treatment especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. A significant expansion in access to treatment helped slash the number of AIDS-related deaths in 2010, bringing the number of people living with HIV to a record 34 ...

American research links poor mental health with cardiovascular disease Depression or a history of suicide attempts in people younger than 40 markedly increases their risk of dying from heart disease, an American study suggests. Viola Vaccarino, chair of epidemiology at ...

UK’s Royal College of Nursing estimates looming workforce crisis. More than 56,000 National Health Service (NHS) jobs have been lost or face the axe - double the figure of a year ago, the UK’s Royal College of Nursing said as ...

Returning to Australia following nine months abroad, registered nurse Pete Harvey tells of his experience of living and working in a rural village in Ghana. In January this year I left Australia for what was to be a seven-month trip ...