I applaud the manager of the surgical ward in Brisbane who highlighted an immensely important issue in nursing education (NR, July, p.11). It has taken me some time and thought to put this response together because I care passionately about this ...

Medical aid agencies working in East Africa face a worsening health crisis compounded by political and bureaucratic tensions. Linda Belardi speaks to Médecins Sans Frontières Australia for the latest. Dr Clara van Gulik is Médecins Sans Frontières’ medical advisor in ...

The way employers engage recognised training and provide an environment for skill development must also be addressed as part of improving careers and retention, writes Robin Flynn. In Dr Maree Bernoth’s article “No surety of standards in Cert III for ...

In a system of clinical placements already stretched to capacity simulated learning offers a new era in clinical education writes Joan Deegan and Karen-leigh Edward. Rapid advancement in technological innovation over the past decade has made simulated learning available for ...

High demand for aged care workers and cost-cutting is contributing to the deterioration in cert III quality, writes Dr Maree Bernoth. If the Certificate III in Aged Care Work and the Certificate IV Assessor and Trainer were designed to be ...

Fionna Cassie travels to post-quake Christchurch and finds there are invaluable infection control lessons to be learnt by those working in aged care following large scale disasters. Infection control nurse Alison Carter is in a unique and authoritative position to ...

Catheter-related blood stream infections and life-threatening hospital acquired infections present a challenge for healthcare professionals across the world, but with the right strategies they are also the most preventable. Annie May reports. Nurses and other health professionals need to move ...

More effective collaboration between sectors of health services and professionals are the key to improving quality and safety of discharge care of remote NT mothers and their newborns. By Annie May. Discharge practices for mothers and newborns from remote areas ...

NSW Health Minister says health restructure will improve local decision-making. A middle layer of bureaucracy at the NSW Health Department will be abolished under a restructure that will scrap 300 positions, and savings of $80 million directed to frontline services. ...

Nurses avoid reporting frequent workplace violence to police, parliamentary inquiry told. Nurses at Victorian hospitals are gagged from speaking out against violence perpetrated against them at work and fear management, a state parliamentary inquiry has heard. Dandenong Hospital emergency department ...