Few nurses have served in the Australian Federal Parliament in recent memory. There was Judith Adams, elected in 2004, who represented WA in the senate until her death from cancer in 2012. And until Ged Kearney came along in 2018, closely followed ...
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Mental health, car crash warnings for shift workers
Shift workers are at greater risk of poor mental health and of crashing their car after their first shift of the week, two separate studies suggest. In the first, an international team of researchers examined the schedules and mental health ...
More »Commonwealth MIA on aged care workforce: royal commission lawyer
The Commonwealth appears to be missing in action. That was counsel assisting Peter Rozen's assertion as he discussed governance and leadership within the aged care sector while wrapping up a week of royal commission hearings centred around the aged care ...
More »Hospitals could face rise in prosecutions for failing to protect nurses: lawyer
Health departments are risking an uptick in compensation claims if they don't take steps to ensure staff safety. That’s the warning from an injury compensation lawyer and former emergency department nurse. Following reports that Caboolture Hospital Mental Health Unit staff ...
More »Is there ever too much of a good thing? Oxygen use put to the test
Historically, oxygen has been treated like holy water but it's time to take a closer look at its role in hospitals. That’s the call from Professor Rinaldo Bellomo, a researcher at Monash University’s Australian & New Zealand Intensive Care (ANZIC) Research Centre. ...
More »‘Hardly anything gets done… is this one going to be the same?’: Royal commission wrap-up
The royal commission has heard from Heather Brown who described her fear of entering the “confinement” of aged care, which she and other Forgotten Australians see as another institution. Brown, 79, was taken as a ward of the state at the ...
More »Early menopause link to heart disease a ‘window of opportunity’
Early menopause puts women at greater risk of non-fatal cardiovascular disease, new research says. The University of Queensland found that reaching menopause before the age of 50 puts women at greater risk of suffering a non-fatal cardiac event like heart ...
More »CSIRO work uses computer game to diagnose depression
Diagnosing depression and bipolar disorder might be as simple as a few clicks of a mouse. That’s what CSIRO research has suggested. A team from the national science agency has developed a computer game that uses artificial intelligence to help ...
More »Nurse banned from aged care work after inheriting resident’s estate
A nurse has been banned from working in aged care over her involvement in an elderly resident’s will. Abha Kumar was last week disqualified by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal from re-applying for registration or providing any health service ...
More »Nurses and doctors unite to call out government on aged care
Nurses and doctors have joined forces today, calling on the government to act now on the “crisis” in aged care. The Australian Nursing & Midwifery Federation (ANMF) and Australian Medical Association (AMA) have released a statement urging action now, rather ...
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