The story of an Australian nursing hero has been immortalised through a student-led digital narrative. Marking the first stage of CQUni Research Centre's Everyday Nursing Heroes project, the creation tells the story of Ellen Savage (1912-1985), who survived the sinking ...
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Labor promises boost to public hospital funding
If elected, the Labor Party will commit an additional $2.8 billion to fund Australia’s public hospitals, the party announced in its Budget reply. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the funding injection would put more beds in emergency departments and on ...
More »Budget 2018-19: How did nurses fair?
The 2018-19 Budget has been released and Minister for Health Greg Hunt says it’s guaranteeing the essential health services that Australians rely on. While key industry stakeholders continue to pick through the Budget with a fine-tooth comb, Nursing Review canvasses ...
More »Funding boost for Newton-John cancer centre
Victorian cancer patients will have access to rare, cutting-edge technology at the Olivia Newton-John centre under an $18 million state government package. Newton-John was at state parliament with Premier Daniel Andrews and Health Minister Jill Hennessy today to announce the ...
More »No more cotton wool: experts push for exercise for cancer patients
Exercise should be prescribed as part of routine cancer care for all patients, the Clinical Oncology Society of Australia has said in a position statement. The move has been endorsed by Cancer Council Australia and supported by over 20 cancer ...
More »Help wanted: report predicts ‘worrying’ aged care worker outflow
The aged care sector is facing a potential shortfall of 80,000 workers over the next five years. That’s one of the key findings of a new HESTA report that draws on its more than 200,000 members working in the space ...
More »Nurses want pollies to axe the tampon tax
Tampons and pads are essential items that should not incur a tax, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has said. Opposition leader Bill Shorten recently called the GST on women’s sanitary products a "tax on women" and vowed to remove ...
More »A quick chat with… a nurse unit manager
What is your name, where are you based? Rachel Smyth, Redcliffe Hospital – Metro North Hospital and Health Service. What hospital do you work at and what do you do there? I am currently the acting nurse unit manager of ...
More »Remote possibilities: mental health nursing in far north Queensland
A five-minute drive is all it takes Nicole Murphy to travel to work every day in the small community of Weipa. Short compared to the road she has travelled to get here. The day we talk, I am holed up ...
More »Deadly samples found during festival pill test
Two lethal ingredients, some Polish toothpaste and paint have been uncovered in pills tested at a Canberra music festival. In what is being hailed as a tremendous success, organisers of the Australian-first trial tested 85 samples at the Groovin the ...
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