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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Queensland is known as the Sunshine State. Its hot, humid summers and cool, dry winters make it an attractive place to live. Given the beautiful climate, outdoor recreation is promoted and often includes surfing and swimming. And there are endless ...

Once a patient assumes an in-patient status in a hospital, it thereby creates a duty of care concerning protection of the patient from foreseeable acts of harm. Liability is not potentially limited to acts of harm committed by staff and/or ...

Australia’s public hospitals are not adequately resourced to treat the one million adults who currently live with clinically severe obesity. The research behind the finding, led by Western Sydney University, held that the small number of specialist obesity services that ...

Be bold. Be visible. Be a leader. The former president of the American Academy of Nursing, Dr Diana Mason, has challenged nurses to this ahead of her keynote presentation at today's 2018 ACN Policy Summit. The event is being held ...

Health and aged care professionals who provide care to older Australians at end of life now have access to a new resource that aims to give them the right tools for the job. End of Life Directions for Aged Care ...