Serious games are a big part of health education’s future, says a nursing academic who has helped develop a game that explores safety risks and hazards in care environments. The application Safe Environments was developed by University of the Sunshine ...
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Number of staff who consider leaving cause for alarm: expert
Just under a third of nurses and midwives reported they have considered leaving the profession in a survey that has sparked concern over retention of skilled workers. The research also revealed a quarter of nurses felt they were either likely ...
More »Reduce disease burden by creating compact cities: researchers
Substantial and sustained health benefits can be achieved for urban populations if policymakers adopt different approaches to transport and city planning, a team of Australian and international researchers has argued. Air pollution, physical inactivity, noise, social isolation, unhealthy diets and ...
More »ANMF, Denton team up to launch voluntary euthanasia campaign
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has backed a national campaign appealing for politicians to support voluntary euthanasia laws. Television and radio personality Andrew Denton launched the Be the Bill campaign at South Australia’s Parliament House. It's aimed at encouraging politicians to exercise ...
More »Australia, Saudi Arabia team up to bolster nursing expertise
An Australian university has connected with a Saudi Arabian hospital to further nursing and allied health expertise and raise cross-cultural awareness between the institutions. Federation University Australia (FedUni) has partnered with Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Humanitarian City, a non-profitable rehabilitation hospital ...
More »Australian aged-care nursing competencies in the works
Researchers are planning to develop a home-grown framework for registered nurses working with older people and their families. Associate Professor Victoria Traynor, from the University of Wollongong's School of Nursing, said the available nursing competencies for the aged-care sector were ...
More »Report card shows more to be done to curb health inequality
Australians are living longer but inequality still mars the most recent Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) report card. The biennial report, Australia's health 2016, found Australians are living longer than ever before and death rates continue to fall, ...
More »Employer support a key factor in nurses’ pursuit of further study
Stress, work-life balance, cost and lack of employer support are some of the factors inhibiting nurses from undertaking postgraduate education, an Australian study has found. The study, "Exploring factors affecting registered nurses' pursuit of postgraduate education in Australia", was published ...
More »Embrace technology but don’t lose touch with patients: academics
Nurses have seen the value of touch and must keep it in mind as healthcare technology advances. This was one of the key messages Australian academics made in a recent editorial in the Journal of Clinical Nursing. They wrote that ...
More »Have Cochlear cash and implant, will learn nursing
Brooke Michalanney is not one to let something like hearing loss stop her from achieving her goals of self-fulfilment and giving back to the community. When she was 18 months old, a hearing impairment was discovered, and this was exacerbated ...
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