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More nuanced diagnoses of depression

Australian research will look into the different ways mental health professionals can diagnose and treat depression. Professor Christopher Sharpley, from the University of New England’s Brain-Behavior Research Group, said a person can qualify for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder ...

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There’s no formula for infant sleep

Parents shouldn’t buy into the idea that good babies rest through the night. It’s not long before new parents get asked the loaded cultural question, “Is she a good baby?” Which all new parents understand as code for is the ...

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Telephones don’t define telenursing

The controversy over this long-standing practice comes from mistaking the tools for the context. Ever since the telephone connected rural hospitals with the community, rural people have been calling their local nurses seeking care – and the nurses have been ...

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More legal adventures in social media

Recent cases in this rapidly evolving realm involve nursing, bullying, privacy, defamation and employment. This article follows two previous ones concerning bullying and the use of social media within the nursing profession; both of which generated great interest. Workplace bullying ...

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High bar for bullying

The standard for successfully showing workplace behaviour is unreasonable is challenging.  Bullying in the workplace is a serious issue within the nursing profession. Anecdotally, any nurse can recount an experience either personally or in relation to a colleague. On January ...

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Time to work it out

Australia may well be in trouble without a co-ordinated approach to adequate staffing; a professor puts into focus the importance of looking past the short term on costs, and developing a national strategy.  A leading WA nursing professor is calling ...

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Don’t waste your breath

Some guidelines are leading users away from best practice for the use of inhalers.  From the very start of their careers nurses are taught to search credible sources of information to find reliable researched practice guidelines upon which to base ...

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Staff reveal palliative-care opinions in survey

Study shows healthcare workers' perceptions and challenges related to end-of-life care and choices.  Despite a plethora of local, state-based, national and international guidelines and resources, it is clear professionals providing palliative care face considerable challenges, many specific to their area ...

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