Just under half of nurses have been a target of bullying or rude behaviour in their workplace, but those with managers who demonstrate authentic leadership are less likely to encounter the problem. Those were some of the key findings of ...

A roof collapses at a party. A fire breaks out in a hospital. A terrorist sets off a bomb at a concert. The number and severity of casualties may be overwhelming and the University of Sydney is working to ensure ...

Dealing with sensitive information when caring for distressed drug and alcohol clients and the resulting emotional toll and exhaustion leaves nurses at risk of a range of health issues, a clinical nurse specialist says. Ravina Raidu, from Drug Health Services, ...

“It’s really important our stories are told by our people. So much of Australia’s history is told through a non-Indigenous lens.” Janine Mohamed, chief executive of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM), shared this ...

Health professionals will trial a new system that senses movements that increase a person’s risk of falling. The technology, called Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management (AmbIGeM), then alerts health professionals of the risky behaviour. Led by Professor Renuka Visvanathan from the ...

Australia’s mental health nurses want an emboldened approach to reducing or eliminating the use of seclusion or restraint in services. The call, from the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN), comes with the release of its new research project, ...

Health professionals consistently list bullying, discrimination and harassment as key issues within the workplace. Now, Australia’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider plans to tackle the problem head-on. St Vincent’s Health Australia is partnering with the Australian Institute of ...

Alzheimer’s Australia recently put out a call for people passionate about fighting dementia to walk the Kokoda Trail in aid of research and support. Registered nurse Sarah Pettenon answered. Pettenon, manager of person directed care at Lifeview Residential Care, joined ...

When Captain Jan Becker’s not delivering babies here in Australia or in Tanzania, she’s piloting one of her company’s 18 Bell 206 turbine helicopters. Becker, a registered nurse and midwife, runs the largest helicopter flight academy in the Southern Hemisphere. ...

"Nursing academics are often viewed as being out of touch with clinical practice and preoccupied with research, while clinical nurses are viewed as too busy to educate or research.” To tackle this concern, noted by the authors of an article ...