Nursing is not being used to its potential, leaving the door open to reform that does not reflect the realities of providing healthcare and aged care, a white paper from the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has warned. Nurses are ...
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Gaming to teach skills part of the future of healthcare
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 ...
More »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 »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 »Classes could ease concerns over nurses’ social media use
Nursing students may soon be taking classes in Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn if education providers heed advice from the authors of an article published in Nursing Informatics 2016 on the importance of social media training for undergrads. University of Tasmania ...
More »Study to explore links between mindfulness and chronic pain
Australian researchers are set to explore the benefits of mindfulness interventions in the treatment and management of chronic pain and depression. The team said mindfulness interventions have been successful in reducing outcomes such as pain severity, distress and disability, and ...
More »Nursing, paramedic students pick up sign language
Health students from the Townsville area have been learning Auslan to better communicate with deaf patients and help them feel more comfortable and accepted. Central Queensland University Townsville has been hosting evening classes in Auslan – Australian sign language – aimed ...
More »Hospital cliques are not inevitable: study
Divides between nurses, doctors and other health professionals in hospitals do not reflect innate human behaviour and can be overcome, new research has found. The study, by Macquarie University’s Australian Institute of Health Innovation, explored the underlying reasons for the ...
More »Seminar to explore tech advances in wound care
It may seem unlikely that drones, droids and robots would have much to do with wound care, but they encompass the theme of this year’s National Science Week, which Wounds Australia (Qld) has embraced as the basis for an upcoming ...
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