When clinical midwife Jan Becker first stepped into a busy delivery ward in sub-Saharan Africa eight years ago, it was both beautiful and horrifying. Every woman who gave birth was in the same room, on a sponge rubber bed, with ...
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When staying positive becomes bad for your health
For many, keeping positive and optimistic has been key to navigating the uncertainties and perils of the COVID-19 pandemic. But those harbouring an obsession with staying upbeat, or viewing negative emotions as a failure or weakness, may have fallen into ...
More »One Brisbane nurse’s fight to curb our ever-growing landfill and reuse medical waste
Fed up with the tonnes of unused medical supplies thrown out by her local hospital, theatre nurse Claire Lane devised a way to reduce landfills and give aid to those who need it. The 33-year-old Brisbane mother collects and redistributes ...
More »Living life to the fullest with osteoporosis
Marilyn Laws was prepping her backyard for a Christmas party last year when she tripped over and hurt her arm. Her husband rushed her to the emergency room, where she later underwent surgery for a broken forearm. Four months later ...
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Waking up at 3am in the morning and worrying is a common experience, and researchers have unpacked why we have late night sleep disturbances and how we can avoid it. Professor Greg Murray, a clinical psychologist and director of the ...
More »‘Edith Blake’s War’: The lost letters of an Australian war nurse during WW1
From a bundle of old letters and a diary from 1914, Krista Vane-Tempest unearthed the story of the only Australian nurse to die in action during the First World War. As a child, Krista knew she had a great aunt ...
More »Life as a remote area nurse in Australia’s most isolated communities
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this material may contain images of deceased persons. Across the vast, red desert of northwest South Australia, Terrie Ivanhoe is helping to deliver the COVID-19 response in the country’s most remote Indigenous ...
More »New short docu-series breaks down industry taboos
“I’ve had a patient strangle me, throw poo on me, throw urine at me. I’ve been spat at,” said registered nurse Jackson Heilberg in his short docu-series about violence in nursing. “The verbal abuse is mind-blowing,” said another nurse. ...
More »‘I think we all need a creative outlet and I think nursing, especially now, it’s so demanding’: nurse wins national writing award
After hearing news he had won a national literary award Queensland palliative care nurse Adam Brannigan said he had no plans on becoming a best-selling author. “I think a writer is not made of that stuff. I just keep offering ...
More »‘Nurses’ takes over Aussie screens, stars take us inside the profession on new TV reality series
A new factual reality series has ushered audiences behind the frontlines of Australia's busiest hospitals, from the eyes of the nurses who work inside. Nurses premiered on Channel 7 last week, beating The Bachelor to attract almost 900,000 viewers nationwide. ...
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