“There is no patient emergency more important than the safety of our healthcare workforce.” This is the first principle of a new, 88-page set of guidelines for emergency clinicians on the COVID-19 pandemic frontlines, released by the Australasian College for ...
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Norm’s story: Biography service helps palliative patients reflect
Norman wasn’t having a bar of it. Talk to a stranger about his life? No way. What did he want to tell someone all of his secrets for? "My life is very boring," he told his wife of 25 years, ...
More »CDU takes on nurse-led visiting program for Indigenous mums, infants
Last year marked a decade that the Australian Nurse-Family Partnership Program (ANFPP) was launched on the lands of the Arrernte people. A health initiative of the Australian government funded as part of the Closing the Gap Strategy, it aims to empower ...
More »The five commandments for healthy carbohydrates
Carbohydrates often get a bad rap, especially with the increasing prevalence of low and no-carb diets. Many people shy away from foods like bread, pasta and potatoes due to the misconception that it will lead to excess weight gain. However, ...
More »Nurse turns to creative writing to help young people in chronic pain
A nurse who cares for patients with chronic pain is working on a novel that tackles its impact on young people’s lives. Julianne Mead wants more young people with chronic pain to see themselves in fiction, so she enrolled in ...
More »A quick chat with… Kim Gotos – a clinical midwifery educator
Which hospital do you work at and what do you do there? Liverpool Hospital Postnatal Ward CC1A, I am a registered nurse/midwife and job share clinical midwifery educator. What is your education background? Nursing and midwifery. Why did you choose ...
More »Caring for the homeless: video
https://youtu.be/DtQxJY3_74Q Managing your own health while navigating the health system can be hard enough for most of us, but imagine having to do it with the added burden of being homeless. That’s the scenario facing clients of Erin Longbottom, ...
More »What is forensic nursing?
Nursing specialities are increasingly being recognised with individual training programs and diplomas – one such field is forensic nursing. The word forensic brings to mind American procedurals like Law and Order or CSI, but the word forensic simply means ‘related to law’. The roots ...
More »Additional training essential for mental health nursing: opinion
There is an accelerating need for a skilled mental health workforce in Australia given the growing recognition of mental illness. However, developing an informed, flexible and skilled nursing workforce in hospital, community mental health and non-traditional settings is a challenge. ...
More »A quick chat with… a nurse and midwife on the postnatal ward
A quick chat with Ann Blackmore about life as a nurse and midwife. Which hospital do you work at and what do you do there? I work at Liverpool Hospital. I work on the postnatal ward as a registered nurse/midwife. What is ...
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