In 2021, over 300,000 babies were born in Australia, with 17 per cent requiring admission to a special care nursery (SCN) or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Despite only making up two per cent of the nursing workforce, the number ...

Emergency department nurses across New South Wales are set to benefit from a new virtual reality (VR) training program about stroke care. Developed by the NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation and the Centre for Advanced Training Systems at the University ...

Teachers are not always equipped to deal with the growing health needs of their students, from mental health challenges to complex medical needs. Federal and state governments are currently looking at “key targets” as part of the next National School ...

Yuting Zhang, The University of Melbourne; Jongsay Yong, The University of Melbourne, and Ou Yang, The University of Melbourne The more people take up private health insurance, the less pressure on the public hospital system, including shorter waiting lists for ...

Nursing and gymnastics – two seemingly different areas find a harmonious union in Amanda Edwards' life as she balances her life as a registered nurse and a gymnast. The 22-year-old nursing student from Edith Cowan University (ECU) represented Australia at ...

To honour the memory and sacrifice of Vivian Bullwinkel and the massacred Bangka Island nurses, the Australian College of Nursing (ACN) announced a new scholarship for nurses.  ACN announced 22 scholarships to commemorate the sacrifice of the 21 nurses who ...

A mental health nurse graduated with her master's degree, hoping to climb the ranks to help patients at her rural hospital. Sonia Bayley was a consultant liaison nurse at Alice Springs Hospital when she realised she needed to further her ...

A 23-year-old described her journey of becoming a midwife in rural South Australia as 'a magical experience', where she made meaningful connections and changed lives. Taryn Gartner, a midwife at Mount Gambier District Health Service, described her job as a ...

Overworked, overstretched, and overstressed – it is no secret that nurses and midwives are burning out and quitting their jobs across Australia. Data from the Department of Health and Aged Care shows that since 2016, there has been a 60 ...

Scientists at UNSW Sydney have made a breakthrough discovery that could better protect older people from gastroenteritis, an illness causing vomiting and diarrhoea. The study examined over 300,000 patient samples, identifying the bacterium Aeromonas as the second most prevalent pathogen associated with bacterial gastroenteritis. ...