Mental health care in Australia has undergone a dramatic transformation since the 1980s. Old-fashioned institutions where patients received psychological care in hospital wards made way for flexible, community-based environments with an individual-focused approach. Mental health nurses were compelled to adjust ...
More »Specialty Focus
Clinician shares her bowel cancer survival story to help others
After surviving bowel cancer, Professor Teresa Mitchell-Paterson has dedicated her life to supporting people along the same trajectory by offering them guidance and advice. As a clinical nutritionist for over 20 years, she's also spreading awareness by lecturing at various ...
More »Meet the telehealth nurse who saves lives from home: Q&A
From children swallowing coins to a man being crushed by his truck – a telehealth nurse's life is unlike any other. Cora O'Brien, the clinical lead of 20 triage nurses at Medibank Health Solutions, keeps herself busy managing the day-to-day ...
More »Scientists discover new ways to battle future pandemics
Nathan Boase always knew he would be a scientist, and he is currently researching new methods to protect people against viruses like Monkeypox and COVID-19. Boase and his team from QuT have been given the green light to develop a ...
More »A nurse’s battle with migraines: “It’s not just a headache”
Chronic migraine can be a debilitating condition that affects multiple aspects of someone's life. Nearly 5 million Australians live with migraine, which is equivalent to 20 per cent of the population. Nurse and midwife Liz Durant has been having frequent migraine ...
More »Training next-gen nurses for a digital future: Q&A
Nursing Review spoke with the course director of Nursing at Swinburne University, professor Karen-Leigh Edward, about the role of digital technologies like interactive dummies to prepare future nurses for their profession. Professor Edward said there is a high demand for tech-savvy ...
More »New book explores the history of nursing in the Northern Territory – Podcast
A new book has offered a closer look into the lives of nurses working in the Northern Territory almost a hundred years ago. Pride and Revelation – Stories from Charles Darwin University Nursing Museum was written by Janie Mason, who ...
More »Who cares: A nurse’s fight for equity – Podcast
Whitney Fear A new documentary highlights the vital role nurses play in the wellbeing and support of their communities. The 30-minute film 'Who cares: A nurse's fight for equity' follows nurse Whitney Fear who works at Family Healthcare, a health ...
More »Q&A: Meet the Australian medic helping in Ukraine
Nursing Review spoke with Tricia Miller, a laboratory technician based at the Samaritan’s Purse Emergency Field Hospital (EFH) in Lviv, the largest city in Western Ukraine. Tricia serves with the Samaritan’s Purse Disaster Assistance Response Team, which trains and deploys ...
More »‘Once a nurse, always a nurse’ – reflections on International Nurses Day
On International Nurses Day Uniting is celebrating two of its aged care nurses who have different experiences but share the same passion. Beth Willis, a nurse at the Waverley War Memorial Hospital for over 50 years, started her training after ...
More »