Photo: Supplied An expert says Australian abortion legislation is hindering people seeking access to those services, and suggests nurses and midwives should be more involved. CQUniversity academic Lydia Mainey, who specialises in abortion care and gender-based violence, says a change ...

Twenty-six-year-old nurse Hannah Kent always considered becoming an associate lecturer as her career goal. But when the job opportunity popped up, and she applied, she didn't expect to be offered the position straight away. "I was very shocked to hear ...

A new animation starring Indigenous characters uses humour to destigmatise palliative care, grief and death for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 'Indigenous Program of Experience in Palliative Approach’ (IPEPA), created by the Queensland University of Technology, will be ...

Nurses forced to flee their homeland have been given a new chance to use their skills in Australia's healthcare system thanks to a recently launched program.  The pilot 'Scholarship for Refugee Nurses' program, organised by Edith Cowan University (ECU), will ...

Can going on a holiday treat dementia? A team of researchers from Edith Cowan University believe 'travel therapy' could be the future of treatment for people living with dementia.  To integrate this into our healthcare system, lead researcher Dr Jun ...

Fully vaccinated Australians are becoming sick again as Omicron's newest mutations cause a surge in COVID cases across all states. Experts worry that sub-variants BA.4 and BA.5, coupled with low influenza immunity in the community, will increase the strain on ...

A world-first study has found that poor physical fitness and obesity in childhood may predict declined cognitive functioning and dementia in later life. The 30-year research from Monash University followed over 1200 people from childhood up to 2019 to track their cognitive ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...