Domestic and Family Violence Awareness Month, held annually in May, raises community awareness of the social, economic, and personal impacts of domestic and family violence, and the support available to those affected. Everyone has the right to feel safe and ...

Terminally ill people in NSW will have access to euthanasia following a landmark decision handed down by state parliament. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021 passed the NSW upper house on Thursday, receiving 23 votes in favour and 15 against. ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nurses advise patients about advance care planning two decades earlier than GPs, a study has found.  Advance Care Planning (ACP) gives people the opportunity to write down their preferences for their future health care. Behavioural scientist Dr Stephen Whyte from ...

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 ...

An unregistered nurse who injected patients with vaccines, took blood samples and measured heart health has been convicted and fined $3000. Belinda Elwell, also known as Belinda Raynor, accepted a position as a registered nurse at a Sydney medical centre in October 2020 despite ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nurses play a crucial role in detecting, preventing and helping those experiencing domestic violence (DV). DV involves complex patterns of physically and mentally abusive behaviour and is still shockingly common in our country. For instance, one in six women and ...