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Nurse’s calm in a storm recognised with Nurse of Year award
An aged-care nurse who spearheaded efforts to ensure the safety and care of her residents during severe storms that lashed the NSW Lake Macquarie region has been named Australia’s Nurse of the Year. Catrin Dittmar, a nurse at the RSL ...
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Links between mental health, culture new focus at school
Undergraduate students in healthcare need a broader understanding of mental health and how it relates to modern cultural issues, the Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery has decided. To highlight the connections between mental health and cultural issues, the ...
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Quality work placements changing perceptions about aged care
There is an ever-increasing need for aged-care professionals in Australia. At the same time, service providers struggle to recruit enough RNs for these positions. This is particularly true in rural and regional areas. Researchers from Charles Sturt University have not stood idle in ...
More »Contraception education not getting to everyone
Unplanned pregnancies in Australia are connected with various forms of disadvantage, as well as with ill-informed women and men. A recent nationwide study by Monash University showed that most unwanted or unexpected pregnancies are linked to sexual coercion, social disadvantages, rural ...
More »RDNS to serve up healthy food with Beer
Aged-care residents are set to be among the “tens of thousands” of beneficiaries of a new partnership between the Royal District Nursing Service and the Maggie Beer Foundation aimed at delivering healthy food messages. In the deal, announced this week, the RDNS ...
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