Today, nurses are increasingly playing a greater role in diagnosing and prescribing treatments. The digitalisation of healthcare systems in recent years also meant that nurses had to upskill to keep up with new administrative demands in addition to their extensive ...

Health workers in NSW will receive a three per cent wage rise and a one-off $3,000 payment as recognition for their efforts during COVID-19. On Monday, NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet announced the new wage policy with an additional 10,000 health staff staff ...

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 ...

Peaks have called on the government to address severe staffing shortages in a state hospital after a nurse was allegedly stabbed by a patient during a busy emergency shift. According to the NSWMWA, emergency patients at Shoalhaven Hospital on the ...

Picture: Supplied. Nurse practitioner Sue Hegarty had the honour to receive the 2022 HESTA Nurse of the Year award. She was one of the three nominated nurses this year and won because of her exceptional contribution to the not-for-profit organisation ...

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 ...

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 ...