Professor Kylie Ward loves her job and is proud to be a nurse. In light of today being International Nurses Day, Nursing Review asked ACN's chief executive what the 12th of May means to her. She says that 2022's theme: ...

A local biotech company thinks it may have found the future drug to treat Alzheimer's disease.  This week, Australian firm Actinogen announced that its latest trial of the drug Xanamem had shown improved attention and working memory in Alzheimer’s patients. CEO Dr ...

After nurses reported escalating rates of workplace assault, a state inquiry has been launched into the working conditions inside a Canberra mental health facility. Yesterday, the ACT government announced an inquiry into the Dhulwa Mental Health Unit following repeated calls ...

The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has pressed the federal government to step up its COVID-19 vaccine dose donation efforts as the existing $300 million Pacific support package is due to expire in June. During the pandemic, the ...

Paramedics and nurses reported poorer mental health and higher levels of social isolation than other health care workers during the pandemic, a new study has found. The pandemic has impacted nurses heavily, leading to higher chances of psychological stress such ...

HESTA has announced its finalists for the Nursing & Midwifery Awards 2022 to shine a light on ordinary people doing extraordinary things in our health system.  Nursing Review spoke to the finalists and dove deeper into the trio's lives to find out about ...

Every day, 35 people are diagnosed with Parkinson's in Australia, yet few people understand the disease well.  Parkinson's unique expression of physical and cognitive symptoms can also pose challenges for nurses and carers alike.  With April being Parkinson's Awareness Month, ...

Aged care workers across QLD, WA and SA have backed taking industrial action over “chronic understaffing” and low pay, as the union warns walkouts are highly likely before the federal election. More than 7000 United Workers Union members employed at aged care providers across three ...

Mosquitoes carrying anti-viral bacteria have dramatically reduced the spread of dengue fever in Australia due to research carried out by a team led by Dr Perran Ross at the University of Melbourne.  Researchers spent a decade studying the Wolbachia bacterium that ...

Third-year nursing student Shamsiya Hassam Mooradun recently attended a virtual Public Health Study Tour (PHST) program about Indonesia’s public health sector to aid in the development of her nursing career. The two-week intensive program is intended to equip students with ...