Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this material may contain images of deceased persons. Across the vast, red desert of northwest South Australia, Terrie Ivanhoe is helping to deliver the COVID-19 response in the country’s most remote Indigenous ...

Nurses who have taken a prolonged break from their careers are being offered short courses to fast-track their return to the workforce.  La Trobe University’s ‘re-entry to practice course’ is the only approved 10-week course in Australia available for nurses ...

“I’ve had a patient strangle me, throw poo on me, throw urine at me. I’ve been spat at,” said registered nurse Jackson Heilberg in his short docu-series about violence in nursing.   “The verbal abuse is mind-blowing,” said another nurse. ...

The United National International Equal Pay Day, celebrated on 18 September, was a reminder to all employers that the gender pay gap is an ongoing problem in Australia across professions, including in nursing and healthcare. More needs to be done ...

A search is underway to find a man who allegedly assaulted a nurse at a medical centre in Sydney’s Inner West last month. NSW Police were called to the Glebe Point Rd business at about 11.45am on August 27. They were told ...

A weekend lie in could go a long way to fighting depression, according to new research. Academics from Yonsei University in South Korea looked at the sleep of 5500 people to see if there is an association between weekend catch-up ...

Newly found blood biomarkers could help diagnose Alzheimer’s disease more than a decade before symptoms start to emerge. A world first study from researchers at Macquarie University identified a protein in the blood which could lead to low cost screening ...

Hundreds of Queensland nurses who oppose the health worker vaccine mandate may walk out of their jobs, according to a state employee union.  Nurses Professional Association of Queensland (NPAQ) Secretary Aenghas Hopkinson-Pearson said within the past week the union has ...

The first large scale government report on dementia in Australia was released today to mark the start of Dementia Action Week (September 20-26). Dementia in Australia, carried out by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), is the first report ...

With ongoing social distancing and lockdowns, the use of telemedicine has skyrocketed across the globe, with more patients than ever reaching for the phone to meet their healthcare needs. A new survey has delved into how primary care nurses have ...