Nursing has changed enormously since I started my nursing training as one of the last cohort of solely hospital trained nurses in the late 1980s. Although we transitioned to a degree qualified profession more than 30 years ago, there are ...
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Is it time to rethink the age-old use of the cannula?
Around 7.7 million Australians get a cannula or 'drip' placed each year and the procedure can be a painful experience. That may be about to change with a new clinical standard that aims to provide national guidance on best practice ...
More »Former nurse ‘disgusted’ after dad died following a 26-hour wait to be treated for a heart attack in a QLD hospital
A former nurse has vowed to “fight to the bitter end” to force change to Queensland’s beleaguered health system after his father died following a 26-hour wait in an emergency department. Neville Clayton died less than a week after he endured ...
More »Aged care plunged back into COVID crisis, two staff, one resident test positive
Aged care has been plunged back into the centre of a COVID-19 crisis as three people have tested positive for the virus in Victoria. Two staff members and one resident have contracted coronavirus at Arcare Maidstone, while it was also ...
More »Nurses retain top spot as most trusted profession in new survey
A recent Roy Morgan survey of Australians’ perceptions of the professions has once again put nurses at the top of the list. The Image of Professions Survey 2021 found 88 per cent of Australians rated nurses ‘high’ or ‘very high’ ...
More »Kiwi nurse who cared for COVID-stricken British PM quits NHS over lack of respect for nurses
The nurse who cared for British PM Boris Johnson when he was in intensive care with COVID-19, has quit the NHS over lack of respect for nurses. Kiwi Jenny McGee told the UK's Channel 4 that nurses felt the government ...
More »Not far enough: budget won’t fix aged care’s nursing problem
The Federal Government’s $17.7 billion of funding to the aged care sector is a significant start to improving outcomes for aged Australians, but it does not enough go far enough to solve the problems in aged care which are deep ...
More »The nurse’s role in transforming healthcare
As the world continues to navigate through an unprecedented and ever-changing pandemic, the role of nurses remains visibly crucial to the care of patients. After all, it is our nurses who spend, and continue to spend, enormous amounts of time providing direct care to patients who ...
More »Victorian nurse speaks out after she vaccinated just one person during eight hour shift
A Victorian nurse who administered only one COVID vaccine during an eight-hour shift has aired her dismay as concern mounts around the public’s uptake of the jab. The nurse, who works at a mass vaccination hub in the state, was left fuming ...
More »Victorian health Minister Martin Foley slams federal govt over $93 million cut to hospitals
Victorian health Minister Martin Foley says millions of dollars in funding slashed from the state’s hospitals will add intense pressure in the midst of a worldwide pandemic. Mr Foley said the federal government had cut an estimated $93 million from ...
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