This article explores the relationship between physical trauma, psychological trauma and the integration of trauma informed care in a modern hospital setting. Traumatic physical injury is the leading cause of death in the first four decades of life. It accounts ...

The beef between the aged care sector and the government over restrictive measures in the sector looks to have been settled, with the announcement of a draft code of conduct on visitation rights as well as a $205 million bump ...

The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 35,000 health workers have contracted COVID-19 worldwide, while the International Council of Nurses (ICN) says that around 100 nurses have died of the virus – and the number could be much higher. 2020 ...

Nick Hayward is only six weeks or so into his nursing career and although he has come to the job later than some – aged 31 – he is finally joining the family business. Both his mother and sister are ...

Don’t lock residents away from their families. That was the message Prime Minister Scott Morrison and chief medical officer Brendan Murphy sent to aged care providers in an address last week. Now, aged care providers are calling on government to ...

Sportswear giant Nike is getting into the healthcare game again, this time manufacturing face shields and respirators for local nurses short of vital PPE. As COVID-19 has torn through nations around the world, stories have emerged of chronic shortages of ...

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused a Tasmanian aged care worker of lying about their contacts after testing positive for COVID-19. This comes in the same week as his Chief Medical Officer accused Tasmanian health workers of having an “illegal ...

We might not be able to see it, but whenever we speak or cough or hiccup, we expel a kind of ‘mouth rain’ – a shower of tiny droplets that is thought to travel at least 1.5 metres. It is ...

Nurses are presently working amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But can a nurse legally refuse to work? Most nurses are employed pursuant to a contract of employment. This is a legally binding arrangement between the employer and nurse. It sets out ...

Boris Johnson made international headlines earlier this month when he contracted COVID-19, and now, discussing his recovery, the British Prime Minister has credited two nurses with saving his life. In a public statement, Johnson said: “The reason in the end ...