A day after attending the G20 Summit in Osaka, at which world leaders pledged to strengthen health systems, the director-general of the World Health Organization made a surprise visit to a peak nursing conference to express his support for nurses worldwide. ...
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Taking healthcare to the streets: Kylie Ward
On any given night in Australia, over 100,000 people are homeless. The impact of not having a permanent residence goes far beyond simply not knowing where you might safely lay your head to sleep. Homelessness makes it difficult for people ...
More »Disaster nursing: are we prepared?
In the last decade, over 2.6 billion people worldwide have been affected by natural phenomena, from the 2013 Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa, to the 2017 mudslides in Sierra Leone, to the 2009 Black Saturday bush fires in Victoria. ...
More »Getting away from ‘tick-a-box’ approach to care: royal commission
“It is clear through my work as commissioner that older people are not always valued.” This is the opinion of Kay Patterson, Commonwealth Age Discrimination Commissioner and former Victorian senator who had a stint as state minister for health and ...
More »Out of the mouth of babes: kids say what’s important to them in hospital
"To know I’m safe and will be looked after." This is one of the most important needs of children in hospital, according to new Australian research. The study team, from Edith Cowan University, developed a questionnaire to get a sense ...
More »‘I had no idea that someone could possibly do that’: nurse recalls father’s mistreatment
A nurse who suspected her father was being mistreated in an aged care home caught a care worker roughly handling him a number of times, including smothering him with a cloth. Aged care provider Japara failed to act when Noleen ...
More »Mental health nurse jobs hindered by violence, aggression, stress
Mental health nurses (MHNs) make up the largest group of mental health workers in the country, but by 2030 there is projected to be a shortage of up to 18,500 nurses. Researchers believe this is, in part, due to workforce ...
More »Maggots found in patient’s mouth: Royal Commission Broome hearing
Maggots were found in the mouth of a respite patient at an aged care facility in Broome and the incident was reported anonymously to the aged care complaints commissioner. The Royal Commission's Broome hearing was told that during the course of ...
More »Nursing Review wrap: stories from around the world
Here are a few nursing stories from around the globe. Sexual harassment common in the UK A study in the UK by public service union Unison has found that one in 10 healthcare staff have been sexually harassed over the ...
More »Nurses courted by pharmaceutical companies, given financial incentives
New data shows that pharmaceutical companies are increasingly targeting non-prescribing health professionals, such as nurses, with financial gifts. Payments to doctors by pharmaceutical companies is commonplace and widely accepted, and there is currently no governmental regulation surrounding these types of ...
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