Australia’s approach to the mental health care sector still has a way to go, but there has been – and continues to be – some positive shifts and trends.  You may be surprised by how much research goes into the ...

Job opportunities for nurses are growing faster than the workforce as a whole, and nurses with postgraduate qualifications will reap the greatest rewards as the health industry expands and becomes more complex. The evolution of the industry is being driven ...

Nurse numbers play a key role in preventable deaths. That’s one of the key findings of PhD research by Charles Darwin University’s Dr Melanie Underwood, who used coronial reports to analyse nurse-related adverse events resulting in the death of patients. ...

Healthcare continues its lead as Australia’s biggest employer while community services helps to boost growth in job ads, according data from employment marketplace SEEK. Overall, job ads were up 16.5 per cent in April compared with 12 months ago, and ...

The health sector is undergoing rapid and widespread change. Substantial technological developments are opening new avenues for diagnosing and caring for patients. The implementation and ongoing utilisation of this technology depends on qualified individuals being provided with the skills and ...

People with liver disease in south-east Queensland can access mobile, life-saving treatments, West Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities are treated better when accessing health services, and patients with difficulty communicating are able to make their preferences known – ...

The aged care sector is facing a potential shortfall of 80,000 workers over the next five years. That’s one of the key findings of a new HESTA report that draws on its more than 200,000 members working in the space ...

A five-minute drive is all it takes Nicole Murphy to travel to work every day in the small community of Weipa. Short compared to the road she has travelled to get here. The day we talk, I am holed up ...

Once a patient assumes an in-patient status in a hospital, it thereby creates a duty of care concerning protection of the patient from foreseeable acts of harm. Liability is not potentially limited to acts of harm committed by staff and/or ...

Be bold. Be visible. Be a leader. The former president of the American Academy of Nursing, Dr Diana Mason, has challenged nurses to this ahead of her keynote presentation at today's 2018 ACN Policy Summit. The event is being held ...