Caring for others can mean nurses neglect to manage their own feelings. Here’s how to improve your wellbeing.  Graduate nurse Laurie Bickhoff knew her career would be punctuated with emotional distress when she was assigned to care for a patient ...

Madonna Grehan offers health researchers a timely reminder of the power and pitfalls of oral history. When it comes to health history and nursing, there are all sorts of complex subjects: abortion; adoption; the care of the mentally ill and ...

Nursing job interviews can be tough; do your homework and brush up on how to present yourself if you want to impress. The one thing standing between you and your dream job: the interview. Often considered nerve-racking and stressful, a ...

Aged-care worker, infant health team take other top honours at HESTA awards.  A mental health nurse from Melbourne has been named Nurse of the Year at the recent HESTA Nursing Awards. Steve Brown, from NorthWestern Mental Health, was recognised for ...

Clinicians and educators both need more realistic understanding of how prepared newly registered nurses are for practice.  I fully agree with Debra Thoms’ article, “Transitions require support” (Nursing Review, April); transition to practice does indeed require support. I also concur ...

A recent road trip to parts of western Victoria gives a reminder of why nurses and midwives occupy such a revered place in local history.  Around Australia, in suburbs and in most sizeable country towns, you’ll find a local history ...

Sue Peter, who found her life’s calling in pediatrics, defines leadership in her field.  Thirty-three years ago, Sue Peter, director for clinical commissioning for the Perth Children’s Hospital project, walked into a pediatric ward during her adult-based nursing training. Instantly, ...

Living one’s dream requires so much more than entertaining oneself with fantasies inside one’s head.  To manifest our dreams, we must start, maintain and finish a plan of action, just like a care plan we create for our clients. If ...

Nurses should prepare their own road maps to career success as early as possible. And it all starts with passion.  Nurses have numerous opportunities to advance health and elevate the profession. To do this effectively, they must commit to ongoing ...

Take a voyage across the Aegean Sea and witness the history of World War 1 ANZAC nurses.  ‘Is there anything new that can be said about World War I?’ was the topic of a Victoria University of Wellington conference last ...