Many stresses and strains are putting nurses under growing pressure at work, contributing to physical and mental health problems. With care and the right policies, however, these can be managed.  Despite the risks, nursing is a highly rewarding career. Being ...

A former district nurse reflects on how little the role has changed as today’s generation looks after her.  Maureen Lockie began her career as a district nurse more than 60 years ago and now, at the age of 93, is ...

Leading nursing experts want to make aged care the profession’s top priority for the year ahead.  Nursing organisations and professionals from around Australia have agreed: aged care will be one of the biggest issues on the agenda in 2014. This ...

There’s a growing call for nurses to make their voices heard in public life, to stand up for the disadvantaged and for the future of the profession.  Anna Groth is a leader of the future and exactly what Australian nursing ...

In her mission to educate and to promote evidence-based care, Lauren Boxsell has been a source of inspiration at the Melbourne hospital where she works.  Meet Lauren Boxsell, Clinical Nurse Educator in the emergency department  at Box Hill Hospital in ...

History teaches nursing students that their leadership and their vision are vital.  Next year a four-year program of events gets under way to mark the centenary of the landing of the Anzacs at Gallipoli in 1915. During this important period, ...

At the recent National Nursing Forum, a searching and necessary conversation opened up the pressing issue of standards of care and the public perception of nurses.  "The causes of disasters in care, such as at Mid-Staffordshire, were identified: inadequacy of ...

There’s a growing call for nurses to make their voices heard in public life, to stand up for the disadvantaged and for the future of the profession.   "As a profession, it’s up to all of us to think about ...

Nurse with open hands, hearts and minds. Nursing practice is based on a biopsychosocial model of nursing care. Nurses interact with their clients from biological, psychological and sociological perspectives. The biological component of the model includes the use of our ...

A study that takes a generational approach to exploring nurses’ attachment to the workforce has thrown up some surprising findings.  Considering the impact of a nurse’s generation on their intent to continue in the profession may yield some effective retention ...