Education and employment trends for nurses are ready to soar as statistics in the Good Universities Guide show. Published by The Good Education Group, data shows that more than 250,000 jobs will be created over the next five years in ...

Training provider The Advanced Skills Academy has launched a new cosmetic injectors course to meet the rising demand for cosmetic procedures. The course is only open to RNs and doctors, who have seen the number of cosmetic procedures grow between ...

The recent announcement of a Royal Commission into aged care has brought issues of the staffing levels and skill mix of residential aged care facilities into focus. Demand for aged care services is increasing due to the ageing of the ...

Leave requests and unexpected absences in health facilities are often difficult to cover when the casual pool of staff are in short supply. This scenario is all too real for rural and remote health services around Australia and the weight ...

The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) has launched the NurseStrong Campaign aimed at encouraging nurses to focus on their health and wellbeing. CEO and Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward said that while nurses provide care to all communities in different sorts ...

Malawi-born Dr Fatch Kalembo has seen first-hand the challenges that children living with HIV in the region face – and it’s his experience as a nurse that is shepherding his academic career. After completing a bachelor of nursing at Kamuzu ...

We exist to inspire people to want to care, enable people to properly care and enhance life through care. Because how we care for our ageing is a reflection of who we are as a nation.” This is the vision ...

The Queensland University of Technology has honoured Patsy Yates with the title of distinguished professor, in recognition of her achievements and research in cancer and palliative care nursing. Yates, who is head of the School of Nursing and director of ...

Victorian nurses will monitor babies for early signs of autism during routine health checks under a new training plan. Minister for Early Childhood Education Jenny Mikakos recently announced the $1.1 million package, which will further deliver specialist training to maternal ...

Are child health nurses equipped to challenge racism in the workplace? The findings of a new study suggest that they don’t believe so. Flinders University researchers held focus group discussions with 31 child and family health nurses to find out ...