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 ...

It’s commonly thought that working as an aged care nurse comes with certain stereotypes. While some say it’s the end of a career, others believe helping people age is one of the most rewarding parts of the job. Envigor Home ...

Retail brand Jeanswest is set to celebrate its fans in a campaign featuring seven of its members, with a Hobart nurse among them. Gracie Patten, who works as a paediatrics and theatre nurse, will take centre stage in the brand's ...

Bullying in nursing is often dismissed as a rite of passage, yet the definition remains poorly defined. What exactly is bullying and is it in the eye of the beholder? That’s the question James Cook University’s Peter Hartin will answer ...

It happens to clinicians too. That’s one of the key messages of a study investigating intimate partner and family violence among female healthcare workers in Australia. For the study, Elizabeth McLindon from the University of Melbourne and the Royal Women’s ...