A study has shown private nurse practitioner clinics do not conflict with or duplicate the traditional roles of the pharmacist. By Linda Belardi. Nurse practitioners in community pharmacies provide a timely, accessible, primary healthcare service and do not necessarily encroach ...

National survey paints bleak picture of nurse dissatisfaction. By Linda Belardi. The nursing workforce is facing a staff turnover crisis with 15 per cent of nurses saying they will leave the profession within a year, the first national survey of ...

Major stumbling blocks still exist for eligible midwives and nurse practitioners to take advantage of the government’s reforms. Linda Belardi reports. Fewer than five eligible midwives have managed to sign a collaborative agreement with a doctor, one year into the ...

Victorian midwifery graduates are frustrated over a lack of graduate positions, Linda Belardi reports. Less than half of Monash University’s midwifery graduates have been offered a graduate position within the state’s public maternity units next year. Dr Carole Gilmour, course ...

The development of specialist nurse credentialing in Australia has the potential to both empower nurses and improve patient care, writes Kim Ryan. The International Council of Nurses (ICN) has long recognised that setting standards for nursing education and practice is ...

Plans are well advanced to deliver a national approach to graduate recruitment. Graduate nurses unable to find work will be able to register their name on a website currently being developed by Health Workforce Australia. CEO, Mark Cormack confirmed to ...

The Victorian nurses' union has started up a hardship fund and is asking the public to donate to it because they believe their pay will be docked as they continue to defy orders to lift work bans. At a mass ...

The ANF denies its industrial action has put patient safety at risk at today’s Fair Work hearing. The Victorian government will ask Fair Work Australia today to terminate industrial action being taken by nurses, following the cancellation of 150 operations ...

Significant underemployment of graduates is predicted for 2012. Linda Belardi reports on how government policymakers are managing this workforce challenge. Australia is currently experiencing a boom in tertiary nursing enrolments. Federal government figures released in September show new commencements in ...

Mapping research launched to monitor the impact of moving health workforce. The NSW Nurses' Association in collaboration with Public Sector International (PSI) will undertake a joint research project to map the migration of health and social care workers into Australia. ...