Paramedics and nurses reported poorer mental health and higher levels of social isolation than other health care workers during the pandemic, a new study has found. The pandemic has impacted nurses heavily, leading to higher chances of psychological stress such ...

Federal Labor has promised to launch a national health and wellbeing service for nurses and midwives to help ease “relentless” burnout and exhaustion across the sector. Speaking to health workers on Wednesday, opposition leader Anthony Albanese said Labor would commit ...

Nearly two years into a global pandemic, and with catastrophic bushfires before that, nurses are at an emotional breaking point and less willing to work, according to researchers. Research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) has found that the healthcare workforce ...

Unprecedented circumstances and workforce pressure has led more nurses, midwives and students to call for mental health support during COVID, a national counselling service has told Nursing Review. Mark Aitken, a registered nurse and manager from the Nurse & Midwife ...

It’s not hard to see how people working in the health care sector can develop a sense of powerlessness with the inevitable constraints, pressures and compromises we can face every day in our work. This might include a relentlessly busy ...

Burnout is on the rise in our health sector. It is an occupational phenomenon resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed – and, in the health and social sectors, chronic stress is the rule, not the ...

Nurses around the world are reporting that shift work is affecting their gut health, causing issues like diarrhea and irritable bowel syndrome. And now Australian researchers want to explore those ties across all spectrums of work. Lead researcher Dr Phillip ...

Nurse retention is a constant battle in healthcare. It has been estimated that to replace one registered nurse, it can cost anywhere between $17,728 and $104,686. The high stress environment can affect every nurse differently. Some will experience negative outcomes, ...

While the benefits of caseload midwifery for women are well documented, there has been debate regarding the impact of this model of care on midwives – including suggestions that it increases burnout. But a new Australian study has revealed that ...

Clinical supervision is effective at reducing stress and improving performance – but it requires full organisational support.  Healthcare organisations aspire to provide high-quality care to the community. The role staff play in achieving this is critical. In 1998, the World ...