Edith Cowan University
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News
Australia has had school nurses for more than 100 years – but we don’t use them enough
Teachers are not always equipped to deal with the growing health needs of their students, from mental health challenges to…
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Clinical Practice
Subsidised flexible courses for mental health nurses
Almost half of all Australians have experienced a mental health disorder in their life. However, a dramatic shortage of mental…
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Specialty Focus
‘It’s hard, but I love it’: Nursing student competes in University Olympics
Nursing and gymnastics – two seemingly different areas find a harmonious union in Amanda Edwards' life as she balances her…
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Technology
New program to help nurses learn to de-escalate violence in hospitals
A new project will allow student nurses to learn how to negotiate verbal and physical abuse without being put in…
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Clinical Practice
WA uni opens $17m centre to train more rural nurses
A Western Australian university has launched a new research department to help train and drive more nurses into remote healthcare…
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News
Professor Whitehead named WA nurse of the year
Professor Lisa Whitehead has been awarded the WA Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Award. The Edith Cowan University professor was handed…
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Clinical Practice
Secret ingredient in black tea may prevent heart disease
A cup of black tea each day could help stave off heart disease and reduce pressure on hospitals, a new…
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Specialty Focus
Workforce shortage will stay if nurses can’t graduate: Q&A
Financial barriers for students and an unwillingness of hospitals to provide practice placements are hindering studying nurses from graduating, a…
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Specialty Focus
Nurses as a safe haven for festival goers using drugs: Q&A
As Australia's festival season fast approaches, an expert has warned the public and the nation's healthcare staff to be wary…
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Industry & Reform
The need to reinvent nursing’s ‘martyr’ image: podcast
In an attempt to plug staffing gaps, the Victorian government has started offering free degree places in nursing, but experts…
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