A new study by Monash University has found multiple barriers holding female nurses back from being considered, applying for, or accepting leadership positions. Research spanning decades identified that healthcare systems and organisations limit female nurses' skill acquisition, motivation, and opportunities ...

As the world continues to navigate through an unprecedented and ever-changing pandemic, the role of nurses remains visibly crucial to the care of patients. After all, it is our nurses who spend, and continue to spend, enormous amounts of time providing direct care to patients who ...

Healthcare is one of the few industries dominated by female employees, yet in these industries CEO roles are only held by women 37.6 per cent of the time and key management positions are held by women 48.2 per cent of the ...

Job opportunities for nurses are growing faster than the workforce as a whole, and nurses with postgraduate qualifications will reap the greatest rewards as the health industry expands and becomes more complex. The evolution of the industry is being driven ...

The role of the nurse has probably never been more important in society than today. An ageing population combined with record hospital admissions and cuts to health budgets around the country, topped with pressure to discharge patients as soon as ...

Opportunities abound for leadership and reform as new WA chief nurse takes office.  Meet WA’s new chief nurse and midwifery officer, Karen Bradley. An RN with a master’s degree in leadership, Bradley has more than 25 years’ experience within a variety ...

Leadership has a key role in determining culture, but all of us can have an influence on the culture in which we work. We hear in our daily work many comments about the culture of the workplace. At times these ...

Amie Larter talks to Neroli Ellis about the state of nursing in Tasmania. What were the main challenges for nurses in Tasmania throughout 2011- 2012? The significant budget cuts in health in this financial year resulted in the closure of ...

Summit delegates called on RCNA to provide a platform from which the nursing profession can demonstrate unity and call for collective action. At the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) National Nursing Summit held in Canberra over two days from ...