midwifery
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Career & Learning
CPD made easy – The experts’ guide to continuing professional development
Nursing is one Australia’s most in-demand professions, despite nurses and midwives already representing over half of the nation’s health workforce.…
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Technology
Covid genome sequencing now protecting NICU babies
Anyone who has spent time inside a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) knows it’s intense. For the tiny babies cared…
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Industry & Reform
Birth Trauma Report – govt responds, advocates want bolder action
The NSW government have issued their response to the Parliamentary Inquiry Report into Birth Trauma, committing to the support of…
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Top Stories
Inadequate pay rises for NSW nurses and midwives’ creates “wage curse”
A new report claims that the public sector 'wages cap' enforced by the NSW Treasury between 2011 and 2023 has…
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Clinical Practice
VR helping midwives in rural Qld deliver babies
Virtual reality (VR) is helping to create safer birthing experiences for Queensland mothers and their babies in remote towns. Nurses…
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Clinical Practice
Five new initiatives to help rural QLD maternity services
The Queensland Government has introduced new initiatives to boost regional maternity services in rural and remote areas. As part of…
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News
‘We deserve better’: Queensland midwives protest for funding
Yesterday, Queensland midwives rallied outside of Parliament House, calling for urgent funding from the state government. In June this year,…
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Specialty Focus
‘A magical experience’: Taryn’s journey of becoming a rural midwife
A 23-year-old described her journey of becoming a midwife in rural South Australia as 'a magical experience', where she made…
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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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Specialty Focus
Study reveals ‘decades’ of maternity care access issues for women in rural areas
Women from disadvantaged backgrounds in rural Australia are facing significant barriers to accessing quality maternity care, new research shows. A…
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