All doctors and nurse practitioners will be able to prescribe the pregnancy termination pills, and all pharmacies can stock it as new rules are brought in. Until now, prescribers and dispensers of the two-part medical abortion treatment needed extra certification ...
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Mother and daughter nursing duo celebrate graduation
A nursing professor said she felt immense pride as she watched her daughter graduate with a nursing degree from the same university she taught at. Barbara Black, who works as a nursing lecturer at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), ...
More »Student nurses lead the way in aged care placements
The Australian Primary Heath Care Nurses Association (APNA) has stationed its first 76 student nurses in aged care homes to complete their clinical placements. The students are part of a new Commonwealth-funded aged care placement program, where eventually, the residential ...
More »Access to contraception and safe abortion a major barrier for patients, report confirms
Cost of contraception, lack of workforce training and a insufficient services in rural areas are among the greatest barriers women face when accessing reproductive healthcare in Australia, according the findings of a Senate inquiry. Last month, the Senate released a ...
More »‘Essential’: hospital staffing key concern for NSW’s new health minister
The NSW Health Minister is prioritising fairer staffing ratios in hospitals and better working conditions for the state's frontline workers. Health Minister Ryan Park told Nursing Review he planned to address staffing shortages, high work pressure, and recruitment challenges. "We need ...
More »Nurses shaping the future of schizophrenia care
In light of Schizophrenia Awareness Day, groundbreaking research and a multidisciplinary approach could offer new hope for people living with the condition. Schizophrenia is a complex mental disorder that affects one in a hundred Australians. While treatment options exist, roughly 10 per ...
More »Accountability concerns rise for aged care nurses’ pay rise
Concerns are mounting among industry experts about the government's lack of enforceable rules to ensure the pay rise funds are distributed fairly. The Australian government committed $11.3bn over five years to fund the 15 per cent pay rise and on-costs ...
More »Experts to investigate chronic disease across Torres Strait Islands
A research team has embarked on a two-year project to design individual health screening tools and community-level interventions in the Torres Strait region. James Cook University's Healthy Ageing Research Team (HART) researchers joined forces with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ...
More »Aged care nursing worth ‘more than pay’
Aged care can offer nurses more diverse responsibilities, leadership opportunities, and stronger long-term relationships than in hospitals, a Sydney-based aged care provider chief has said. The sector is in dire need of additional staff to meet the 24/7 nursing mandate and 200 ...
More »New app can help nurses get better sleep
A "world-first" mobile phone app to assist vital shift workers improve their sleep and mood has been created by university researchers. A group of 27 shift workers, including intensive care and emergency department nurses who, were at “high risk” of ...
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