Queensland
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Workforce
Nurses wanted for Qld Health Boards
The Queensland state government are now accepting expressions of interest from nurses, doctors and other frontline clinicians for its Hospital…
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Culturally Informed Care
Prioritise First Nations kids’ health – QNMU
The Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union (QNMU) has demanded to know how the state government is addressing the significant disparity in…
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News
Surgeries postponed as flu cases spike
Health Minister Tim Nicholls confirmed on Wednesday that 185 category two and three surgeries would be delayed, with patients contacted…
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Industry & Reform
New Qld bill proposes allowing nurses to prescribe and administer abortion drugs
Queensland nurse practitioners and endorsed midwives will be allowed to prescribe termination-of-pregnancy drugs to a person in their early stages…
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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
Surge in students for fee-free nursing diploma
Mater’s nursing diploma applications have soared since the Queensland Government’s Fee-Free TAFE initiative. Applications for the Diploma of Nursing at…
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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
‘Alarming’ new research on vaping risks
A recent report on the chemical composition of 17 e-liquid vapes has uncovered alarming nicotine levels and other toxic chemicals,…
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Clinical Practice
‘It’s a joy to go to work’: 2023 HESTA nurse finalist pioneers liver health
Jeanette Tibbs, a community nurse working for Hepatitis Queensland in Coorparoo, has been named a finalist for HESTA's 2023 Nurse…
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