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Sue Denham, an emergency nurse practitioner, shares her experience implementing the practitioner role into the ED of a regional public hospital, despite many initial objections. It’s hard to believe I’m writing this and even harder to believe that only a ...

Breast care nurses help guide cancer patients in the right direction throughout their continuum.  About 113 out of every 100,000 Australian females will be diagnosed with breast cancer each year, a figure set to remain constant until at least 2020. ...

The Coalition pledges to help make Australia a world leader in Alzheimer’s fight. The Coalition will provide $200 million over five years for dementia research if elected, Opposition leader Tony Abbott announced in late August. About 1700 new cases of ...

More elderly patients are presenting in emergency departments, presenting new challenges for staff.  Emergency departments throughout the world are experiencing increased presentations of elderly patients, sparking concerns that procedures, along with physical design, may need to be rethought. In response ...

Researchers from Curtin University in Perth are developing an online program for Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) thanks to a $460,000 grant from the Department of Health and Ageing. Called OCD? Not Me! the program is aimed at young people aged 12 ...

A special iPhone case and app has been developed that can quickly and cheaply detect heart rhythm problems and prevent strokes. That’s according to University of Sydney research presented to the recent Australia and New Zealand Cardiac Society conference on ...

It’s one of the top 10 causes of death. Yet type 2 diabetes can be better managed if more research is done to help sufferers help themselves – especially in multicultural societies, say health experts.  Diabetes is one of the ...

Shadow Minister for Health, Peter Dutton, has announced a Coalition government will provide $10 million towards the ‘Peter’s Project’ campaign to build an integrated cancer care centre in western Victoria. Mr Dutton made the announcement in Warrnambool, alongside Peter’s Project ...

The results are in for Nursing Review’s Top 5 Inspirational Nurses poll for 2013: this is who you voted for.  The researcher: Karen-leigh Edward wants to get more nurses doing hands-on research Name: Karen-leigh Edward Position: Director of the Nursing ...

The use of ICU diaries as a tool to assist patients’ recovery and reduce their chances of developing post-traumatic stress disorder is gradually increasing throughout Australian hospitals.  Researchers around the world are homing in on the psychological impacts faced by ...