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At a time when birth rates are falling, nurses are at the vanguard of fertility and conception health treatment.  Since 1976, Australia’s total fertility rate has been below replacement level – the average number of babies born to each woman ...

Around 4000 nurses came to Melbourne for the ICN 25th Quadrennial Congress. The six-day event started on Saturday 18 May with an opening ceremony that included a parade of nations, presentation of awards and entertainment from Deborah Cheetham. The theme ...

Should the recent spate of violence towards nurses in Victoria and other states raise the alarm on national hospital safety?  In Victoria, nurses have once again called on the government to action the recommendations set down by the 2005 Victorian ...

The government has chosen to take the “responsible course” to delay the return to surplus in order to “support jobs and growth in an uncertain world”.  Treasurer Wayne Swan made these announcements when delivering the federal government’s election budget – ...

We conclude this two-part article on a matter of serious ethical relativism. By Scott Trueman This second article concerns the contentious and emotive issue of harvesting sperm from deceased males and then using the same to bring about the birth ...

Technology looks set to blitz time-honoured Australian nursing procedures.  Paper records are taking a back seat to e-health and e-learning, and clinical informatics is making inroads on Australian nursing practices. Schemes already in place include electronic admission risk screening tools ...

Experts discuss how access to big data can advance patient care.  In a world of technology moving at a breakneck speed, detecting and analysing health situations as they happen in real time is no longer an impossibility, as more and ...

We are more likely to pass away in hospital, among strangers, than at home surrounded by our own, which places nurses in a new ethical position.  Traditionally, before we entered the modern era of nursing, a large portion of people ...

Vitamin D deficiency does not display obvious symptoms, nor is it often diagnosed by doctors. But when left unaddressed, it can have significant health effects. Vitamin D is a hormone that controls calcium levels in the blood, crucial for bone ...

Following Palliative Care Week, professor Patsy Yates, president of Palliative Care Australia, explains the role nurses can play. Throughout our lives, every one of us will experience the loss of someone close, whether a family member, neighbour or friend. At ...