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Online video consulting is a new way forward for rural health that’s dispensing with the need for people to travel long distances. By Susan Currie Residents of remote, regional and rural Australia all must factor in the tyranny of distance ...

The trauma of preterm delivery on the family unit cannot be underestimated. By Trudi Mannix Following the birth of a pre-term baby, parental stress levels are high. Emotions are mixed; parents are grateful that their baby is alive, but at ...

There is a desperate need for nurses in rural areas, but there’s also a great sense of potential for the nurses who do relocate. By Flynn Murphy I was at Royal Hobart, and I’d been there for 15 months,” recalls ...

The time has come for nurses to specialise in specific categories. Should paediatric nursing be one of them? By Louis White For a parent, there is nothing more precious than the welfare of their children. This care escalates off the ...

Now is the time for the government to direct incentives to the rural workforce.  Health Workforce Australia (HWA) has released an online consultation paper, Nursing Workforce Retention and Productivity, to encourage further feedback and discussion in regards to strategies to ...

Healthcare professionals must actively engage the general population in preventing norovirus outbreaks, says nurse Naomi Cook. By Amie Larter University of NSW researchers last year discovered the highly contagious ‘Sydney 2032’ strain, which health experts predict could infect up to ...

Internet and smartphone technology is helping women who are cancer survivors maintain wellbeing. By Aileen Macalintal The Queensland University of Technology leads the Women’s Wellness After Cancer Program, which teaches self-management via internet and smartphone technology. WWACP is one of ...

Part one of a two-part article from our legal correspondent. Posthumous sperm harvesting continues to develop as an intriguing and contentious issue. By Scott Trueman Posthumous sperm retrieval (PSR) is a procedure in which spermatozoa (sperm) is extracted from a ...

The ceaseless topic of who should pay for nursing continues to be argued in the halls of power. By Louis White The dual questions of how should we fund our health services and who should pay for nursing are being ...

Believed to affect over one million Australians, the incidence of macular degeneration is on the rise. By Amie Larter Age-related macular degeneration is the leading cause of blindness and loss of vision in Australia and affects one in seven people ...