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A group of teachers of health professionals have produced a useful book that addresses the challenges of moving from caring for patients to teaching students. By Dallas Bastian. The challenges of navigating a shift from clinical nursing practice to an ...

Partnership will include clinical placements for students, career development.  The first TAFE-based hospital is in the works. The $126 million joint venture between Holmesglen Institute and Healthscope would generate about 150 beds initially, with the prospect of an increase to ...

As childhood obesity affects more and more families, nurses must prepare to help parents address the problem.  Australian children are dying from obesity and, according to a Sydney nurse specialist, it’s impossible to know the extent of the problem. For ...

Advocates say much more could be done to protect healthcare workers from needlesticks and other sharps injuries.  Needlestick and sharps injuries have been a focus of National Safe Work Australia Month. The injuries can come with the risk of serious ...

Criteria-led discharge is still a developing system but it’s already helping nurses move patients out of surgical wards more quickly.  The effectiveness of criteria-led discharge is being evaluated within a gastrointestinal surgical ward. Flinders Medical Centre has adopted the approach ...

Alert system promises to cut workload for nurses whilst improving patient safety.  A program designed to allow nurses to communicate with patients more efficiently could be implemented in hospitals this year. When the computer program, called patient focused care, completes ...

Case of teen with Hodgkin’s raises question of whether a life is always best served by trying to save it.  Medical treatment, even if life-saving, cannot be forced upon an adult. For underaged children, however, such decisions can be made ...

These nurses play a vital role in caring for patients as they experience one of life’s toughest challenges.  This year alone, an estimated 124,910 new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in Australia, a figure which is set to rise ...

Officials sound off after regulator requests feedback on refresher courses for nurses and midwives. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (National Board) has called for public consultation on its guidelines for re-entry to practice. In a media statement, the ...

Digital hospital promises benefits in efficiency, safety and care.  Plans are under way for the first fully integrated digital hospital. UnitingCare Health will expand the St Stephen’s day hospital at Hervey Bay, which will house 96 beds. It will be ...