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We need to find graduate positions for new nurses to prevent a future staffing crisis. By Penny Paliadelis More than a decade ago, the National Review of Nursing Education report, Our Duty of Care, found that not all nursing graduates ...

“A victory for commonsense” is how the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) described the federal government’s decision to restore more than $100 million taken out of the Victorian public hospitals budget. “We acknowledge the redirection of funding for Victoria as a ...

Scientific advancements have revolutionised healthcare in Australia; people are living longer than ever before and treatment that once required hours of hands-on intervention can now be administered at the touch of button. The benefits of an efficient healthcare system are ...

Some nurses consider working with the elderly is not 'real' nursing but nothing could be further from the truth, writes Peter Kieseker. The implicit - and often explicit - message received during my study was: "Aged care - it's not ...

Bruno Cordier, a Perth-based palliative care nurse, has completed a 4097km bike ride across Australia, all in the name of charity. Cordier set off on his adventure from Sydney on January 11, reaching Perth on February 14. He rode unassisted ...

Private providers and government must work together to keep costs down in this growing area of nursing. By Mary Casey There have been many changes in the care and nursing industry in the past 10 years, especially in the community ...

Amie Larter talks to Neroli Ellis about the state of nursing in Tasmania. What were the main challenges for nurses in Tasmania throughout 2011- 2012? The significant budget cuts in health in this financial year resulted in the closure of ...

A newly created role in the Central Adelaide Local Health Network is set to strengthen links among nurses in South Australian hospitals and tertiary nursing educators and SA Health executives. The role, executive director of nursing, is to be shared ...

A new one-year course offers nurses the chance to fill in any gaps in aged care knowledge. Nurse graduate Emma Dunlevie has a clear and distinct passion for her work. In fact, when asked about her career prospects, she said ...

Treatment assistance for men with advanced prostate cancer is now available via an iPhone app. Simply called “adt”, which stands for androgen deprivation therapy, the free app is described as the first of its kind. It provides patients with automated ...