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Quick fixes and gimmicks are no safe way to weight loss and nutrition in the long term; learn to help patients steer clear of them. The Lemon Detox Diet, the Clay Diet, the Breatharian Diet, the Atkins Diet, the Wheat ...

A collaboration is set to direct $2.5 million to improve remote access to healthcare. Just under one-third of Australians, 29 per cent, live in regional and rural areas, an Australian Bureau of Statistics study completed in June 2013 states. Of ...

There are more overweight or obese men in Australia than women, yet most weight-reduction surgeries are performed on women. A team of researchers hopes to help change that. As the number of bariatric surgeries increases, the numbers of men receiving ...

Pre-hospital placements are offering nurses and students more chances for training and learning. Nurses and student nurses are increasingly exploring alternative and innovative ways to deliver care and develop their knowledge and skills in environments beyond the traditional hospital setting. ...

A sloppy, poorly constructed application can doom a deregistered worker’s hopes. The process of applying for reinstatement to the nurse’s register, having been suspended, is not to be taken in a cavalier fashion. The neatness or sloppiness of the application ...

Woman’s new musical show weaves together the joy, pain, compassion and humour of the profession. A Victorian nurse is touring her one-woman musical comedy act – a show born from a desire to promote the nursing profession. Zuleika Khan, who ...

ACN forum to discuss keeping ahead of the challenges. The Australian College of Nursing will soon hold its second National Nursing Forum, with a focus on Staying Ahead of the Game. In line with ACN’s new strategic direction of advancing ...

Virtual wards aim to reduce hospital readmissions; take a closer look at approaches in Australia and the UK. In the UK, virtual wards in the home are already in use. They have been employed with varying degrees of success. Now ...

The role of the nurse has probably never been more important in society than today. An ageing population combined with record hospital admissions and cuts to health budgets around the country, topped with pressure to discharge patients as soon as ...

'What’s special about mental health nursing?’ This question launched a three-year study into the nature, scope and consequences of nurses’ work in the mental health sector. “The question [was] posed in the context of what constitutes distinctive practice and how ...