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News
NHMRC announces dementia research budget
Plans include grants, campaign to attract talent from other fields. The NHMRC has unveiled plans for how the $200 million…
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Support for girls, women
Online resource aids the development of staff who address cases of genital mutilation. By Amie Larter. Nurses and midwives now…
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Efficiency experts
Conference speakers call for staff to spread the word about improving service to patients by expanding their scope of practice.…
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Specialty Focus
Team theme
Operating room nurses celebrate success and the importance of collaboration. Teamwork is being put into the spotlight in the surgical…
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Specialty Focus
Nurse endoscopy lights new pathways
Australia adopts new specialist area to meet a growing need. The demand for bowel cancer screening has led to an emerging…
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Clinical Practice
Let’s Close the Gap
Achieving equality between Indigenous and non-Indigenous healthcare outcomes will require collaboration, communication and the full deployment of nursing skills. Since…
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Clinical Practice
Dementia perceptions
A study collects opinions and beliefs from staff in RACFs. Researchers at the Dementia Collaborative Research Centre: Carers and Consumers,…
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Morality and morbidity
Distress from ethical quandaries takes its toll on workers. A lecturer in nursing from the University of the Sunshine Coast…
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Those $7 co-payments add up
Chronically ill, parents of young children face highest increases in cost of care, study shows. By Amie Larter. New research…
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Specialty Focus
Different paths, one end
Three different types of palliative care specialists discuss their roles and how to serve patients better. By Dallas Bastian. The…
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Industry & Reform
State of pay
Salaries and conditions vary greatly by state; as budget conditions look set to get worse, some stakeholders call for more…
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Clinical Practice
Fresh and focused
Third-year student’s perspective on cultural competence in midwifery lands her in journal. Koby Elliott, a third-year midwifery student at the…
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Wanted: your dusty old nursing journals
Professor puts out call for distinctively Australian tomes to be reproduced in new volumes. An Australian academic is on a…
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Industry & Reform
Staff turnover costs piling up
The health system needs better retention of nurses or the expense will be crippling. To ensure a sustainable health system…
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Specialty Focus
Form and substance
The nature of alcohol and drug services is changing to match new patterns of use and abuse. The alcohol and…
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Clinical Practice
The dance of pain
Learn the right movements within yourself to help patients deal with discomfort. As nurses, we all must deal with pain,…
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Technology
Get it into your system
Upcoming conference will explore how to bring IT online for maximum benefits and support from staff. The changing landscape of…
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Dementia supplement gone
Fifield cites eligibility blow-out; providers decry short notice. The government has announced it has decided to cease the dementia and…
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Workforce
Tweet your conscience
Twitter discussions and an upcoming summit are providing platforms for nurses to voice their concerns about ethics, organiser Cynda Rushton…
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Clinical Practice
New look, same rules
The cosmetic industry may put a new face on care, but under the surface the same rules and professional obligations…
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Public hospitals missing the mark
Report shows emergency departments, elective surgeries aren’t meeting benchmarks for timely service. Most states have failed to meet agreed upon…
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Clinical Practice
Fail safe
There needs to be more dialogue about workplace aggression and violence, a new report shows. Results from the recent The…
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