"To know I’m safe and will be looked after." This is one of the most important needs of children in hospital, according to new Australian research. The study team, from Edith Cowan University, developed a questionnaire to get a sense ...
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Maggots found in patient’s mouth: Royal Commission Broome hearing
Maggots were found in the mouth of a respite patient at an aged care facility in Broome and the incident was reported anonymously to the aged care complaints commissioner. The Royal Commission's Broome hearing was told that during the course of ...
More »Geriatric outreach service avoids unnecessary ED presentations
An outreach service running out of Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital in Sydney is saving the NSW government $2 million a year and reducing pressure on its emergency department. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, there are approximately 270,559 people aged ...
More »Australian university unveils branded hijab for clinical practice
Muslim nursing and midwifery students at Western Sydney University now have the option to wear its first branded hijab for clinical practice. Dr Rakime Elmir, co-creator of the program and WSU deputy director of clinical education, said the hijab – which ...
More »Nurse named in Albanese’s shadow aged care team
MP and nurse Ged Kearney has been added to opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s aged care team. The former union leader, who won the federal seat of Batman for Labor, was named Shadow Assistant Minister on Sunday. Speaking to Nursing Review ...
More »Nurses and their role in greening our hospitals
As a student nurse, you can’t help but become acutely aware of the unnecessary environmental waste that is involved in providing hospital healthcare. In fact, it has been estimated that the Victorian public health services will be generating as much ...
More »Fears of scurvy outbreaks not just media fluff: hospital study
Older hospital patients are not getting all their vitamins. Recent Flinders University research has found large numbers in the cohort have been found to have severe vitamin C deficiency. The findings give some credence to previous media reports of increased ...
More »Parents of sick kids are essentially patients, need more attention
Hospitals will invite parents to remain with their sick children but they aren't given enough thought during their stay, an expert on childhood stress has argued. Stress directly affects parents’ ability to understand information, make decisions regarding their child’s care and look after ...
More »Ratios, ratios, ratios: Royal Commission Sydney hearing begins
You could be forgiven for missing the Lionel Bowen Law Building on Sydney’s Goulburn street. Its slate grey facade blends in on a sunless street situated between an apartment building and a decrepit looking car park. There is little fanfare ...
More »Benchmarks for aged care work conditions, equal pay urgent: experts
Better working conditions, increased spending and overall reform based on co-design principles is urgently needed in the aged care sector. That is according to a new report delivered by the Work and Family Policy Roundtable – a multi-disciplinary network of ...
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