“You would have to pry it from my cold dead hands.” This was one of the comments shared by the participants of a study on the views of nurse managers and student nurses concerning the use of smartphones and tablets ...
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Midwives report high levels of burnout, severe depression
There is a high prevalence of personal and work-related burnout, depression, anxiety, and stress among Australia’s midwives, new research has found. Published in BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, the study gathered responses from over 1000 nurses and measured them against the ...
More »Interactive map tracks Australia’s hepatitis C progress
Australian health professionals now have access to an interactive online portal designed to track the nation’s progress in the fight against hepatitis C virus. The resource, called Spread the Cure and supported by pharmaceutical company MSD, also aims to raise ...
More »Polypharmacy linked to higher hospitalisation
Residents taking nine or more medications have an 89 per cent higher risk of hospitalisation than those who take less than nine, the authors of a new study have said. Conducted by Monash University researchers and staff from Resthaven, the ...
More »Make end-of-life care a key priority on COAG agenda: peak body
Palliative Care Australia (PCA) has congratulated ministers Ken Wyatt and Greg Hunt on their new cabinet positions, while acknowledging the work of previous minister for health and aged care Sussan Ley. PCA chief executive Liz Callaghan took the opportunity to ...
More »From Cuba to the UK: insights from primary care models around the globe
Primary healthcare networks will likely benefit by thinking outside the box to consider less traditional approaches to problems that persist despite best efforts, experts in the field have said. Dr Petra Bywood and Dr Katrina Erny-Albrecht, both from Flinders University, ...
More »Misconceptions and hospital systems restricting older patients’ food intake
"I don’t eat when I’m sick." "The smell of food makes me feel nauseous." "I’m quite depressed at the moment. When you get like that you don’t feel like eating much." These were some of the sentiments shared by participants ...
More »Nursing students take to Twitter to form journal club
An Australian university has swapped out traditional journal clubs for a Twitter-based group to improve students’ engagement with evidence-based practice. A research team from the University of Technology Sydney, led by Dr Caleb Ferguson from the Graduate School of Health, ...
More »Article drills down through health concerns associated with unconventional gas mining
Australian health experts have urged state and federal governments and local councils to protect rural populations from the multiple potential health risks associated with unconventional gas mining. The call comes from an article, published this week in Rural and Remote ...
More »Clinical hypnosis reduces pain, anxiety for children with serious burns: study
Hypnotherapy may reduce anxiety and pain amongst children being treated for serious burns, a new study has found. Study lead Stephen Chester, a PhD candidate with the University of Queensland (UQ), said previous research had shown adults with burns benefited ...
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