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Starting work in paediatrics, especially on the oncology and hematology ward, can be daunting. It’s important to give yourself time to get your head around things. This is a key piece of advice that Andrew Grant, acting clinical nurse educator for ...

Australia’s peak body for asthma has called on health professionals to check their patients’ inhaler technique. The National Asthma Council Australia said it’s concerned that Australians are incorrectly using their inhalers, adding those most likely to do so include young ...

Funding and resource shortfalls. Staffing shortfalls. Skill-mix and knowledge deficits. These were some of the barriers to care delivery identified by RNs and enrolled nurses working in rural aged care, as part of a study exploring their perceptions of the ...

Prejudice. Harassment. Abuse. Violence. These are some of the issues driving transgender people to the margins of society, Australian researchers have said. It's there that they experience social isolation, poverty and poor health and wellbeing, explained the lead author of ...