You can’t give 100 per cent if you do not look after yourself. This is a key point Red Cross aid worker Nuran Higgins raised when discussing her recent work in the earthquake-devastated regions of Nepal. Higgins recently returned from ...
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Nurse’s calm in a storm recognised with Nurse of Year award
An aged-care nurse who spearheaded efforts to ensure the safety and care of her residents during severe storms that lashed the NSW Lake Macquarie region has been named Australia’s Nurse of the Year. Catrin Dittmar, a nurse at the RSL ...
More »Juvenile approach: teens need medicine tailored for them
What is the appropriate age for a teenager to take responsibility for their own medicine? It’s not a question with a clear-cut answer. NPS MedicineWise, an Australian not-for-profit organisation, wants to educate teens and their families on the importance of ...
More »Links between mental health, culture new focus at school
Undergraduate students in healthcare need a broader understanding of mental health and how it relates to modern cultural issues, the Flinders University School of Nursing and Midwifery has decided. To highlight the connections between mental health and cultural issues, the ...
More »Quality work placements changing perceptions about aged care
There is an ever-increasing need for aged-care professionals in Australia. At the same time, service providers struggle to recruit enough RNs for these positions. This is particularly true in rural and regional areas. Researchers from Charles Sturt University have not stood idle in ...
More »Contraception education not getting to everyone
Unplanned pregnancies in Australia are connected with various forms of disadvantage, as well as with ill-informed women and men. A recent nationwide study by Monash University showed that most unwanted or unexpected pregnancies are linked to sexual coercion, social disadvantages, rural ...
More »RDNS to serve up healthy food with Beer
Aged-care residents are set to be among the “tens of thousands” of beneficiaries of a new partnership between the Royal District Nursing Service and the Maggie Beer Foundation aimed at delivering healthy food messages. In the deal, announced this week, the RDNS ...
More »Academy of Health and Medical Sciences names first nurse fellow
Griffith University professor of nursing Claire Rickard has become the first nurse ever to be made a fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences. Rickard is director of the Alliance for Vascular Access Teaching and Research (AVATAR), a research ...
More »Aged-care minister accused of dismissing pay concerns
The ANMF has added to recent pressure on Health and Aged Care Minister Sussan Ley to address pay and staffing issues in the sector, urging the government to devise a workforce strategy in order to guarantee quality care for aging ...
More »Mental Health Nurse of Year leader in crisis assessment
Canberra nurse Bill Bailey has been nominated Mental Health Nurse of the Year by the Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN). Established by the ACMHN in 2008, the Mental Health Nurse of the Year award promotes the importance of ...
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