Snap poll of 300 public sector nurses paints a picture of declining standards of care and poor staff morale. By Linda Belardi. Ninety per cent of Tasmanian public sector nurses believe that patient care is being compromised due to the ...

Dedicated research centre will focus on developing strategies to influence nursing practice and policy. By Linda Belardi. A five-year, multimillion-dollar research centre dedicated to improving nursing care has been launched at Griffith University. The first dedicated centre for research excellence ...

A Jimi Hendrix researcher is seeking to record the medical witness accounts of nurses at the death of the legendary guitarist back in 1970, Linda Belardi reports An American researcher is on an international hunt for a handful of nurses ...

Should nursing students be screened for emotional intelligence? The profession continues to debate the pros and cons. Flynn Murphy reports. Nursing students need better training in self-awareness and interpersonal communication to prepare them for the demands of the job, and ...

Childbearing linked to long life Women who have children live longer than those who don’t, according to a longitudinal study of 1500 women. The findings are based on a community study of older Australians in Dubbo, NSW. Analysing hospitalisation and death ...

A $1.2 billion workforce compact between government, providers and unions hopes to turn around the poor wages and working conditions in Australian aged care. By Darragh O Keeffe and Natasha Egan. The federal government’s aged care reforms are a victory ...

Nurses have served alongside Australia’s military forces in every conflict and peacekeeping mission since 1879. To pay tribute to their continuous service and legacy, the Perth Mint has released a special commemorative coin to coincide with Anzac Day. Designed by ...

Recent Florence Nightingale medal recipient Noela Davies talks to Linda Belardi about the highs and lows of being a conflict nurse. Flying over the vast swamp region of the Sudd in South Sudan during wet season is an awe-inspiring experience, ...

Now in its 62nd year, the Nurses Memorial Centre in Victoria is an important steward of Australia’s nursing history. By Linda Belardi. During a lengthy and arduous imprisonment in Japanese prisoner of war camps during WWII, an idea germinated that would ...

Fifteen countries have or are about to grant nurses prescribing rights. Marieke Kroezen traces the path to reform and asks whether the diversity in prescribing internationally will endure. When nurse practitioners here were given the authority to prescribe medicines in ...