The need for better English, a strong dollar and fewer clinical training places are proving to be a disincentive overseas, writes Annabel McGilvray. After years of rapid growth in international student numbers, nursing schools around Australia are contemplating tightening their ...

High cost of smoking The annual social cost of smoking in Victoria is almost $7 billion, according to a recent report. The research by Professor David Collins of Macquarie University and Professor Helen Lapsley of University of Queensland estimated the ...

Health news briefs from around the globe Researchers hail big increase in US nurses Significantly more young people in the US are becoming registered nurses, reversing a 10-year decline, according to research published in the health policy journal Health Affairs. The ...

National registration and accreditation for nurses has been one the big changes over the past 15 years. By Rosemary Bryant. As an avid reader of Nursing Review, I would like to acknowledge this 15th anniversary edition and recognise the work ...

The ongoing challenge of providing quality clinical placements for students finally has national leadership and vision, write Kim Usher and Jane Mills. One of the most challenging problems for nursing in Australia is providing the on-the-job training – or clinical ...

An RAAF reservist in Afghanistan transformed the medical support for NATO forces and war victims. Linda Belardi reports. A trauma care nurse has set a new standard and helped speed up treatment time for injured military personnel in the battlefield. ...

Adaptability, innovation, and political savvy have endured throughout our nursing history. By Pamela Wood. The past has great potential. It is a rich source of ideas, insights and lessons to be learnt. It shows us our strengths and failings. It ...

The emergence of nurse practitioners in Australia has profoundly changed the nursing profession, Flynn Murphy reports. An article published in the British Medical Journal begins with the question: “Nurse or minor medical practitioner?” It continues: “There is a real risk of ...

From the Zululand War of 1879 to the long conflict in Afghanistan, the Australian War Memorial commemorates the history of service of military nurses. By Linda Belardi. From the birth of Australian military nursing in 1879, nurses have formed an ...

An Australian leader in medical education is helping to raise standards and drive down the error rate at hospitals around the world. By Linda Belardi. The former head of the NSW Health Care Complaints Commission, Professor Merrilyn Walton, is the ...