ACU signs student exchange agreement with Washington uni, writes Annette Blackwell Nursing students from Georgetown University in Washington DC will study in Australia under a recent agreement signed with an Australian university. Two students from Georgetown University School of Nursing ...

Ensuring the quality of aged care training has been made a priority by the new national regulator of the vocational education and training sector, reports Natasha Egan From January, the Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) will scrutinise registered training organisations ...

Changing fertility patterns have created strong demand in reproductive health information for women over 30. By Linda Belardi. Increasing abortion rates among women aged over 30 in Adelaide’s southern suburbs has triggered a community awareness campaign to better support women ...

Tanya Plibersek will be sworn in as federal minister for health in Sydney tomorrow. Nurses and doctors have welcomed incoming health minister, Tanya Plibersek, who was elevated to cabinet in yesterday’s ministerial reshuffle. Nicola Roxon, who leaves the health portfolio ...

New research will examine the legal, human and economic impacts of treatment given to dying patients. Queensland researchers have launched a three year project to examine why futile medical treatment is, at times, provided to dying patients. The study will ...

The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists has voiced its opposition to a parliamentary push to review smoking laws in mental health facilities. Doctors are urging the West Australian government to dump a proposal to reverse smoking bans ...

QLD’s largest government department to be split into two in wake of fraud scandal. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has announced she will dismantle Queensland Health and set up two new agencies in its place. Bligh said one entity will focus ...

Nurses can comment on workforce and quality of care issues affecting the sector in a national survey by NR’s sister publication. Nurses working in aged care and those with an interest in gerontology are being encouraged to have their say ...

Lorna Johnston has become the first Australian former prisoner of war to receive an official apology from the Japanese government. Japan has voiced "deep remorse and a heartfelt apology" to a 96 year old former nurse and other Australians it ...

Large study on hypertension management has shown regular visits with GPs and practice nurses can lower blood pressure in patients People have a greater chance of lowering their blood pressure if they see their GPs more often and take higher ...