A pilot education program is being implemented nationally to improve the skills of practice nurses in men’s health. By Linda Belardi. While primary healthcare settings may appear to be gender neutral places, they are often biased towards women, says registered ...

It is timely to ask whether the qualifications for nurses working in advanced positions need reviewing, writes Andrew Cashin. In Australia there are about 18 universities offering courses leading to nurse practitioner qualifications as standalone courses or in partnerships. Some ...

While nurses and healthcare professionals frequently top the list of the most trusted professions, it is critical for universities to challenge the status quo of ethics education, writes Sandy Lynch. One would argue with the proposition that healthcare professionals ought ...

Study calls for improved support services for cancer patients from CALD backgrounds. Cancer is more emotional distressing and frightening for migrants, according to new research. Professor Phyllis Butow from the University of Sydney, said cancer patients from culturally and linguistically ...

Labor will continue to lobby key cross benchers on private health insurance reforms. Health Minister Nicola Roxon has admitted the federal government won't be able to get its changes to the private health insurance rebate through the federal parliament this ...

Plans are well advanced to deliver a national approach to graduate recruitment. Graduate nurses unable to find work will be able to register their name on a website currently being developed by Health Workforce Australia. CEO, Mark Cormack confirmed to ...

The Victorian nurses' union has started up a hardship fund and is asking the public to donate to it because they believe their pay will be docked as they continue to defy orders to lift work bans. At a mass ...

ACT centre joins elite group of research facilities recognised by the International Council of Nurses. The ACT’s Research Centre for Nursing and Midwifery Practice has become the second research institution in Australia to receive formal accreditation from the International Council ...

Three out of four aged care workers say they'll leave the sector if the federal government doesn't address a wages gap. An online survey of aged care workers, conducted by the Australian Nursing Federation, has found 77 per cent of ...

Study finds two thirds of seniors drink at harmful levels and commonly engage in binge drinking. People in their 60s and older who enjoy a drink may be indulging a little too much and putting their health at risk, a ...