The roll out of e-health records present unique opportunities, and challenges, for aged care providers. Beverley Head reports. The Federal Government has released a draft concept of operations document regarding the use of personally controlled electronic health records (PCEHR) in ...

Zena Coffey is dedicated to good communication. It could be an episode from any one of the medical drama television shows: a man in cardiac arrest falls out of his car in front of the hospital. But it wasn’t a ...

Working the past four years in what many think of as a thankless job, Paul Esplin is exactly where he is meant to be. And where he is needed, writes Annie May. With a car for an office and seeing ...

A rapid-response nursing service for older people struggling in their homes has won the Innovation in Nursing category of the HESTA Australian Nursing Awards. Do whatever it takes and never say we can’t help. That is the philosophy of the ...

Five thousand years of knowledge might help you become a happier nurse, writes Peter Kieseker. Why is it there are so many unhappy nurses around? So many nurses that have dedicated years of training and study yet find themselves in ...

The use of high-fidelity manikin simulation is only one way of using simulation in nurse education. Annie May reports. Where is their bedside manner? That is the question many experienced nurses ask when students or recently trained nurses arrive on ...

While there is a place for simulated learning in midwifery education, it cannot replace clinical practice, writes Fiona Bogossian. In 2006, the Council of Australian Governments committed to a national health workforce reform package. In 2010, Health Workforce Australia (HWA) ...

New evidence-based best practice continence education is being provided to aged care facilities. Concerned that many nurses lack sufficient knowledge and skills to deal with incontinence problems, Lille Healthcare is now providing evidence-based best practice continence education to aged care ...

The continuing shortage of donor organs has rekindled the debate to modify or change Australia’s allocation model. Annie May reports. Does Australia need a new kidney allocation scheme to address the current shortage of deceased donor kidneys for transplantation? And ...

There is increasing evidence that home dialysis has not only a number of clinical and social benefits for patients, but financial benefits for the health system. Annie May reports. Each year there are more and more Australian’s who require dialysis ...