Nurses join aged care workforce from new graduate program. The first cohort of registered nurses have successfully completed Bupa Care’s new graduate nursing program in aged care. The one year program, run in conjunction with The College of Nursing is ...

Victoria to get an extra 1700 nurses under Labor government pledge. Victorian Labor has promised to employ an extra 2800 doctors, nurses and health professionals if re-elected in a bold bid to take the upper hand on health. The new ...

Patients believe nurse practitioners provide more choice and better access to primary care, research found. Australians know the difference between being sick and needing a doctor and those "everyday health concerns" when a nurse practitioner would suffice, preliminary research shows. ...

Urgent action is needed to treat depression in cancer patients. The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses and the Australian Nursing Federation are concerned that systematic failures are leading to a lack of depression diagnosis for women with breast cancer. ...

One in 20 elderly Australians who undergo surgery die within a month of going under the knife, new research finds. A major review of operations performed in Australian and New Zealand hospitals has found 5 per cent of patients aged ...

Protests are due to take place in a number of Sydney hospitals this week, as nurses call for reform. Nurses campaigning for a major reform of the NSW public health system are planning to protest at Sydney's Liverpool Hospital amid ...

The new national pregnancy helpline has received three times more calls than the old service. The new national pregnancy helpline has received three times more calls than the old service, which barred counsellors from discussing abortion. The federal government established ...

The MyHospitals website will be online in December with information about public hospitals in all states and territories– including Western Australia. Patients will be able to jump online to compare the performance of hospitals via a website to be launched ...

Hundreds of nursing jobs were cut in Sydney's west and north shore and the NSW central coast in the 12 months to June 2010, the state opposition says. Freedom of Information documents have revealed 340 nursing jobs were shed by ...

Collaborative and integrated model of practice is necessary. The Australian Greens are calling for a more unified approach to make homebirths a suitable option for Australian mothers. Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens health spokesperson, said homebirth was a popular option in ...