Despite the impending epidemic, annual spend on dementia research is $20 million, compared to $160 million for cancer. The release of the ‘World Alzheimer Report 2010’ in Sydney recently has reinforced the seriousness of the impending dementia epidemic, but it ...

Deal with WA looks as unlikely as ever. West Australian Premier Colin Barnett has said he believes several states are prepared to pull out of the national health reform agreement. It is nearly six months since WA became the only ...

Union welcomes the Victorian government's plan for more emergency department nurses. An additional 34 nurses will be employed as part of emergency department response teams at 14 key Victorian metropolitan emergency departments during peak times of the day. Making the ...

New QLD Health payroll model to help deal with pay issues at a local level. Queensland Health says it's on track with its payroll bungle fix - injecting extra staff into special pay hubs at local hospital district level across ...

A new orientation program is helping nurses make the transition from hospital to general practice, writes Julieanne Crow. The Otway Division of General Practice (ODGP) has conducted an innovative Australian-first pilot orientation program designed for nurses in their first 12 ...

Pessimistic about job prospects in New Zealand, nursing students are looking across the Tasman. A snapshot survey of Dunedin third-year nursing students shows most want a job in New Zealand but the vast majority are pessimistic about their chance of ...

The 2010 Community and Primary Health Care Nursing Conference will bring together nurses working across the many areas of community and primary health care. Nurses have a presence in nearly all primary health care settings and are able to extend ...

The latest news from across the faculties. Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) meetings Throughout August and September all FACs held their quarterly meetings. Due to busy workloads, retirement and other commitments, resignations were received from the following members: Dan Gordon (New ...

Nurses are being asked to share their stories for a new book. Like everything we undertake, nursing is a journey. As nurses, we learn from our experiences, and sometimes from our mistakes. We also draw guidance from the experience of ...

RCNA maintains lobbying momentum through the federal government election 2010. Following a frenetic federal government election campaign, RCNA has continued concentrated lobbying efforts to ensure greater recognition and engagement of nurses in health planning and reform. This included targeted post-election ...