Groups call for new government to commit to a National Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Strategy. Greta Marsh reports. While there has been much talk about the national nursing and midwifery skills shortage, little has been achieved to address the issue, ...

Midwives fear doctors will have final say on women’s choice, writes Annie May. Midwives are fuming over new laws that will give doctors a veto over women’s choice, calling for them to be scrapped once parliament returns. From 1 November, ...

More than a week after the federal election and voters still don't know who their next government will be. The nursing profession has been silent as it waits with the rest of the country to find out which party will ...

It has been a rocky start to the national registration and accreditation scheme, with AHPRA coming under fire for its handling of international students and overseas-qualified nurses. Annie May reports. In the two months since taking over the registration of ...

University-trained nurses are here to stay, writes Peter Kieseker. Four second year nursing students from the University of the Sunshine Coast stand excitedly – and nervously – in front of a ward office in Nambour Hospital awaiting their first “real ...

New program aims to meet the needs of contemporary nursing. The University of Ballarat will introduce a master of nursing program to provide specialist training to graduates. The updated program will meet the needs of educating nurses for contemporary nursing ...

Darragh O Keeffe reports on how a university and leading providers are working to bolster aged care education. How universities can best prepare registered nurses for the realities of working in residential aged care, and how providers can best support ...

These are challenging and changing times for infection control in Australia, write Cathryn Murphy and Deborough MacBeth. Every day in Australia dedicated, specialised and skilled individuals working in a range of settings where health care is planned, delivered and evaluated ...

Developments in safety needles are an important infection control measure, writes Annie May. Each year in Australia at least 18,000 nurses and healthcare employees are injured by syringes and sharps. Each year in the US, more than 1000 healthcare workers ...

No smoking in rules in hospitals need to apply to the operating room as well, writes Annie May. Operating rooms throughout NSW could soon become a safer and healthier environment, with moves being made to reduce the exposure to surgical ...