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 ...

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 ...

By Matt Luther FRCNA, Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Department, Calvary Health Care ACT and Shane Lenson FRCNA, Senior Nurse Advisor, Royal College of Nursing, Australia. Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) is a broad term used to cover any group of clinical symptoms ...

Putting together an effective job ad is simple by sticking to some basic guidelines, writes Helen Isbister. Writing an effective job advertisement is the best way to woo the right applicants and will help you sort the wheat from the ...

Groups urge independents to step up to the plate on rural health issues. The hung parliament could deliver a stronger focus on regional and rural health, according to groups. With the balance of power now in the hands of independents, ...

Negotiations resume as government agrees to “genuine talks”. South Australian nurses have suspended industrial action over staffing levels and resumed negotiations with the state government on a new enterprise agreement. Nurses recently accepted a 15 per cent pay rise over ...

Manual to provide “realistic advice” to rural health workers. A new approach to diagnosing and managing common and clinically important health conditions in remote Australia has been outlined in the latest release of a specialist practitioner book. The Alice Springs-based ...

Rising levels of obesity in Australia is putting extra pressure on emergency doctors and other hospital staff. A review of patients arriving at a Melbourne hospital's emergency ward has found almost 60 per cent were overweight or obese, posing an ...

Yoga may assist women with breast cancer lymphoedema, say researchers. South Australian researchers will investigate whether yoga can assist women living with lymphoedema after breast cancer treatment. They hope that yoga practice incorporating movement, breathing and meditation will reduce the ...

International nursing students who feared they would be deported at the end of the month because of changes to nursing registration rules have won a reprieve. Hundreds of international nursing students caught up in the transition to the new national ...