Aged care providers recognised for their innovative workplace arrangements. Three leading Victorian aged care providers have been recognised by the state government for providing progressive and family-friendly working conditions. Benetas, Villa Maria and Mercy Health were among a group of ...

Better integration of primary and tertiary health care services is needed to improve the care of cancer patients, writes Annie May. Chemotherapy outpatients have significant unmet needs following treatment, indicating an urgent need for improved continuity of care, says new ...

The human side of a cancer is often not understood by health professionals. In the last months of her life, Rhodes Scholar and medical pioneer Dr Anna Donald made the decision to share her experience of living with advanced breast ...

Overcoming the challenges of engaging residents with mental health conditions. By Darragh O Keeffe. An innovative program combining reminiscence, cognitive behavioural therapy and digital storytelling at a NSW facility is having a profound impact on residents with depression and anxiety. ...

Malnutrition in hospitals could be slashed and Australia’s health bill cut if hospital staff help elderly patients to eat. Nothing shall be done in the ward while the patients are having their meals. These words were spoken by Florence Nightingale ...

Inject some humour into your relationships with residents with dementia, writes Jane Verity. People with dementia unlearn in the opposite order to which they learn. This means that what they learnt first in life is going to be unlearnt last. The ...

RCNA’s inaugural Nursing Summit provided a unique forum for nurses to assemble and critique some of the long term challenges confronting the nursing profession and its role in Australia’s health care system now and into the future. Summit delegates were ...

On Monday 31 May the Rural Nursing and Midwifery Faculty Advisory Committee (FAC) attended a face-to-face meeting, held at RCNA National Office in Canberra. Previous meetings had all been held via teleconference, so the day provided a wonderful opportunity for ...

Summit delegates called on RCNA to provide a platform from which the nursing profession can demonstrate unity and call for collective action. At the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) National Nursing Summit held in Canberra over two days from ...

RCNA’s inaugural Nursing Summit has been one of our 2010 success stories. The Hon. Nicola Roxon MP opened the summit, outlining the federal budget measures that will support the nursing profession, which was a great platform for ensuing discussion. A ...