Registered nurse Maggie Groff has worn many hats throughout her career, including staff nurse, island nurse and industrial nurse. She now wears another: award-winning author. Groff has penned a new book called Not Your Average Nurse, which explores the true story ...
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Antibiotic resistance fight is in healthcare workers’ hands: WHO
The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission) has lent its voice to a World Health Organization (WHO) campaign to fight antibiotic resistance through good hand hygiene practices. Dr Trent Yarwood, from the Commission, said when ...
More »Live fearlessly and wear purple on World Inflammatory Bowel Disease Day
19 May is not just Malcolm X Day in the United States, Ho Chi Minh Day in Vietnam and rugby league legend Andrew Johns' birthday, it's also World Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Day. In fact, the whole of May is ...
More »Prepare patients for an asthma emergency: council
The National Asthma Council Australia is calling on health professionals to check whether patients and carers know what to do in an asthma emergency. The call coincides with World Asthma Day and comes off the heels of the final report ...
More »Prostate cancer nurses to receive $6 million in funding support
The work prostate cancer specialist nurses do in Australia will be bolstered by just under $6 million in funding from the Federal Government. The Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA) will use the renewal of funding to secure the positions ...
More »Singing groups to raise voices for Parkinson’s research
People with Parkinson’s disease will lend their voices to a new research project that aims to better the lives of those living with the condition. The 6-month project will evaluate whether singing can help improve quality of life, wellbeing and ...
More »Mounting evidence of exploitation tainting the production of healthcare goods: union
Whose hands do the medical goods Australians use pass through? This question was at the heart of a new Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) report, conducted in conjunction with The Australia Institute, which held there are high-levels of exploitation ...
More »Axing 457 visas: the remote bottom line
Peak bodies in healthcare have raised concerns over the capacity of rural and remote services to meet workforce demand following the government’s announcement that it will axe 457 visas. The calls follow Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s announcement via a Facebook ...
More »Phone calls between patients, RNs reduce readmission rates: study
Patients who receive a phone call from a nurse following discharge are less likely to end up back in hospital within 28 days than those who don’t. This was one of the key findings of research, conducted by not-for-profit health ...
More »HESTA Awards spotlight shines on 12 finalists
A Mount Isa midwife, a community health nurse from Grisborne and the team behind a dementia eHealth program have been named finalists in the 2017 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards. The awards recognise graduates, individuals and teams for their ...
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