An early career enrolled nurse who works in an inner-city Sydney hospital would have to settle down 150km away in Cessnock in the Hunter Valley just to find an affordable home to purchase. That’s according to a new study carried ...
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Caring from bedtime to breakfast focus of free course for shift workers
Are you an early bird or a night owl? Unpacking that question is a good starting point for shiftworkers to ensure a person-centred approach to caring for people with dementia at night, says Belinda Goodenough, knowledge translation manager at Dementia Training ...
More »Wading through midwives’ water birth decisions
The vast majority of women who plan to give birth in water experience an uncomplicated vaginal birth, though many who wish to birth in water do not achieve their aim. Those are some of the key findings of a study, ...
More »A gaming plan for nurse education
Booting up a videogame in class or at home might help students hone nursing skills, a new study suggests. A group of Australian researchers looked at the ways videogame-based learning links to the development of decision-making, motivation and other benefits. ...
More »Clean out your medicine cabinets but do so safely: researchers
Australians are stockpiling unused medicines and it could cause harm, a recent survey has found. Sixty per cent of respondents said they had unwanted medicines in their household. Most were keeping them just in case they were needed again. Of ...
More »The role leaders play in workplace bullying, incivility
Just under half of nurses have been a target of bullying or rude behaviour in their workplace, but those with managers who demonstrate authentic leadership are less likely to encounter the problem. Those were some of the key findings of ...
More »Preparing nurses for pandemics, global terrorism, hospital fires
A roof collapses at a party. A fire breaks out in a hospital. A terrorist sets off a bomb at a concert. The number and severity of casualties may be overwhelming and the University of Sydney is working to ensure ...
More »Nurses should know about vicarious trauma: clinical nurse specialist
Dealing with sensitive information when caring for distressed drug and alcohol clients and the resulting emotional toll and exhaustion leaves nurses at risk of a range of health issues, a clinical nurse specialist says. Ravina Raidu, from Drug Health Services, ...
More »Know our stories: action plan to shine light on First Nations nurses
“It’s really important our stories are told by our people. So much of Australia’s history is told through a non-Indigenous lens.” Janine Mohamed, chief executive of the Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM), shared this ...
More »Hospitals to trial sensor system to prevent falls
Health professionals will trial a new system that senses movements that increase a person’s risk of falling. The technology, called Ambient Intelligent Geriatric Management (AmbIGeM), then alerts health professionals of the risky behaviour. Led by Professor Renuka Visvanathan from the ...
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