Australia can put vascular access devices to better use, experts said. Academics from Griffith University’s Menzies Health Institute Queensland said best practice for IVs and other devices within medical settings would improve patient outcomes and provide cost savings. Professor Claire Rickard ...
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Health check highlights risk of stroke for men and women
The Stroke Foundation has warned Australian men and women they are putting themselves at serious risk of disability or death. The call comes after the group discovered more than 41 per cent of men had been urgently referred to their doctor after free ...
More »Federal Budget 2016: The sector reacts
Peak bodies often use the term mixed bag when discussing how healthcare fares in each year’s federal Budget, and the 2016–17 showing is no different. Below, Nursing Review gets the lay of the land from some of the sector's leaders and ...
More »From corporate clients to sick children: RN’s switch
The interactions shared during meetings with corporate clients might be different from those on the pediatric wards, but RN Rebecca Muir, who is well-versed in both, says some skills transcend. Muir left her job as a senior account executive with ...
More »Study links poor food intake with risk of death in hospital
Hospital patients are more likely to die within 30 days of admission if they eat less than a quarter of the food they are offered or are already malnourished. This one of the key findings of recent research that looked ...
More »Emergency room nurses should look out for blood pressure and rapid breathing
Low blood pressure and abnormally rapid breathing are two main indicators that a person presenting in an emergency department is at an elevated risk of deteriorating and dying in the short term. That is a central finding of a Deakin University ...
More »Staff, older Australians sound off on participatory care model
A participatory care model out of Tasmania was the focus of recent research that delved into job satisfaction of care workers and functional decline of older people. The study evaluated a program to prevent functional decline of older, community-dwelling people, ...
More »Parkinson’s blood test may detect Alzheimer’s, too: professor
Australian researchers have developed a blood test that may soon be used to detect Parkinson’s disease, as well as a range of other neurodegenerative disorders. La Trobe professor of microbiology Paul Fisher said so far, the blood test has been ...
More »Choices will shape telehealth’s future: economist
Telehealth will face great difficulties if the health sector fails to think outside of the current structures. This is what Paul Frijters, professor of health economics at the University of Queensland, told Nursing Review in the lead up to his ...
More »Cervical screening project for circumcised women
Two health groups have launched a cervical screening project aimed at women affected by female genital circumcision or cutting (FGC). It has been estimated that 130 million to 140 million people worldwide have experienced a form of FGC, PapScreen Victoria, the ...
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