Workplace issues like stress and bullying and physical and mental health worries are the key concerns for nurses, midwives and students who are ringing a dedicated helpline. Nurse & Midwife Support (NM Support) data from its first year of operation ...

Providing earlier access to palliative care could see fewer hospital admissions at the end of life and lower healthcare costs, research has found. Study lead Cameron Wright, from the School of Public Health at Curtin University, said the findings were important ...

A social networking site for individual streets has been recognised by a group dedicated to challenging notions of ageing and unearthing ideas that could change the lives of seniors. Called One Good Street, the online platform gives neighbours the opportunity ...

It was concern surrounding social isolation and loneliness in his own elderly father that led Associate Professor Don Kerr to look into the ways in which technology can empower people in later life. Kerr, who sits in the University of ...

Nursing students aren’t aware of some strategies to prevent pressure injuries but feel it falls on them to help out, a survey has found. Researchers from the University of New England (UNE) quizzed undergraduate nursing students across seven Australian universities ...

A new voice for nurses might be headed to federal parliament. Former registered nurse and current union leader Ged Kearney will run for the federal seat of Batman. President of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Kearney will contest the ...

Aged care staff are testing the usefulness of virtual reality headsets for senior clients, and it’s transforming wound management procedures. Originally developed by the gaming industry, VR intervention has emerged in clinical care as a non-medicinal method to distract patients ...

An early career enrolled nurse who works in inner-city Sydney 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 out by ...