Providing access to palliative care sooner 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 ...
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How RNs from refugee backgrounds tackle unique workplace challenges
Nurses from a refugee background experience discrimination, subordination and racism from patients and staff, and face challenges getting accustomed to a new environment and integrating into the workplace. These were some of the key findings of a scoping review of ...
More »Pressure injury prevention sore spot for students
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 ...
More »Patients act like hostages in their fear of speaking up: study
Patients who feel unable to assert themselves in the presence of clinicians mirror the behaviour of adult kidnapped hostages, a research team has suggested. Researchers from Monash Business School and Texas A&M University said the phenomenon, called hostage bargaining syndrome, ...
More »RN to pollie? Kearney discusses her run for federal election
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 ...
More »Property market boom driving nurses out of key city areas
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 ...
More »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 ...
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