Around half of Queensland’s nurses and midwives say they have experienced workplace violence in the three months prior to a survey of state union members. This is up from around 40 per cent reported in 2001. The survey of 2397 ...
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Are flying maggots part of healthcare’s future?
When a patient in a remote community needs medical supplies from the closest major city, the path of least resistance might be use of a drone that can travel long distances. Researchers from Griffith University have explored the potential for ...
More »Memory aids make brains lazy: myth or on the money?
Are smartphones making our brains lazy? It’s a common concern about the devices and their handy memory tools but Australian researchers say these applications are more helpful than harmful. Writing in The Conversation, Dr Dana Wong, senior lecturer in clinical ...
More »Health workers should take Aboriginal languages seriously: article
"He chucked his guts up." Writing in the Medical Journal of Australia, Dr Robert Amery, head of linguistics at the University of Adelaide, said he’d used this term when teaching a short course in medical interpreting to a group of ...
More »Wyong Hospital to remain public, more work to be done: union
New South Wales health minister Brad Hazzard has announced that Wyong Hospital will remain in public hands, in a reversal of the state government's plan to move towards a public-private partnership. The announcement follows 10 months of campaigning from the state nursing ...
More »Should parents give their kids alcohol to teach responsible drinking?
"Do you want a little bit? Because if you're going to drink I'd rather you do it in the house." It’s one of the more quotable lines from Amy Poehler’s cool mum character, Mrs George, in 2004 hit Mean Girls ...
More »Navigating tech, tough conversations in fertility care
As part of our Specialty Focus series, spotlighting the work of nurses across the country, Nursing Review sits down with Catherine Bellantonio, who has worked at IVF and fertility clinic Genea for the past seven years. In the interview, Bellantonio, ...
More »RANs sound off on ways to reduce occupational stress
Nurses are often inadequately prepared for work in remote, isolated settings and stress levels can be high. To combat this, Australian researchers have developed a roadmap for occupational stress intervention that targets the key concerns of remote area nurses (RANs) ...
More »Three ways to help slow brain ageing
A combination of exercise, controlling blood pressure and some form of brain training may reduce mental decline in old age and reduce the risk of Alzheimer's-type dementia, US experts have concluded. A new report released by the National Academies of ...
More »Costly gap in osteoporosis care must be closed: peak body
The cost of older Australians’ brittle bones is rising. A new burden of disease report has revealed the total costs of osteoporosis and osteopenia in people over 50 years of age will be $3.1 billion in 2017. The Osteoporosis Australia ...
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