Four Australians have made the 2020 List of 100+ Outstanding Nursing and Midwifery leaders around the world. The list was announced to mark last year's International Year of the Nurse and Midwife and is a joint venture from the World Health Organization (WHO), ...
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Should the COVID-19 vaccine be mandatory for healthcare workers?
With phase 1a of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout underway this week, questions still stand about the public's appetite to get vaccinated. Recent data from the Melbourne Institute’s fortnightly Taking the Pulse of the Nation (TTPN) survey found that willingness to ...
More »Mental health system under strain and facing a nurse shortage
The mental health system is failing to provide treatment to the people who most need it. That was the opinion of last year's report on mental health by the productivity commission which found that, among other things, mental health is ...
More »Graduate becomes the fourth generation of nurses in her family
For some people a profession is what pays the bills, somewhere they go every day for eight or so hours. Others are more lucky and can say their profession is something they love to do, a calling, and for an ...
More »World’s nurses face mass trauma: ICN
The world's nursing profession is reporting signs of "mass trauma" which experts believe will impact the profession for generations. In the wake of continually rising COVID-19 figures across most of the world, nurses are facing high levels of infections, increased ...
More »Nurse turned filmmaker releases ode to the profession with new short film, Shift
A new film by a registered nurse turned filmmaker has been released, with the help of Edith Cowan University, to celebrate the dedication of our nurses and midwives. Helen Hanson-Searle is an RN, actor, writer, director and sometimes opera singer; ...
More »Blacktown Hospital nurses and midwives still fighting, say understaffing puts health at risk
Nurses and Midwives at the embattled Blacktown Hospital in Sydney are continuing protests against their employer, again voicing frustration at understaffing and what they see as a disregard for patient safety. Staff and members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ ...
More »Inaugural ‘It’s Time For Nurses’ 24-hour Giving Day announced to give Aussie nurses access to scholarship funds
A new 24-hour donation drive has been announced by The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) so Australians can give back to the nurses who've led from the front during a year beset by bushfires and a deadly pandemic. The inaugural ...
More »Ipswich nurse gets Health Minister gong
An Ipswich nurse committed to managing chronic diseases in her community has taken out the Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers. Shannon Wallis was recognised for her work on MeCare (Mobile enabled Care), in which she developed a virtual nursing ...
More »New nurse on the beat: the nurses swapping wards for police stations
Paula’s regular shift is 2pm to 10pm, she tells me. It’s only ten past and today a police officer has already come to her desk to fill her in on a domestic violence-related incident with mental health implications. The incident ...
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