Nurses avoid reporting frequent workplace violence to police, parliamentary inquiry told. Nurses at Victorian hospitals are gagged from speaking out against violence perpetrated against them at work and fear management, a state parliamentary inquiry has heard. Dandenong Hospital emergency department ...

There are more working nurses, but 14 500 registered or enrolled nurses are still looking to get into the workforce, new survey data shows. The number of employed nurses has increased by 13 per cent since 2005, a report released ...

Payroll problems are causing a nursing black hole. Queensland nurses are refusing to work certain shifts out of fear they won't be paid properly, in the latest twist in the payroll saga. The nurses' union has anecdotal evidence of staff ...

Independent midwives exemption to continue until 2013. Independent privately practising midwives have been given a further 12 month extension of the professional indemnity insurance exemption. The extension was agreed upon at the Australian Health Ministers Conference held in Darwin last ...

Midwives urge government to relook at legislation. The government's maternity reforms are "doomed to fail" as a result of obstetricians refusing to enter into collaborative arrangements with midwives. This is according to the Australian College of Midwives (ACM), which said ...

Understanding why nurses don’t stay in the bush is integral in improving the rural workforce, writes Sue Lenthall. Working in isolation, a lack of permanent staff and cultural issues all contribute to the high levels of psychological distress, trauma and ...

A pilot program in Queensland has enabled practice nurses to provide lifestyle advice to their patients in addition to providing general medical care, writes Jeff Li. Practice nurses in three Queensland clinics are motivating their patients to change their lives ...

Researchers find that the team culture and organisational structure of a general practice has a great influence on nurse activities. If practice nurses are to work to their full capacity and capitalise on funding arrangements, hierarchical structures that continue to ...

In its effort to close the gap, the Australian government is keen to attract more people to work in indigenous health. Here, one nurse shares her experience working in the field. Working in remote Australia providing desperately needed ear, nose ...

The fight against NSW public sector wages reform continues The fight against NSW public sector wages reform will continue until worker's rights are restored, Unions NSW says. About 50 protesters gathered outside Parliament House on Tuesday, August 3 to call ...