Nurses and midwives drug, alcohol and mental health program outlines a vision for a national program. Nursing and Midwifery Health Program, Victoria (NMHPV) Chief Executive Officer Glenn Taylor has called for nurses and midwives and nursing and midwifery students in ...

With bad nursing stories becoming too regular a feature in the UK media, Philip Darbyshire writes that Australia should take note. Criticising nurses was once like kicking Bambi. Bolstered by consistent reports that we are among the top 'trusted professionals', ...

More stringent regulation of the RTOs, installing clinical mentors in facilities, enhanced nursing oversight - the opinions on what's needed to address quality concerns in Cert III training abound. Darragh O Keeffe reports. When Certificate III training began in the ...

Nurses at five private hospitals across Sydney have taken to the streets in a historic 24-hour strike over pay rates. Dozens of nurses gathered at Martin Place in the city centre this morning demanding their employer, Macquarie Hospital Services, increase ...

One hundred staff faces the sack at RHH: Wilkie Up to 100 doctors and nurses at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) face the sack because of Tasmanian government budget cuts, federal independent MP Andrew Wilkie says. In the state budget ...

The two nurses who were violently attacked at a western Sydney hospital say they feel "let down", after repeated calls for increased security were ignored. Up to 50 nurses, doctors and security guards stopped work at Blacktown Hospital on Friday ...

QLD Health still unsure of how many staff were being overpaid or underpaid, admits health minister. Queensland Health must regain the trust of its nurses as the bungled payroll saga continues, the nurses union says. Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) secretary ...

The impact bullying in the workforce has on retention and attraction of required workforce needs to be addressed by workforce planners. Close to one third of Australian workers say they have been bullied in the workforce, while 42 per cent ...

Cell death genes that are essential for cancer therapy have been identified. With the number of cases of cancer continuing to grow, a recently launched cancer nursing research unit will help meet the needs of people in NSW by extending ...

It's been three years since Jane McGrath's passing and her dream is taking flight, with the 67th McGrath Breast Care Nurse position literally taking to the skies. In a first for Australia, a fulltime breast cancer nurse will be joining ...