Instilling future nurses with a positive attitude towards working with the elderly. Encouraging student nurses to critically reflect on their attitudes towards older people is one way in which Dr Sharyn Hunter is having a positive impact on the nursing ...

Nurses need to be properly educated in how to care for older people, particularly someone with complex and chronic illnesses. Heart disease, cancer and stroke are the most common illnesses affecting older Australians. However, the situation is changing and it’s ...

Nurse numbers and wages have increased in NSW in past decade, claim government. NSW Health Minister Carmel Tebbutt has defended the state government's health record but has told NSW nurses that more can always be done. Tebbutt addressed almost 400 ...

Hundreds of angry nurses rallied outside Queensland parliament to protest against the ongoing pay debacle. Queensland's health minister says underpaid workers aren't interested in laying blame for the Queensland Health payroll debacle - they just want it fixed. More than ...

Scholarships to boost training for aged care workers. Applications have opened for up to 395 undergraduate aged care nursing scholarships as part of the government’s move to create a sustainable aged care system. The government will provide more than $7 ...

Malnutrition in hospitals could be slashed and Australia’s health bill cut if hospital staff help elderly patients to eat. Nothing shall be done in the ward while the patients are having their meals. These words were spoken by Florence Nightingale ...

Summit delegates called on RCNA to provide a platform from which the nursing profession can demonstrate unity and call for collective action. At the Royal College of Nursing, Australia (RCNA) National Nursing Summit held in Canberra over two days from ...

New research finds nurses working in very remote regions in Australia are fearful for their personal safety, writes Annie May Its main function is to look after people – the public – but for its staff, the health industry may ...

It will take more than higher wages to get workers to the bush, reports Annie May. Financial incentives alone will not attract more health workers to the bush, a new report has found. Instead, governments need to offer incentive “bundles” ...

Providing nurse unit managers with better support and training to improve patient care in hospitals and aged care services will be the focus of a new Australian study. Providing nurse unit managers with better support and training to improve patient ...