Volunteering and specialising are two things Vicki Evans thinks are important for a nurse’s development. Evans is a clinical nurse consultant and the vice-president of the World Federation of Neuroscience Nurses. “Some of my proudest moments have been helping nurses ...

When helping others is your day job, can a similar role after hours offer benefits? Flynn Murphy finds out It may seem counterintuitive: overworked community nurses taking on volunteer roles in their spare time. However, for Melbourne nurse Linda Cropley, ...

Returning to Australia following nine months abroad, registered nurse Pete Harvey tells of his experience of living and working in a rural village in Ghana. In January this year I left Australia for what was to be a seven-month trip ...

Sharon Humphries finds out how volunteering can make a world of difference. Each day brings new challenges for volunteer nurse educator Di Brown, on assignment in an under-resourced hospital in Bali. More than half way through a two year assignment ...

There are opportunities aplenty for nurses looking for a change, writes Annie May. Long has past the era where nurses were confined within the walls of a hospital ward. From educators to pharmaceutical sales representatives, researchers to working on oil ...