Nursing

NeedleCalm Founder bags Nursing Trailblazers award

14 August, 2023

NeedleCalm Founder and Sydney clinical specialist nurse Lauren Barber has been awarded the Health Minister's Award for Nursing Trailblazers for her outstanding contributions to the medical field with her medtech device.


Darwin Private Hospital recognises placement partnership

10 August, 2023

The Charles Darwin University and Darwin Private Hospital student placement partnership is proving beneficial to the Northern Territory's healthcare system.


VR tool helps nurses tackle aggressive patients

09 August, 2023

A new immersive computer simulation program helps nurses and nursing students practise making decisions when faced with a hostile patient.


Nursing body responds to NASOG MS-2 Step Pill comments

19 July, 2023

ACN CEO Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward FACN said that comments claiming women would be at risk if nurse practitioners prescribed the abortion pill were insulting, patronising and out of touch with reality.


Scholarship opportunity for Pacific Islands nurses

14 July, 2023

The ACN Foundation is offering two international scholarships for nursing leaders from Pacific Island Nations to participate in ACN's Institute of Leadership Nurse Executive Program, with applications closing 25 July.


A Day in the Life of Chelsea Bell

11 July, 2023

Chelsea works as a registered midwife at Epworth Freemasons, working in maternity, across all areas including the birth suite, postnatal and the special care nursery.


Painful health journey inspires career in nursing

21 June, 2023

Diagnosed with endometriosis in 2020, Zoe Little said she had spent years dealing with "painful disease" since she was a teenager.


2023 HESTA Australian Nursing & Midwifery Awards — winners announced

17 May, 2023

A nurse providing compassionate and culturally safe care to First Nations Communities and a midwife who implemented an innovative care model are among the winners.


How an army of nurses helped a colleague fight cancer

12 May, 2023

Mater nurse Alison Tritton has always known that her colleagues are special people.


Opinion: Nursing, it's about more than money

08 May, 2023 by Lee Carissa, CEO of Cranbook Care*

The federal government's long-awaited pay rises for aged care workers, including registered nurses, are both welcome and overdue.


VR nurse training could be most effective

14 April, 2023

Immersive virtual reality training could be as effective as inpatient training for nursing students learning to provide care for acute care paediatric patients.


A bioengineered alternative to wound healing

12 April, 2023

In Australia, around 60,000 people undergo skin flap harvesting surgery to treat difficult-to-heal wounds.


Sentry Medical Senturian Skin Tear Pack

04 April, 2023 | Supplied by: Sentry Medical

Sentry Medical's Senturian Skin Tear Pack is an all-in-one sterilised wound care solution designed to aid in rapid assessment and treatment of skin tears among aged care residents.


SmartTab Dressing Pack

04 April, 2023 | Supplied by: MULTIGATE Medical Products

Multigate SmartTab Dressing Packs have been assessed by ANTT as supporting effective Aseptic Non Touch Technique (ANTT), and are also climate neutral.


Framework for rural and regional nursing released

28 March, 2023

The Department of Health and Aged Care has released a 'world-first' framework that addresses the demands and challenges for registered nurses in rural and regional Australia.


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