Questions Loom Over Health Care Reform
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A Federal Government takeover of ancillary health services remain at the centerpiece of the Rudd Government’s million-dollar shake-up of the health system, but what it will mean for the country’s nurses remains somewhat unclear. The More....
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PACU Nurses a Vital Aid to Recovery
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Many patients emerging from the haze of an anaesthetic will experience a welcome, if-dreamlike, return to consciousness, most likely followed by a sense of overwhelming relief. Few however are aware of the crucial role played by nurses in a Post Anae More....
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Mental health nursing remains a vexing issue
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The mental health sector is a highly controversial area of the national health system, with repeated calls for a system overhaul so far falling on deaf ears.But the mental health system was again thrust into the political spotlight last month after a More....
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New Indigenous health centre focuses on urban population
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New education opportunities and career pathways are planned as part of a recently opened Queensland centre specialising in the health needs of Indigenous populations in urban settings. Opened in early November 2009 by Minister for Indigenous Hea More....
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50 years of nursing comes to an end for Patricia Byrne
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The Victorian nursing sector is set to lose a nurse with 50 years’ experience, with industry stalwart Patricia Byrne preparing to retire in March. Patricia has been a fixture of the Victorian system since 1960, training at Melbourne& More....
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Nursing a stressful career choice
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A survey has made official what the country’s nursing sector has known all along – that nursing is one of the most stressful career choices someone can make. A national survey for Lifeline Australia found that people who work in the More....
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La Trobe University: rethinking rural health education
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La Trobe University’s Rural Health School in Bendigo, regional Victoria, is part of a far reaching plan to stem the shortage of health professionals in rural areas by revolutionising the way rural healthcare education is delivered. The new scho More....
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Effectiveness of nurse bonus questioned
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The Federal Government’s plan to attract nurses back into the workforce doesn’t appear to be doing the job, opponents of the scheme say. Nearly two years after the nurse bonus was first introduced by the Rudd Government, questions are bei More....
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Hope for home birthing midwives
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On September 7, thousands of women protested in Canberra to have their rights to homebirths protected, as private midwives faced the prospect of continued lack of access to medical indemnity insurance, and, as a result, the inability to register with More....
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Nurse Practitioner Role Here to Stay
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By Nina Hendy Nurse practitioners will become an increasingly important part of the country’s healthcare landscape after the role attracted Federal Government funding in this year’s budget. Lengthy reports commissioned by More....
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Faculty a boon to aged care nursing careers
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Against the backdrop of Australia’s ageing population and aged care nursing skills shortage, RCNA’s new Health and Wellbeing in Ageing Faculty is welcome news for aged care nurses and providers. Among its numerous objectives a key p More....
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Oncology Nurse Returns to Normal Life After Cancer
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CASE STUDY - MOIRA SELMES HAEMATOLOGY and Oncology Clinics of Australasia (HOCA) Gold Coast Cancer Centre nurse Moira Selmes is keen to tell patients that it’s possible to return to a normal life after cancer, and she should know.The 50 y More....
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Nurses support national registration
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The Australian Health Minister’s Advisory Council is inching closer to a national registration and accreditation scheme for the country’s nursing sector, which many say is long overdue.The scheme will make it easier for nurses to accept i More....
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Preparing for a second wave
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised countries in the Northern Hemisphere as well as countries in tropical climates where H1N1 was initally slow to spread to prepare for a second wave of pandemic spread. They have also cautioned temp More....
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