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Enrolled Nurses are Moving Mountains … at the 9th Biennial National Conference
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The National Enrolled Nurse Association of Australia (NENA) was formed at the 1995 inaugural enrolled nurse conference held in Hobart Tasmania. It was formed to giveenrolled nurses a voice in their professional future. With the guidance of the ANF th More....
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Work with Médecins sans Frontières sparks new insights
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An operating theatre comprising four posts and a tarpaulin, and a surgery schedule of 30 to 45 patients a day (as opposed to her Australian average of around five) was all in a day’s work for Rachel Marsden during her recent stint in Hait More....
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Middle Eastern Journey
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Hi, our names are Nick and Kate and we moved to Saudi Arabia in June of 2009 to work at the Prince Sultan Cardiac Centre. When we were looking into travelling overseas for work we contacted CCM and attended an information session that helped us make More....
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Insatiable demand for Nurses
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In the last month, the UK has seen the biggest rise in unemployment for nearly 30 years. Will this affect nurses that want to go to the UK to work?A factor, protecting overseas nurses from potential recession-related drop-off is the almost insatiable More....
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Midwives and New Models of Care
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There’s a great deal of discussion and debate in the community and in the media at present about midwife-managed models of birthing. The announcement earlier this year that Commonwealth-supported professional indemnity insurance would be provid More....
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SA Nurses and Midwives Feel the Strain
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If a recent survey of South Australia’s nurses and midwives is anything to go by, the state’s workforce shortage is set to worsen, with many fed up nurses admitting they’re considering a career change. But could a wage rise encourag More....
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The future of aged care nursing in Australia
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As baby boomers retire over the next twenty years, what impact will this have on the delivery of aged care services?Forecasts of the impact of ageing baby boomers point to problems in the provision of aged and community care in Australia, particularl More....
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NZ breaks exist for right candidate
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Despite recent changes to the scope of practice framework for enrolled nurses in New Zealand, which will bring the country’s system into closer alignment with that of Australia, opportunities for Australian nurses over the Tasman have flattened More....
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Changing role of Div 2 nurses
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Graduate nurses with little or no workplace experience are walking straight into leadership roles as the national shortage of skilled workers takes hold of the health sector, it has been revealed.Melbourne’s Mayfield Education has revealed that More....
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A commitment to caring
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Boasting a track record dedicated to nursing and midwifery, Lee Thomas, the incoming Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) is looking forward to the next phase of her career with the same commitment she has shown for the profes More....
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Nurses need to move to the frontline: Rudd
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The country’s nursing fraternity has spent the past few weeks absorbing the Rudd Government’s Federal Budget, which promises a patient care revolution. And nurses are expected to play a big part in the change. Nina Hendy reports. Pri More....
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The Implications of National Registration
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Right now, national registration is a hot topic and every nurse and midwife registered in Australia will have received letters regarding the changes happening next month. This article seeks to address some of the questions and concerns raised about t More....
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Heading in a new direction
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On the eve of the annual convention held by the Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA), RCNA CEO Debra Cerasa says the event’s new format reflects a bright future for the nursing profession. It’s been an action packed ride f More....
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Nurses brace for marketing onslaught
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Australian nurses should brace themselves for an onslaught of marketing as pharmaceutical companies turn to advertising campaigns to try and influence the way nurses approach their job. From 1 November, nurses and midwives will have the po More....
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Changes Herald New Era for Midwifery
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As part of the Rudd Government’s healthcare reform package, changes to the registration and accreditation system for Australian midwives, along with enhancements to the Medicare rebates regime for midwifery, promise a new era of increased choic More....
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NSW nurses campaign for change
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Working as a nurse can be an entirely different kettle of fish depending on which state you call home, with staffing levels, state-specific health issues and independent health systems in stark contrast to neighbouring states all over the country.&nb More....
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Profile: Victorian Nurse Practitioner Project Officer Elizabeth Morley
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As Nurse Practitioner Project Officer at Bendigo Health, Elizabeth Morley’s job places her at the front line of a healthcare revolution. Thanks to an ageing population and shrinking workforce, the challenges to healthcare delivery througho More....
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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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