Nursing
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Podcasts
Uni chief reflects on diverse career: podcast
The Honorary Fellowship Award handed down by Australia's largest nursing union, the Royal College of Nursing, went to Professor Patricia…
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Into the wild: recovery camp brings uni students and mental health consumers together
Campus Review spent a day at Recovery Camp, a joint program for health students on clinical placement and people with lived…
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Tradie to nurse: the men who could help fill the nursing shortfall
With an ageing and growing population, the nursing industry has to try and keep up. The number of RNs needed is…
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Keeping it in the family: mother, daughter graduate with nursing degrees
“How would you have gone if you had taken your mum to uni, Conor?” recent nursing graduate and mother Lorella…
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Get involved: academic urges nurses to get into research
Mei Krishnasamy has a strong Cardiff accent that belies her many years in Melbourne. The Welsh native has been living…
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Commentary
How to survive clinical placements: Tips from a student nurse
The nursing clinical placement is an essential part of the nursing degree and is an opportunity to solidify clinical knowledge…
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In the News
New lifelike skin in the works to help test smart bandages
Australian researchers have started work on lifelike skin tissue to further studies on healthcare developments like smart bandages. The team…
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Policy & Reform
To boldly go where no nurse has gone before
Academics at New York University’s Rory Meyers College of Nursing are pushing the boundaries with their latest innovation in nurse…
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University, union partner to tackle mental health nurse shortage
The university and nursing sectors have teamed up to boost the number of mental health nurses in South Australia. Flinders…
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Commentary
Postgraduate study unlocks professional advancement: opinion
Job opportunities for nurses are growing faster than the workforce as a whole, and nurses with postgraduate qualifications will reap…
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In the News
Nursing still seen as women’s work
Universities and healthcare industry battle stereotypes in efforts to recruit men. By Antonia Maiolo. Gender stereotyping is a key deterrent…
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Nurse hits the road to promote careers
Trailblazer Nick Ralph has designed a high-tech mobile learning unit to attract people to work in the health sector. By…
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Spreading the knowledge faster
Digital technology offers the chance to get peer-reviewed information out to professionals much more quickly, writes Sandra Campbell-Crofts. Publication of…
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Nursing research centre a first
A five-year, multimillion-dollar research centre dedicated to improving nursing care has been launched at Griffith University. The first dedicated centre…
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Call for more university teaching on ageing
With the greying population, universities are finding they need to adapt their nursing and medical courses. Whether you are a…
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Should nursing be a four-year degree?
Some healthcare leaders argue that undergraduates need an extra year of study? Three experienced nurses share their views. Nursing is…
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Med grads face no-man’s land
Hundreds of international medical students could miss out on internships when they graduate next year due to a “tsunami” of…
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Enrolments ‘capped’ by lack of clinical places
Despite strong demand and new uncapped enrolments, many of Australia’s nursing and midwifery schools have limited their 2012 student intakes…
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Victoria University researcher sounds alarm on nursing skill mix
Victorian aged care facilities have reduced the number of registered nurses employed in the sector following revised legislation which has…
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Concern over full-fee rural students
NSW TAFEs are increasing the number of full-fee training places they offer to plug a shortfall in government funding for…
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Foreign students baulk at hurdles
The need for better English, a strong dollar and fewer training places are proving to be a disincentive overseas, writes…
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Monash nursing workforce survey paints bleak picture
The nursing workforce is facing a staff turnover crisis with 15 per cent of nurses saying they will leave the…
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Do nurse practitioners need a doctorate?
It is timely to ask whether the qualifications for nurses working in advanced positions need reviewing. In Australia there are…
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Chocks away for flying nurse
Nursing Science student Christine Pointon has her wings, so to speak, and it’s all part of her 10-year plan to…
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If something is broke, don’t wait to fix it.
The education sector can learn a lot from the health area about the faster use of research and technology. I…
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