Nursing Profession News  

Australia is failing to make best use of its nurse practitioners, a new survey seems to show.

“Given the high level of educational preparation and clinical expertise manifest in nurs... Read more

The AMA wants the government cash incentive scheme designed to lure nurses back into the workforce to be extended to include nurses who want to work in general practice.

It was repor... Read more

The Australian Medical Association will work with the Federal Government to ensure patients benefit from the introduction of new prescribing rights for nurse practitioners and midwives. <... Read more

A new survey has revealed that Australians find nurses as the most ethical and honest professionals, compared to car salesmen, newspaper journalists and advertising people... Read more

President Pratibha Patil on Tuesday said nurses have a key role to play in achieving the national objective of providing primary healthcare to all.

Speaking at the presentation o... Read more

Aged care nurses in Australia are seeking parity with nurses in other sectors in pay and other working conditions.

The campaign, Because We Care, launched by the Australian Nursing F... Read more

A study published in the March issue of the American Journal of Nursing (AJN) found that almost 40% of nurses who were on probation for professional misconduct in 2001 committed anoth... Read more

Australian midwives would be able to provide taxpayer-subsidised drugs and care under recommendations made to the federal government by its chief nurse. But Commonwealth funding for home bir... Read more

The Catholic Health Australia is seeking to tap the wanderlust in nurses and midwives and that way woo them to work in rural areas, many of which are not adequately served on that front. Read more

Overworked and exhausted nurses in the state of Queensland in Australia are turning to prostitution as a better option.

"We could no longer work in such an understaffed and stressful... Read more