Australia has chosen to put on hold for a year the new English standard requirement for nurses from non-English-speaking backgrounds. The Nursing and

Australia’s decision to raise the English language bar among its nursing professionals could mean bad news to immigrants hoping to work there. The country

Japan allows hundreds of Southeast Asian nurses to work on short-term contracts, but the health-care workers say the exams they must pass for the right

It is well-known that the drug rimonabant was developed as a treatment for obesity and its myriad of serious health consequences.

Despite having its

Interrupting nurses when they are administering medication could prove dangerous - it could lead to medication errors, according to a report in the April

The Australian government is moving for a steep increase in the subsidy payments to general practitioners to encourage them to hire nurses, but hospitals

Nurses in several hospitals across Wales and Scotland have reported skin rashes due to allergic reaction to the fabric of their uniforms, which

An Italian study has revealed that nursing students already smoke twice as much as the general population average of smokers.

The study surveyed 812

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.

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