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

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.

Australian midwives would be able to provide taxpayer-subsidised drugs and care under recommendations made to the federal government by its chief nurse.

A study published in the March issue of the IAmerican Journal of Nursing/I (AJN) found that almost 40% of nurses who were on probation for professional

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

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

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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.

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.

The government of the Ontario province in Canada has announced healthcare workers will soon be provided with new respirators and safety needles in an effort to make their workplaces safer.

Hospitals facing nurse shortages are looking into the issue of better management in order to retain the newly graduated nurses and are taking steps to reduce on-the-job stress.