After a week of recovering from COVID-19 and feeling better, your symptoms return. A mild cough, fatigue, runny nose and mild fever with a positive test result to match. Many people recovering from Covid-19 have experienced a rebound, generally within approximately one week of initial recovery from the virus. Infectious disease experts have clarified that Covid-19 rebound occurs when a person with Covid-19 gets better, then begin to get symptoms 2-8 days after they have recovered. It is not clear why COVID-19 rebound happens, but symptoms are usually milder during rebound than during the initi ..read more

After emerging from the height of the pandemic and leading a slow but steady return to normal life, Australians are being warned to brace for a fresh wave of COVID-19.  Health authorities across the country are reporting rising case numbers as Australia wraps up 2022. The wave numbers is already growing rapidly with 30,564 new cases reported since Friday 18th November, and they are predicting the wave will peak by Christmas. Currently, the Omicron BA.1, BA.2, BA.4, BA.5, BA.2.75, BQ.1, BR.2 and XBB variants are all circulating around Australia, with some more transmissible than other ..read more

In many cases, older Australians in residential aged care require assistance with Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) – a term to describe daily self-care activities within the facility. ADLs are used as a measurement of a person’s functional status. These are basic, essential tasks that are part of every person’s daily life, and therefore, it’s important that you understand what ADLs are, as well as their clinical significance. In the business of providing care, the phrase “activities of daily living” is refer to the basic skills needed to properly care for oneself and meet one’s physical ..read more

As COVID-19 infections continue to rise, it’s incredibly important that nurses are on top of the newer form of testing for COVID-19, Rapid Antigen Testing. As there has been an expansion of the use of Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) for COVID-19 in Australia, it is important for nurses to have an adequate understanding of this testing method, so that they can perform it themselves. The Australian Government Department of Health are making rapid antigen test (RAT) kits available to aged care services and providers in high-risk local government areas (LGAs) and outbreaks. They are providing training ..read more

Public Holidays are a time for cheer, family time and building life long memories. One unique aspect of working in healthcare is that hospitals and residential aged care facilities  are always open. Nursing is a job that never stops, not even for the Public holidays. While not every nurse wants to work on public holidays, nurses can be inevitably assigned to work public holidays throughout the year. No matter what public holiday you celebrate, nurses are used to not being able to join in the festivities at home and instead are caring for patients. Patients rely on nurses 24 hours, 7 days ..read more

As our nation’s largest healthcare profession, Australian nurses are showing no signs of slowing down especially in terms of job growth and demand. Given the significant high demand for nurses in Australia, understanding the qualities of being a great nurse is invaluable to healthcare frontline like Best Practice Nursing Agency aiming to attract and retain some of the best nursing talent. Nursing is one of the most demanding careers to get into, but also one of the most rewarding. Nursing is actually an incredibly difficult and taxing job, and it takes a special kind of person to be a great nu ..read more

When the World Health Organisation (WHO) designated 2020 as the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife, no one could have predicted the global health crisis that would engulf our world. Since the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) was first reported in the Hubei Province, China in November 2019, the virus spread across Chinese boarders to nearly every country in the world. On March 11, 2020, WHO announced that the COVID-19 virus was officially a pandemic after spreading through 114 countries in just three months. By December 2020, it had affected more than 75 million people wo ..read more

Healthcare has long since been one of Australia’s most in-demand industries, a trend that’s expected to continue according to the Australian government, particularly the demand for nurses. Health Workforce Australia (HWA) is estimating that there will be a shortage of over 100,000 nurses by 2025 and more than 123,000 nurses by 2030. The healthcare sector is one of Australia’s largest and fastest growing industries. Australia faces a major challenge in sustaining a health workforce with an ageing population and ageing health workforce. The Australian healthcare system confronts a ..read more

Ongoing Nursing Education – CPD We live in an ever-changing world with our environment constantly subjected to change and modernisation, there seems to always be some sort of development. This is particularly true in the dynamic field of health and medicine. In such a fast-evolving and ever-growing industry the significance of education has never been more important. With methods and procedures being updated and enhanced, new more effective or safer drugs being synthesised and greater knowledge learnt regarding disease and illness, education has become an ongoing and never-ending aspect of hea ..read more

Practice Nurses are knowledgeable health professionals that play a critical role in primary healthcare, by working collaboratively with GPs and other health professionals to deliver safe and quality nursing care, treatment and health education to patients of all ages. Best Practice Nursing Agency (BPNA) offers many advantages and rewarding benefits to working as an agency practice nurse, such as the flexibility of choosing when and where you work to receiving higher pay rates.  Agency nursing means, nurses are in control. As a nursing agency, we help medical centre’s find qualified a ..read more