Tough cold and flu season ahead
Nursing Review
by NCA Newswire
6h ago
The forthcoming flu season is forecast to be just as bad or worse than 2023, with one in three people tipped to get a cold or influenza. Flu cases are already double the weekly rate of last year, but one epidemiologist says it’s unclear whether cases are peaking early or climbing to record levels. Influenza hit at least 300,000 Australians in 2023, as the illness took hold in the freer post-covid pandemic world. Cold and flu reports, medicine sales data, weather forecasts, and vaccine rates have been used in modelling put together by Codral Cold & Flu in partnership with the health consult ..read more
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Older women choose nursing as second career
Nursing Review
by Arshmah Jamal
6h ago
A recent TAFE graduate proves it's never too late to follow your passion after switching from a small business owner to a nursing graduate aged 46. Daniella Goodridge owned and operated a thriving swim school in the eastern suburbs of Sydney and sold the business just before Covid hit in December 2019. The sale of her business and the following lockdown gave Daniella time to contemplate her career. "I had been fascinated with nursing since I was 12 years old when my father accidentally injured himself, and I calmly removed shards of glass from his arm," she said. "When my daughter started stud ..read more
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Independent MPs and unions push for housing enquiry
Nursing Review
by Arshmah Jamal
1w ago
Independent MPs and unions have formed an alliance in an effort to get a parliamentary inquiry into how the New South Wales government can deliver housing for essential workers, such as nurses, teachers, and paramedics. In a joint letter sent to NSW Premier Chris Minns on Friday, the MPs and unions representing teachers, firefighters, police and healthcare workers, warn there is an "urgent need for NSW to increase the provision of essential worker housing across the state". "We note the government is working to increase housing supply across the state, but we are concerned that there are no cl ..read more
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‘Wage justice’: Big pay rise for aged care workers
Nursing Review
by NCA Newswire and Arshmah Jamal
1w ago
Aged care workers have secured a “historic” pay rise – up to 28.5 per cent – in what has been called a “life-changing” improvement for one of Australia’s most undervalued workforces. The Fair Work Commission (FWC) delivered the major update on Friday following an anxious wait for consultation on the proposed changes. The decision will impact more than 100,000 indirect employees in the sector, and comes four years after the Health Services Union lodged an application for a 25 per cent across-the-board increase. The commission awarded direct care employees an interim 15 per c ..read more
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‘Death and destruction’: RN recounts her time in Palestine
Nursing Review
by Arshmah Jamal
1w ago
Tasmanian registered nurse and aid worker Carol Nagy has recently returned from a six-week stint as an emergency medical coordinator with Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) for their Palestine medical program. She has worked with MSF for 23 years and in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since 2010. Here Carol recounts her recent stint to Nursing Review, saying the situation was "much worse than it's ever been". MSF Nurse checks on a patient at Al Aqsa hospital. Picture: Supplied/MSF "This time things are very different. Gaza has been under blockade by Israel for decades, a ..read more
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Labor to begin paying super on paid parental leave in major win for gender equality
Nursing Review
by NCA Newswire
2w ago
Australian women are set to be thousands of dollars better off by the time they retire, with the government promising superannuation on paid parental leave in a landmark win for gender equality. After long citing budget restraints, the government will move to help close the gender superannuation gap, announcing parents with babies born or adopted from July 1, 2025 who receive the minimum-wage support scheme will receive an additional 12 per cent as payment into their super funds. According to Industry Super Funds, women retire with 30 per cent – or $67,000 on average – less than men. Paying su ..read more
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New Qld laws – nurses able to prescribe abortion pill, and changes to midwife ratios
Nursing Review
by Arshmah Jamal
2w ago
Queensland has passed new legislation to allow nurse practitioners, endorsed midwives, and registered nurses to prescribe termination-of-pregnancy drugs, as well as laws that reform midwife-to-patient ratios Last week, laws allowing nurses and midwives to provide the drug MS-2 Step passed parliament despite strong opposition from the Liberal National Party of (LNP). Queensland is the second jurisdiction to pass these laws, after Western Australia. On the other side of the chamber, however, flanked by women from the opposition, shadow minister for women Ros Bates rose to oppose the laws. Ms Bat ..read more
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Healthcare and AI: Q&A with Dr Lucy Shinners about the challenges and possibilities
Nursing Review
by Arshmah Jamal
2w ago
Australia has been quick to embrace artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to enhance patient care and improve overall health outcomes. For instance, virtual reality (VR) has been one mode, with NSW rolling out VR training for nurses to help with stroke care, and Queensland health using it to help rural midwives upskill their maternity abilities. With a background as an intensive care (ICU) nurse, Dr Lucy Shinners is currently the course coordinator of the Bachelor of Nursing at Southern Cross University. She recently completed her PhD on the perceptions of AI in the healthcare industry, wh ..read more
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Aged care sector failing to find nurses
Nursing Review
by Arshmah Jamal
3w ago
New figures from the Department of Health and Aged Care found that residential aged care is facing a gap of 5,918 nurses by 2024-25 – an improvement of only 44 from government forecasts during the December quarter. The Australian has revealed a further seven aged-care facilities closed from October to December last year, despite escalating demand for residential services as the population ages. Since September 2022, 54 aged-care homes have been closed due to staffing reforms such as 24/7 mandatory registered nurses (RN) and minimum-care requirements. The sector is racing to comply with the upc ..read more
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$1bn to support Qld women’s and girls’ health
Nursing Review
by Arshmah Jamal
3w ago
Misdiagnosed, misled, and miserable – these are some words Queensland women have used in relation to their their experiences in healthcare, according to a government survey. Almost 12,000 females were consulted for the government's landmark Women and Girls' Health Strategy 2032, which was released on Monday. In what the government has called "the largest response to any government survey" in Queensland history, women and girls shared their experiences in healthcare and offered suggestions for improvement. However, just shy of International Women's Day, a $1bn investment spread over five years ..read more
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