The ABC has again reported on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. They recently published revelations by psychologist Terence Kirkpatrick that…
Health practitioners need to be aware that their advertising must comply not just with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) guidelines where appropriate, but…
Read More Advertising health services is about so much more than the AHPRA guidelines>
As usual, the federal government’s health budget has been a mixed bag for the industry. Professional bodies representing practitioners including podiatrists, pharmacists, occupational therapists, medical…
Read More The health industry’s reaction to the 2015 Federal Budget>
I have just returned from a series of 4 careers expos in the New South Wales towns of Young, Forbes, Dubbo and Bathurst. Although this…
Read More My rant following the most recent round of careers expos….>
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) stated that only “appropriate practitioners” can prescribe medicine in the UK. There are two categories of the…
Research has shown patient safety and the quality of patient care are closely linked with the education levels of the nursing workforce (Aiken et al.,…
Read More Nursing Is Not A Back-Up Career – by RN Laurie Bickhoff>
The Enrolled Nurse is a valued and pertinent member of the healthcare workforce. According to the Health Workforce 2025 National projections (2012) Enrolled Nurses (EN)…
Read More The difference between an enrolled nurse and a registered nurse – by Belynda Abbott>
Many thanks to Mary-ann Liethof, National Program Manager of Polio Australia for contributing this valuable information for health professionals. Acute Polio Australia experienced waves of…
Read More Polio Australia: Improving Health Outcome for Australia’s Polio Survivors>
Current reports indicate that fertility problems affect approximately 15% of Australian couples. There’s a lot of focus on women improving their diet and lifestyle but…
Read More Male nutrition and how it can improve fertility – by Melanie McGrice AdvAPD>
Surgeons do tend to get a bit of a bad rap when it comes to their personality traits. When we interviewed Mimi Le, who was…
Read More Are surgeons really arrogant, or is it just that they aren’t “agreeable?”>
Once again the federal government’s industry employment projections data show that the Health Care and Social Assistance sector will be the leading provider of new…
In the last couple of years, wound care has become a little passion of mine. I try not to be one of those over-excited nurses…
When I came across this hard-core group of 5 walkers (and Milly the fur baby) plus a support team who are preparing to walk the…
Shelley Straw qualified as an Eye & Ear Nurse in 1982, and worked in the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital for close to 25…
Read More The training program to become an ear nurse – by Shelley Straw>
The Heart of Australia is a 25 metre clinic on a truck that is the brainchild of Dr Rolf Gomes, a Brisbane cardiologist. He had…
Read More Cardiologist in a truck becomes the Heart of Australia>
Teal Ribbon Day is being held today in an effort to raise awareness about ovarian cancer. And with good reason. The statistics are pretty scary.…
Read More Ovarian cancer symptoms and prevention still misunderstood>
A paper published in Physiotherapy Research International has looked at the physiotherapist’s respiratory assessment in critical care, and in particular, identifying parenchymal pulmonary pathology. The…
Read More Will physiotherapists be routinely using lung ultrasound for critical care in the future?>
The health industry is incredibly rewarding yet can be a mentally draining area to work in. Take it from Natasha Jennings of the Alfred Hospital’s…
Read More Upskilling online made possible by Monash University>
Shelley Straw qualified as an Eye & Ear Nurse in 1982, and worked in the Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital for close to 25…
Read More Rolling out multiple ear clinics – by Shelley Straw>
Accredited Practising Dietitian Sally Marchini was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes almost 40 years ago and then coeliac disease 13 years ago. It was that…
Read More Are your clients gluten free for the right reasons? by Sally Marchini APD>
