Specialities
Midwifery
During COVID-19, women are opting for ‘freebirthi...
July 10, 2020
The pandemic is prompting some Australian pregnant women to give birth at home without a midwife or registered health provider, according to a survey out this week. Another new survey helps explain why. The number of women who say they…
4 days ago
Aged Care
Aged Care information on COVID-19
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking…
Midwifery
Midwives can help detect domestic violence – hereR...
One in six Australian women experience physical or sexual violence by someone they know at…
Aged Care
“COVID-19 has added to those stress levels”: an age...
An aged care nurse shares her story of working in…
General
“More positive view”: most Australians see health w...
COVID-19 has changed Australians’ perspectives on fellow members of their…
Midwifery
20% of pregnant Australian women don’t receive th...
One-fifth of Australian women still don’t receive mental health checks…
Mental Health
Mental Health
Scaling down aggression during COVID-19
June 4, 2020
Clear communication with mental health consumers and reducing boredom is at the heart of an effective strategy. The COVID-19 outbreak has forced mental health facilities to suspend patients’ outside leave…
10 days ago
Mental Health
Health-care workers share our trauma during the coronav...
May 19, 2020
Health-care staff are trained to deal with whatever comes through the hospital doors. But COVID-19 is a completely different ballgame. During this pandemic, health-care workers…
Mental Health
Liverpool Hospital mental health nurse tragedy
Aged Care
Aged Care
Aged Care information on COVID-19
July 10, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Ensure you’re covered at work by joining the NSWNMA.…
4 days ago
Aged Care
“COVID-19 has added to those stress levels”: an age...
July 6, 2020
An aged care nurse shares her story of working in the sector through COVID-19 I work night shift in an aged care facility. There are…
Aged Care
Eye of the storm
General
General
“More positive view”: most Australians see health w...
June 30, 2020
COVID-19 has changed Australians’ perspectives on fellow members of their community, and none more so than in their opinions of health care workers and care staff. A recent Essential poll…
14 days ago
General
What does it mean to be immunocompromised? And why does...
May 15, 2020
Immunocompromised is a broad term reflecting the fact someone’s immune system isn’t as strong and balanced as it should be. Because immunocompromised people’s immune systems…
Midwifery
Midwifery
During COVID-19, women are opting for ‘freebirthi...
July 10, 2020
The pandemic is prompting some Australian pregnant women to give birth at home without a midwife or registered health provider, according to a survey out this week. Another new survey…
4 days ago
Midwifery
Midwives can help detect domestic violence – hereR...
July 7, 2020
One in six Australian women experience physical or sexual violence by someone they know at some point in their adult life. More than half (54%)…
Emergency
Emergency
The frontline: Nurse Ashleigh’s story.
April 14, 2020
Nurse Ashleigh Woods will never forget the first time she had to help a doctor insert an endotracheal tube into a patient’s lungs, so they could breathe. “It’s pretty intense.…
Today
Emergency
More nurses for Blacktown ED
February 7, 2020
Staff and union pressure achieved three extra nurses per shift for Blacktown Hospital’s emergency department. Western Sydney Local Health District agreed to roster three extra…
Emergency
Wyong ED campaigns for more staff
Drug and Alcohol
Drug and Alcohol
Opioids cause 2,200 deaths and cost $15.7 billion a yea...
June 4, 2020
In a single year, extra-medical opioid use caused more than 2,200 deaths, 32,000 hospital admissions and resulted in the loss of over 70,000 years of life in Australia, according to…
10 days ago
Drug and Alcohol
Cap your alcohol at 10 drinks a week: new draft guideli...
December 19, 2019
New draft alcohol guidelines, released today, recommend healthy Australian women and men drink no more than ten standard drinks a week and no more than…
Drug and Alcohol
Removing Barriers – a tool for breaking down stig...
Drug and Alcohol