Recently added articles from Australian Nursing Journal:

Editorial: it has been a busy but wonderful nine years and I am happy with what we have achieved together. I feel very privileged to have had the opportunity to lead such a vibrant, strong and ethical organisation.(Australian Nursing Federation)

Apr 01, 2008; Iliffe, Jill ... Aged care is once again in the news. A federal government report has highlighted increasing and ongoing concerns about quality of care in aged care facilities: predominantly medication errors and poor care with a small number of cases of physical and sexual abuse. This is no ...

You know you're a nurse if ...(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008; Booth, Catherine ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You believe every patient needs TLC: Thorazine, Lorazepam and Compazine. You would like to meet the inventor of the call light in a dark alley one night. You believe not all patients are annoying ... some are unconscious. ...

Shared confidences enjoyed.(mail)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Hayes, Sue ... I recently received my ANJ February 2008. My last, as I no longer work as a nurse but am enjoying my retirement. So sadly, I can no longer turn straight to the last page of the journal and laugh at the message in the Tandberg cartoon or enjoy Ged's column. She always had ...

Code red on climate change.(mail)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Blom, Sabrina ... In response to Joe Bevan's letter, Global warming questioned (ANJ February 08) I would like to quote from David Spratt and Philip Sutton's Climate code red: the case for a sustainabiiity emergency (published in Melbourne, February 2008). "If the planet's health were being cared ...

Correction.(mail)(Correction notice)

Apr 01, 2008 ... An error occurred in the first paragraph of the text under the heading Background in the March ANJ Clinical Update 112. The ANJ apologises for any confusion resulting from this error. This paragraph should have read: Gliomas account for approximately 77% of all malignant primary ...

Who will care for nurses?(mail)(Letter to the editor)

Apr 01, 2008; Cooper, Julie ... I read the editorial in the February issue of ANJ and was struck by the reference to initiatives to attract nurses back into the hospital sector. My colleagues and I were recently discussing why nurses doing an evening shift are then expected to get up early to do a morning or day shift ...

Network.(hospital reunions)(Brief article)(List)(Calendar)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Bendigo Base Hospital Graduates Association--80TH Annual Reunion 12 April 2008, All Seasons Resort, McIvor Road, Bendigo, Victoria. Cost for day $40. For further information please contact Wendy Wilkinson Ph: (03) 5447 8582 or Joan O'Shea Ph: (03) 5443 6850 Queen ...

Nurse to focus Commission on remote innovation.(news)(Sabina Knight of the National Health and Hospitals Commission)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ms Sabina Knight, the only nurse on the new National Health and Hospitals Commission, will bring a passion for social justice, remote area nursing and Indigenous health to its work. Ms Knight, a Senior Lecturer in Remote Health Practice at the ...

New federal health commission draws immediate fire.(NATIONAL)

Apr 01, 2008; Sweet, Melissa ... The Australian Government has made a shaky start to implementing its pre-election commitment to undertaking "one of the most significant reforms of Australia's health and hospital system since Federation". The composition of its new National Health and Hospitals Reform ...

Health care education under review.(NATIONAL)

Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A project is underway to review the way health professionals are educated in Australia in an effort to develop a common framework of inter-professional education. The nation wide project, led by the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) and the University ...

Chief nursing and midwifery officer.(NATIONAL)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... The ANF has welcomed the federal government's move to appoint a chief nursing and midwifery officer. The new leadership role has been created in response to strong demand from the nursing profession. Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon said, "the chief nursing and midwifery ...

Down in the dumps in Manila--APHEDA appeal.(NATIONAL)

Apr 01, 2008 ... The first thing that strikes you is the stench and millions of flies. Then you notice the people, hundreds of them crawling over the huge rubbish dump, collecting anything that could be sold for recycling. It's not just the usual paper, glass and aluminium cans, but old tyres, wood, ...

WA: nurse scholarships.(Western Australia)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... The WA Government is offering 459 undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships to nurses in the state worth more than $1.1 million. Scholarships on offer include: postgraduate clinical specialisation, including in ...

Spirometry training for practice nurses.(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... The National Asthma Council Australia has launched Australia's first national spirometry training course for GPs and practice nurses. The free six hour interactive course provides hands on application, ...

SA: we have the technology.(South Australia)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... A new web-based information system in South Australia will give nurses and midwives instant access to patient records. It is hoped the technology, which will be used to integrate patient records across the public hospital system, will improve the speed and safety of health care delivery ....

New Chair and executive for AHCRA.(Australian Health Care Reform Alliance)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Fiona Armstrong, federal senior professional officer with the Australian Nursing Federation, has been elected Chairperson of the Australian Health Care Reform Alliance. Ms Armstrong has been acting in the position since Kerren Clark stood down from the position in late 2007. The Australian ...

Increase autonomy for practice nurses.(NATIONAL)

Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Practice nurses should be given greater autonomy and a proper career and payment structure to attract and retain more nurses in general practice, a study has concluded. The Australian National University study recommends changes to the Medicare ...

Vaccination the best protection: NHMRC.(NATIONAL)(National Health and Medical Research Council)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Despite numerous dedicated campaigns delivered over a number of years, health care workers, including a significant number of nurses, remain resistant to the influenza immunisation message, according to the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC). [ILLUSTRATION ...

New course to increase Indigenous nurse workforce.(STATE AND TERRITORY: WA)

Apr 01, 2008; Steele, Rebecca ... The Marr Mooditj Foundation (MMF) in Western Australia is providing a new training program to assist Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with a career in enrolled nursing. The Foundation is dedicated to the education and training of Aboriginal people in a supportive and culturally ...

ANF joins WorkCover campaign.(STATE AND TERRITORY: SA)(Australian Nursing Federation)(Brief article)

Apr 01, 2008 ... The ANF SA Branch has joined with union peak body SA unions in launching a campaign against the state Labor Government's plan to change WorkCover legislation. Injured workers will have their payments cut after 13 weeks to 80% of their average weekly earnings and weekly payments ...