Category Archives: Future of nursing

CNE: Nurses must ‘stop eating their young’

Posted on April 22, 2013 by NU_admin

A concerned Clinical Nurse Educator writes: I have been a proud member of the nursing profession for more than twenty years. When I started, I was classed as “one of those new nurses who trained at uni and know nothing!” … Continue reading →

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‘The nurse will see you now’

Posted on March 4, 2013 by NU_admin

This post about GP practice nurses in rural NSW is reprinted from The Conversation and written by  Karen Francis, Professor of Rural Nursing and Head of School Wagga Wagga, and Mary Fitzgerald, Professor of Nursing, of Charles Sturt University. With Australia’s population … Continue reading →

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A Brisbane nurse speaks up against hospital cuts

Posted on January 23, 2013 by NU_admin

Guest post by Sarah Beaman. Sarah is a member of the Queensland Nurses Union who works at the Princess Alexandra (PA) Hospital in Brisbane and made this speech at a public rally last Thursday, January 17, to protest about major cuts to … Continue reading →

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The new grad (un)employment crisis

Posted on December 4, 2012 by NU_admin

Sue Bellino of the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) writes a guest post on the new grad employment crisis. Politicians must ‘stop passing the buck’ and work together to solve Australia’s nursing crisis. The ANF has launched a new national campaign … Continue reading →

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Australian nurses health and wellness survey

Posted on November 19, 2012 by NU_admin

Guest post by Kay Ross, Lecturer in the School of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, and a nurse with over 30 years experience. There are currently about 270,000 nurses working in Australia but little is … Continue reading →

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