Category Archives: Questions & Answers
Ask the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing a question on Q&A tonight!
Mark Butler, the Minister for Mental Health and Ageing is on the ABC program “Q & A” tonight at 9.35pm, along with Independent Rob Oakeshott and others. It would be great to have some questions about aged care asked via … Continue reading
Tagged: aged care, aged care and nutriton, aged care issues, aged care nursing, aged care sector, australia national health system, australia nursing
What constitutes patients rights? Where do they commence?
This question was asked in our forum last year. Read it and let us know what you think. In this case, the husband refused for his wife to be treated by a male doctor as it was against his religion, the … Continue reading
Tagged: nursing, nursing australia, nursing blogs, nursing in australia, nusing australia, patient care, patient rights
Nurse to Doctor Professional Working Relations
As Nurses, in any field of practise, we interact with doctors, or Visiting Medical Officers, as some like to be called. How have working relationships changed over the last 20, 30, or even 50 years? We hear of terms like … Continue reading
Tagged: nursing, nursing australia, nursing blog, nursing blogs, nursing forum australia, nursing in australia
Mid-Life Career Change.
One of our new forum members, nursing1, a mature age student nurse, raised the following question. “I passed 1st year of my nursing degree in 2009. I have deferred this year and hope to return to university next year and complete … Continue reading
Tagged: australia national health system, mid-career transition, nursing, nursing australia, nursing in australia, nusing australia, student nurse


