Aims and objectives. This paper reports the benefits and challenges of a mentoring programme through which retired and senior nurses continued to support and nurture nurses and midwives currently working in the health ...

Coronary heart disease (CHD) is one of the main causes of death and disability in the Aboriginal population, and is the major cause of the twenty-year gap in life expectancy of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australians. ...

This column is a discussion of nursing in Australia. The authors present current challenges and issues related to recruitment and retention, an aging workforce, violence and bullying, diversity, undergraduate and graduate ...

Commonly, the expression 'PhD' evokes a level of trepidation amongst potential candidates from both the clinical and academic spheres. In contemporary settings, a Doctor of Philosophy is highly regarded and increasingly ...

Changes in family structures have resulted in many children growing up in nontraditional families, where their father is not resident in the family home. Father absence that occurs as a result of the breakdown of the ...

Background: Patient advocacy and a desire to rectify misconduct in the clinical setting are frequently cited reasons for whistleblowing in nursing and healthcare. Aim: This paper explores current knowledge about whistleblowing ...

The author discusses the role of various care delivery models in proper development of workplace environment for nurses. He states that nurses have to face several difficulties, including bullying, resource shortages and ...

Globally, child protection services are under-resourced and unable to meet the demands associated with the increasing numbers of families who are being exposed to child abuse and neglect. Family support and family preservation ...

Whistleblowing has the potential to have a negative impact on individuals physical and emotional well-being. However, few empirical studies have been conducted using qualitative methods to provide an in-depth exploration ...

Although access to palliative care is a fundamental right for people in Australia and is endorsed by government policy, there is often limited access to specialist palliative care services in regional, rural and remote ...