Nurse practitioners can write prescriptions and help people with chronic conditions. As New Zealand struggles with GP shortages, these highly skilled nurses could step into the gap.
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While some nurses have protested the use of robotics and AI in healthcare, new technologies could help care for aging populations offering efficiency alongside the compassion of human nurses
Many residents in Australia’s aged care homes are not receiving the level of care they need and are entitled to, a new analysis has found.
Whether you’re a reporter, a teacher or a nurse, it’s becoming more difficult to find meaning in your work.
Among her 5 decades of accomplishments, Nightingale founded the world’s first nursing school and advocated health care for all.
New simulation tools open the door for objective nurse workload management — a missing key to a healthy health-care system.
Surveying more than 5,500 nurses about the realities of their work lives highlights how a shortage of nursing staff could compromise Canadians’ ability to access safe, compassionate care.
Most of the indirect care workforce will only see a pay rise between 3% and 7%.
Half a million new mothers in the US suffer from postpartum depression every year, yet a lack of awareness and stigma toward the condition keep many from getting the help they need.
A new review of Australian health care workers’ scope of practice should focus on expanding pharmacists prescribing for stable conditions and long-term medications, under the direction of a GP.
Reduced staffing means nursing home residents make more unnecessary trips to the hospital.
The problems facing the NHS have been years in the making: a result of poor decision-making, lack of political consensus and chronic underinvestment.
Nurses describe what it is like to work on the NHS frontline – and what the cost is to them.
Extending visits from nurses who can listen without judgement and offer practical, evidence-informed advice helps new parents who are experiencing adversity.
Research shows low male participation in the nursing workforce can stem from many sources, including reticence by career counsellors to recommend nursing as a career.
Nursing has long been seen as a vocation, not a skill. This impacts nursing staff and patients both.
The US has a growing demand for nurses. Yet nursing schools are turning away many qualified candidates.
Long-term solutions to the nursing shortage call for changes that value nurses and offer them a safe place to work.
Rates of burnout have increased alarmingly among health-care workers during the pandemic. Unless the system provides more support to its already depleted workforce, staff shortages may get worse.
COVID patients in ICU are younger, sicker and stay for longer than other critically unwell patients, affecting the entire hospital and its staff.
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Chair of Health Services Research, University of Southampton
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Associate Professor of Nursing, University of South Florida
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Director of the Translational Research and Social Innovation group, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Nursing and Health Services Management, Faculty of Health, University of Technology Sydney
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Nursing , University of Waikato
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Professor of Nursing Workforce Policy, University of Southampton
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Lecturer in Nursing, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Nursing Policy, King's College London
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Professor of Nursing, University of Hull
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Professor of Public Health, Bournemouth University
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Associate Professor, Director of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Practice, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Academic Convenor, MAEVe ( Melbourne Alliance to End Violence against women and their children, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Older Persons' Health Care, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Curtin University
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Practice Education Facilitator, Swansea University