Nursing
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Clinical Decision Making
Clinical decision making requires good quality judgment including critical thinking
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Paid Careworkers In The Home
When someone is being cared for at home there can be a lot of people involved. Sometimes paid care workers will also come in to provide support.
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Mental health nurse
Trusted information about mental health nurses, including what a mental health nurse is, what a mental health nurse does, where a mental health nurse works and how a mental health nurse can help me from leading Australian health organisations.
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Nurses
The Nurses Hub brings together evidence based palliative care information and quality resources to help nurses find relevant information quickly and easily.
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Cancer Nurse Coordination Service
The Cancer Nurse Coordination Service is a team of specialist nurses located in both metropolitan Perth and rural regions of Western Australia.
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Nursing strike- breastfeeding refusal
A nursing strike refers to a babys refusal to breastfeed and usually occurs after breastfeeding is well established. When breast milk is rejected it can be distressing for both mother and baby, but with patience and professional advice breastfeeding problems like a nursing strike can be dealt with.
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Professional Standards Committee decisions
Professional Standards Committee hearings are conducted by the Medical Council of NSW and the Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW are generally held in public.
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Professional Standards Committee decisions
Professional Standards Committee hearings are conducted by the Medical Council of NSW and the Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW are generally held in public. Published decisions of the Medical Professional Standards Committees from 1 October 2008 onwards are available on the website of the Medical Council of NSW's website.
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Palliative care in RAC
High care facilities (nursing homes) will be able to provide for the palliative care needs of their residents. Most "ageing in place low care facilities (hostels) will do as well. High care facilities have registered and enrolled nurses to provide skilled nursing care at all times.
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Continence Helpline 1800 33 00 66 Get help Continence Foundation of Australia
Call 1800 33 00 66 to speak to a continence nurse.
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Specialist home-based nursing services for children with acute and chronic illnesses | Cochrane
This review aimed to examine whether specialist paediatric home-based nursing services for children with acute and chronic illnesses reduce the number of hospital admissions and length of stay, enhance health care in the community and reduce stress for families at the time of their child's illness. It is an update of our original review published in 2006. We found seven relevant randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of total of 840 children aged from birth to 18 years with acute and/or chronic illnesses receiving either specialist home-based nursing services or conventional health care. The outcomes included use of health care services, physical and mental health, satisfaction, adverse health outcomes and costs. We decided not to combine the results of these RCTs because of the variety in types of services provided, types of participants and the outcome measures used. The results of individual RCTs show improved satisfaction with home-based care with no adverse impact on physical health outcomes for children. There is some evidence that specialist home-based nursing services reduce the length of hospital stay; however, there is no evidence that it leads to a reduction in use of hospital services. Further trials are required, measuring health, satisfaction, service use and long-term costs.
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Nursing and midwifery workforce (AIHW)
This web report outlines the workforce characteristics of nurses and midwives in 2014.
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Nursing Parkinson's Disease - Nursing Care and Rehab - Ausmed
When the person with Parkinsons is in hospital, it's the nurse who has the most direct care with the patient. This means they can make observations
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Nursing record systems to improve nursing practice and health care | Cochrane
When patients are in hospital or sick at home and visited by a nurse, it is important that the care they receive is recorded properly. Nurses record a wide variety of information about a patients care and progress. For example, nurses would record a patients status while in ICU every hour, or when and how pain medication should be given and when it was given, or the progress of a pregnant woman visiting a clinic. These nursing records are a way for nurses to share care information with other nurses, other health care professionals and sometimes with patients. This is Information that can ensure patient care is consistent when staff changes shifts or information that can be used later as a history of previous care.
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Communication Skills for Nurses - 10 Tips for Improvement| Ausmed
Being able to communicate effectively as a nurse is a vital part of the job. Here are 10 communication skills for nurses to master (with clear examples).
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How to Advocate for Your Patient | Ausmed | Tips for Nurses
How to Advocate for Your Patient | Ausmed | Tips for Nurses | One of the most important and sacred duties of the nurse is advocating for their patient. W...
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Nursing Paediatric Patients - Effective Procedural Communication
Nursing Paediatric Patients - Effective Procedural Communication | Ask any nurse and they will no doubt already know that when children and young people ...
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Stress in Nursing - Why it Happens and What to Do About it
Patient care, decision making, taking responsibility, and change are all causes of stress in nursing. So, how should a nurse manage their stress best?
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Nurse specialist care for bronchiectasis | Cochrane
Bronchiectasis is a chronic lung disease characterised by productive cough and recurrent chest infections. Untreated patients have a poor quality of life and may eventually develop respiratory failure. This review evaluates the process of care in this group of patients and compares nurse led care with the traditional model of physician directed treatment. Only one trial was found to be suitable for evaluation and this showed no significant difference between nurse and doctor led care in terms of lung function, infective flare ups, or quality of life but significantly increased costs in nurse led care due to hospital admissions and use of intravenous antibiotics.
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Assessing Nausea and Vomiting - A Guide for Nurses
When assessing nausea and vomiting, nursing assessment and management is everything. Identify the cause, and you can treat the symptom more accurately.
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