Empowering endometriosis care through education

Empowering endometriosis care through education

Featured Image: Orawan Pattarawimonchai on Shutterstock Endometriosis is a chronic health condition that affects one in nine people with a uterus every year. Despite how common the condition is, it can be extremely difficult to be diagnosed, with the average diagnosis taking place seven years after the first appearance of symptoms. Nurses play an essential…

Bangka Island Nurse honoured in Last Post Ceremony

Bangka Island Nurse honoured in Last Post Ceremony

Image Source: Evgeny Freyer on Shutterstock On Wednesday, 15 March 2023 at 4:45pm, the Australian War Memorial will hold a Last Post Ceremony to commemorate the life of Australian Army Nursing Service nurse Sister Nancy Harris.   Sister Harris died on 16 February 1942 as part of the Bangka Island Massacre alongside 21 of her Australian…

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Meet the Bangka Island Nurses

Featured image source: Australian War Memorial  On 16 February 1942, twenty-two Australian nurses washed ashore on Bangka Island among a large group of survivors after the bombing of the SS Vyner Brooke – a civilian ship – after it left Singapore. Out of the sixty-five nurses that left Singapore, twelve nurses had already died in…

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Second responder for callouts in rural, remote and isolated workplace settings

View Fullscreen More resources Submission Universal access to reproductive healthcare 1 December 2022 Position Statement The sexual harassment and/or sexual assault of nurses by patients 5 March 2021 Position Statement Second responder for callouts in rural, remote and isolated workplace settings 6 March 2023 Submission Special commission of inquiry into healthcare funding 1 October 2023…

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Impact of COVID-19 on the nursing profession: managing repercussions, enabling opportunities

View Fullscreen More resources Submission Universal access to reproductive healthcare 1 December 2022 Position Statement The sexual harassment and/or sexual assault of nurses by patients 5 March 2021 Position Statement Second responder for callouts in rural, remote and isolated workplace settings 6 March 2023 Submission Special commission of inquiry into healthcare funding 1 October 2023…

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Nurses and violence

View Fullscreen More resources Submission Universal access to reproductive healthcare 1 December 2022 Position Statement The sexual harassment and/or sexual assault of nurses by patients 5 March 2021 Position Statement Second responder for callouts in rural, remote and isolated workplace settings 6 March 2023 Submission Special commission of inquiry into healthcare funding 1 October 2023…

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Nurse-led innovations in response to COVID-19 for adults living with chronic disease and multimorbidity

View Fullscreen More resources Submission Universal access to reproductive healthcare 1 December 2022 Position Statement The sexual harassment and/or sexual assault of nurses by patients 5 March 2021 Position Statement Second responder for callouts in rural, remote and isolated workplace settings 6 March 2023 Submission Special commission of inquiry into healthcare funding 1 October 2023…