Please download, read and share this report from the recent Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM) professional development conference: #CATSINaM17_... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: Leadership is like a seedling – something that can be both fragile and strong, that is rooted in family and a sense of connection and country, and that requires nurturi... Read more
As recently covered by Croakey, a new edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards will require health services to implement wide-ranging measures aimed at improving t... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: Health services across Australia will be required to implement wide-ranging measures aimed at improving the safety and quality of care provided to Aboriginal and Torres... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: Australia could be doing much more to optimise the use of nurse practitioners, especially in the areas of primary healthcare, chronic disease management and residential... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: It is never easy to achieve change in big, resistant bureaucratic organisations driven by competing interests and agendas. But Professor Roianne West has shown it IS po... Read more
Melissa Sweet writes: In June, Dr Doseena Fergie, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elder and nursing academic, left Australia to travel the world in 79 days, investigating the situat... Read more
Marie McInerney writes: The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is considering a call for the profession to make a formal apology for its part in the harm inflicted by racist... Read more