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Australians in aged care facilities are having their rights as citizens eroded by regulation and regimentation that requires carers to tick a box rather than meet individual needs, an international conference on dementia has been told.

Money spent on recruiting health care workers in rural areas could be better used by providing current staff with incentives to stay, a new report revealed.

Lee Thomas, Australian Nursing Federation assistant secretary welcomes the Senate's passing of the nation's first paid parental leave scheme saying it would benefit the nursing and midwifery workforce which is made up largely of women.

A South Australian woman who uses a wheelchair has been given the right to die by refusing to take food and medication without her carers facing prosecution.

In a world first – the Centre for Remote Health’s (CRH) Master of Remote Health Practice: Nurse Practitioner Program is set to deliver speciality nurse practitioners to work in Remote and Aboriginal Health in Australia.

WHEN Margaret McMillan first found out she had been nominated for an an Order of Australia medal, the pioneer for nurse education thought she was the victim of an elaborate practical joke.

LEGISLATION giving midwives greater authority over the maternity care of Australian women will be launched at the end of the month, but it could take years before real changes are delivered.