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Jane O'Connell works as a part of Australia's health system. She belongs to the new breed of nurses who are trained to attend to patients without the guidance of the doctors. She can order diagnostic tests such as X-rays, treat them for minor problems, prescribe them drugs or refer them to a specialist.

Changing the way undergraduate nurses are prepared is one important step in helping the next generation of nurses meet the
challenges they face in the workplace.

Patient safety could be under threat if calls by the Productivity Commission for a radical overhaul of the health system are backed by the government, doctors' groups warn.

TWO FLORENCE Nightingales who collectively have 57 years experience serving in hospitals around the country and are now managers in their field are asking their colleagues to work with passion and dedication.

Antenatal checks carried out by nurses, midwives and registered Aboriginal health workers in rural Australia could soon be covered by Medicare.

The Royal College of Nursing Australia (RCNA) welcomes the decision made last week by the Libyan Supreme Court to overturn the death sentence and order a retrial of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor imprisoned for infecting over 400 children with the HIV Virus.

DOWN on the corner of Yarra and Ryrie streets a group of young men and women with drinks in hand are goading drivers to honk their horns and get into the spirit of New Year's Eve.

A new Australian series on remote-area nurses is a welcome antidote to the condescending stereotypes of most medical dramas, writes Graeme Blundell

The Tasmanian Government denies it has failed to act on a shortage of nurses in the state.

It was the hardest thing Sarah-Jean Burnett had ever had to do.

It was also one of the best.