Vol. 19 No. 10, May 2012

Index

• Labor delivers on promise of aged care reform.
• A dilemma for clinical, nurses.
• Preceptor dilemma.
• Students learn with same RN.
• Debt ridden with degree.
• Hike in registration fees outrageous.
• Interested in human research ethics?
• Preceptorship model positive.
• Nurse practitioner roles expanding.
• Nurse triage line not dismal.
• Push for NPs in primary care.
• Hike in registration fees.
• Inequitable funding for electronic health record.
• Evidence based practice provides fundamental care.
• International Nurses' and midwives' days: celebrating our professions.
• Help for PNG mums and bubs.
• Reducing maternal mortality rates worldwide.
• New public holidays.
• NSW Nurses' Association a winner.
• Cardiac DVD for indigenous.
• Collective agreement up for ballot.
• ACT continues to support NPs.
• Ironclad guarantee on nurse patient ratios.
• NP recruitment drive.
• Lifesaving health action for women and children.
• Nurse to patient ratios impact burnout worldwide.
• TB prevention toolkit.
• Changing jobs on a 457 visa.
• Industrial.
• Get active on policy: your voice is loud.
• Lemnos nurses 2015.
• Student survival guide: written by students for students.
• Closing the gap.
• Continuing professional education online: as registered and enrolled nurses and midwives you require at least 20 hours of CPD per year.
• Closing the gap: support for indigenous loss: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples experience greater mortality rates than other Australians with significant grieving compounded by multiple losses and funeral attendance. A one year South Australian research project shows how workplaces can be culturally safe and supportive.
• The importance of accurate documentation.
• Poor records can reflect poor practice.
• Footy and netball clubs to 'pink up' for breast cancer.
• Jo Lovelock: breast cancer nurse: breast cancer nurse Joanne Lovelock's motto is if everyone just did something, the world would be a better place.
• Personal carers' role in medication administration: an exploratory study in a rural community in Queensland.
• Dementia care mapping as a tool for person centred care: a Victorian study that implemented person centred care in rural residential aged care facilities through staff training in dementia care mapping found an 11% reduction in antipsychotic use after three months.
• Education strategies in dementia.
• 'Animal Fun' creates confident kids.
• Nurse-led clinics for youth at risk.
• 'Breastfeeding is a family affair'.
• Emergency first aid asthma care.
• Telemedicine trial for sick infants.
• Health messages not enough to protect harm at Schoolies Festivals.
• SHS Tasmania, Burnie: here to help.
• Impact of media on children.
• Upcoming nursing seminars.
• Bald cancer Barbie doll.
• Soft drinks increase risk of heart disease.
• Calendar.
• Network.
• Women's economic empowerment: it makes sense.