Vol. 20 Nbr. 5, November 2012

Index

• Editorial.
• Call the Midwife winners.
• Giveaway.
• Jan Brownrigg leaves legacy.
• Not another assessment tool!(mail) (Letter to the editor)
• ANJ remains number one.
• End of life support for aged care facilities.
• Expanding nurse roles.
• Fee rise for non-bulk billing GPs.
• Palliative care report commended.
• Underfunding of mental health nurse program.
• Cerebrating Irish nurses.
• Diabetes resource for Italians.
• History of psychiatric nursing recorded.
• Lower BMI for women.
• National recycling week.
• A report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) found more than 1.7 million had a screening mammogram through BreastScreen Australia in 2009-2010.
• Breast care nurses recognised nationally.
• Over-diagnosis in breast cancer detection.
• Breast cancer cases doubled but survival rates improved.
• Nurses amongst top occupations for skilled migration.
• Tamiflu for all residents during flu outbreak.
• Wound care awarded.
• New college tackles infection.
• Prosperity and education key in population control.
• Country Health Care Compromised.
• Nurses and midwives take silent vigil.
• Sustainabitity the key to midwifery model.
• Engaging with older people awarded.
• New community-unions alliance.
• Temporary reprieve for Nursing and Midwifery Health Program.
• ICN workforce summit: safe staffing threat.
• Indigenous health a priority.
• Discrimination towards international nurses prevalent.
• Infection rates linked to nurse burnout.
• Nursing students teach clinical skills.
• Tackling HIV/AIDS in Africa.
• Climate and Health Alliance.
• National support for NPs.
• Education.
• Promised permanent residence.
• Insecure work: an issue for all of us.
• Australian travellers at risk of infectious disease.
• City-dwellers more at risk of chronic diseases.
• Speaking for the silent witness: can you help in a research project on elder abuse?
• When is it mandatory to make a report to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia?
• Nurse practitioners: shifting the boundaries: nurse practitioners are increasingly taking up a myriad of roles across diverse range of health care specialties, making a significant impact on the health needs of Australians. This month Kathryn Anderson explores some of the roles and current issues these health practitioners face.
• The palliative care nurse practitioner.
• Caring burden.
• At the Very Heart 100 Years in Remote Australia.
• Awareness: Creating Your Own Balance in Life.
• Contraception: An Australian Clinical Practice Handbook 3rd Edition.
• Illuminating Florence Finding Nightingale's Legacy in Your Practice.
• Endometriosis.
• To lead or be led.
• Sydney Nursing School: are you a man who cares?
• Perinatal depression and dads.
• Diabetes self-management and social influencers.
• Prostate cancer specialist nurse.
• Movember.
• Do you have any erection problems?
• Men's health policy in Australia.
• Exploring men's health in indigenous Papua New Guinea.
• Nurses and midwives: what will an e-Health record mean for you and your patients?
• Prostate cancer diagnosis: surgery or not?
• Suicidal masculinities: understanding the gendered nature of mate suicide.
• Men's decision-making for prostate cancer treatment.
• Preparing primary health for men's health awareness.
• Nurse-led weight loss intervention for morbidly obese men.
• Taking health care to community's heart.
• Calendar.
• Network.
• 'Do not disturb'.