Top-of-scope nurse-led model a Queensland first
A unique Queensland first, nurse-led vascular access team is reducing catheter-associated complications and improving the patient experience.
A unique Queensland first, nurse-led vascular access team is reducing catheter-associated complications and improving the patient experience.
Queensland is one step closer to closing the gap on cardiac care for children thanks to the innovative pilot project ‘Bridging the Heart Gap’.
Being a cancer patient is an exhausting and frightening journey, but returning to work as a nurse whilst continuing to recover was a whole other ball game according to Sally Kriel, Clinical Nurse C
If you’re looking for a novel way to refresh your nursing education in 2023, then look no further than the team at Cairns Hospital.
Queensland has recently seen an increase in serious infections caused by invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) following similar reports elsewhere in Australia, some European countries, and the UK.
Metro South Hospital and Health Service’s Complex Vestibular Service at Logan Hospital, Dial-A-Dizzy combines some goggles, a little bit of internet and a whole lot of expertise to support clinicians diagnose patients presenting with dizziness in rural and remote facilities.
Following the ongoing success of the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Queensland program in orthopaedics and emergency surgery, Clinical Excellence Queensland is expanding the GIRFT program to include diabetes.
A partnership between Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service and the Queensland Persistent Pain Management Clinical Network, the recently wrapped pilot program took a multidisciplinary team of professions specialising in pain management to educate and power the communities.
After working on and off in healthcare for 25 years, Karita McCarthy realised her dream of becoming a registered nurse in 2020 at age 47 and is already spreading her nursing wings.
They’re sometimes seen as “just a senior nurse working at an advanced level” but in reality, nurse practitioners (NPs) remain one of the most innovative health workforce strategies in Australia and