Almost a third of registered aged care nurses are considering quitting in the next year because of job stress, says a new University of Melbourne study.

Edith Shain the famed V-J kissing nurse is back and will serve as a grand marshal in Tuesday’s Veterans Day Parade.

The solutions to Australia's general practitioner shortage are not just in increasing GP numbers, but in developing new roles to care for patients, according to research published by the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute (APHCRI) based at The Australian National University.

The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says it will tell the Industrial Relations Commission (IRC) that its members are not breaking any laws by walking off the job in the Torres Strait over workplace health and safety issues.

In workplaces where nurses are bullied, the quality of patient care declines, the health of nurses suffers, and the retention of quality nurses becomes difficult. A new article published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, & Neonatal Nursing reviews the psychological and social issues related to bullying in the workplace and strategies for creating a respectful work environment.

Planned strikes of nurses at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez are eventually canceled. The cause of this action was successful negotiations and closed bargains.

Registered nurses have canceled a planned three-day strike at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez after gaining significant results at the bargaining table.

Hospital staff nurses who work extended hours, work at night, struggle to remain awake at work, or obtain less sleep are more likely to experience a drowsy driving episode, according to a study published in the December 1 issue of the journal SLEEP.

New Jersey registered nurses are teetering on the brink of exhaustion due to heavier work loads, feeling that they are not able to provide proper patient care and receiving little support from management, according to a survey conducted by Rutgers College of Nursing faculty member Linda Flynn.

Nurse practitioners and physician assistants could be some of the answers to the global healthcare industry staff shortage.

Nurses are now playing a valuable role in assessing people held in police custody, complementing the traditional role of the police doctor and improving response times, according to research published in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing.

Nurses working in an accident and emergency department reported that their anxiety levels fell dramatically when they were given aromatherapy massages while listening to music, according to research in the September issue of the UK-based Journal of Clinical Nursing.