National Registration for Nurses

National Registration – What does it All Mean??! As of 1st July 2010, the old system of state and territory based Nursing Registration has been abolished. The Council of Australian Governments has now implemented a single national registration and accreditation system for health professionals in Australia. This system is known as the National Registration and [...]

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Controversial Midwife Laws Passed by Parliament

A dramatic but somewhat controversial reform has been passed by parliament last week allowing midwives to provide Medicare funded care in Australia for the first time. This means that under specific guidelines, women will be eligible to receive Medicare rebates for private midwifery care, and also some Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) rebates for particular tests [...]

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National Registration Coming to Australia

For those who are already Nurses in Australia, you would be aware that Australia formerly used a system of Independent Registration for each State or Territory. All this has changed as of 1st July 2010, when the first national registration and accreditation system came into effect throughout Australia. The Council of Australian Governments has signed [...]

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Obese? Get to the back of the line, thanks…

credit: Kyle May An Ipswich MP has suggested that obese people who are unwilling to change their lifestyle should have to wait longer for medical treatment. From the article at Queensland Times: Jo-Ann Miller, Labor MP for Bundamba, said people who were living on a “Macca’s” diet were placing an intolerable strain on Queensland Health. [...]

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Should nurses light patient’s smokes?

An interesting situation regarding smoking and patient’s rights has developed in Tasmania this month, opening up a whole new world of questions on nurses obligations, rights and rules at work. The heart of the issue is that A wheelchair bound, tobacco addicted MS sufferer has had his smoking privileges canned, after nursing staff have been [...]

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