This research paper explores aspects of the recent development of practice nursing in Australia, particularly those relating to government initiatives currently in place. The paper also discusses some of barriers which may inhibit the further development of practice nursing, and makes some comment on how these could be addressed in the future.

Feminist economists are studying marketised care services, such as nursing homes, as the intersection of the performance of ‘care’, traditionally unpaid and provided within families by women, and ‘work’ as a paid means of earning a living. During research towards her doctoral thesis on how aged care nurses experience their care work, the author noticed...

This report presents statistics on trends in the employment of nurses and midwives in Australia. Information presented in the report includes a national overview of the number and characteristics of nurses, their geographic region and the overall supply of nurses. Also included is a profile for each state and territory showing information such as nurses'...

Health promotion has long been accepted as a mainstay of nursing practice, and indeed many community child health nurses would cite health promotion as a major activity in their daily work. However, there is a lack of clarity in the nursing literature regarding the concepts and activities of health promotion and studies on nurses‚ understanding...

The most widely recognised approach to child abuse prevention is a model that draws together the concepts surrounding primary, secondary and tertiary intervention. Primary prevention refers to stopping abuse before it starts by targeting members of the community through broad-based programs directed at populations of people. Secondary prevention programs are aimed at early intervention in...