Nursing and Midwifery News

	Best-selling text book targets palliative care The latest edition of the best-selling health text book, Palliative care nursing – a guide to practice, edited by Monash academics, has just been released. >> more information
	Pregnant women seek complementary therapies Midwives often do not have the appropriate education or support to respond to the growing interest of pregnant women in complementary and alternative therapies, according to Monash University PhD research. >> more information
	Academics team up for resucitation An innovative online training and assessment tool could help improve the low survival rate of cardiac arrest patients in hospitals. >> more information
	Bachelor of Nursing now available at Clayton Monash University is launching its flagship Bachelor of Nursing degree in metropolitan Melbourne. The degree, currently offered at the university’s Peninsula campus, will also be offered at its Clayton campus from 2013. >> more information
	Considering Nursing? The School of Nursing and Midwifery will hold an open evening at Monash University’s Berwick campus to showcase the School’s undergraduate nursing and midwifery courses. >> more information
	Nurses' challenges over dying patients New research will investigate the challenges nurses face in caring for dying patients and their families, under funding from the Nurses Board of Victoria Legacy Limited. >> more information
	Monash graduate wins international distinction Monash alumnus Andrew Cameron has been awarded the world's highest nursing honours - the Florence Nightingale Medal – in recognition of an extraordinary nursing and midwifery career. >> more information
	Innovation in Interprofessional Clinical Placements An exciting innovation in interprofessional learning and clinical placements for Monash undergraduate health students is underway as part of the Increased Clinical Training Capacity (ICTC) project at Southern Clinical School. >> more information
	Uni and industry collaborate on aged care education Monash University, in collaboration with Aged and Community Care Victoria (ACCV), has developed a first in Australia. In February 2012 Monash's School of Nursing and Midwifery commenced a Graduate Nurse Program for the aged care sector. >> more information
	ARC Grant success Dr Jennifer Newton, a Senior Research Fellow in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, has been awarded more than $140,000 in an ARC Discovery Grant to investigate factors that impact how student nurses learn while working in hospitals. >> more information
	Gippsland celebrates double degree grads The School of Nursing and Midwifery Gippsland campus is celebrating the first cohort of Bachelor of Nursing/Bachelor of Midwifery students to complete the four-year degree and their success in securing sought-after graduate year employment in 2012. >> more information
	Local MP opens midwifery skills rooms at Gippsland School of Nursing and Midwifery students at Monash University Gippsland are set to benefit from a $250,000 redevelopment of midwifery skills rooms and teaching spaces. >> more information
	Midwifery award recognises dedication to remote health Monash graduate Vanessa Page has won a major midwifery award for her dedication to caring for pregnant women in the remote Kimberley, WA. >> more information
	The Australian Learning and Teaching Council has awarded a $211,000 grant The Australian Learning and Teaching Council has awarded a $211,000 grant to a Monash-led research project to improve nurses' ability to manage patient health deterioration. >> more information
	Scholarship win for palliative care research Nursing lecturer and PhD candidate Melissa Bloomer has won a prestigious scholarship for research on aged care or palliative care. . >> more information
	Nursing and Midwifery Research Candidate Conference Abstracts are encouraged from current and recent doctoral nursing and midwifery students.
	Popular textbook sells out School of Nursing and Midwifery academics Professor Ruth Endacott and Associate Professor Simon Cooper are updating their popular textbook Clinical Nursing Skills: Core and Advanced as it sells out just one year after originally printed.
	Monash research to enhance midwifery education Monash University and the University of Queensland Schools of Nursing and Midwifery have joined forces to help the Australian Government reform the education and training of midwives.
	SoNM congratulate graduates on Midwives Day – May 5 Staff at the School of Nursing and Midwifery would like to congratulate all its Midwifery graduates for their contribution to the health and wellbeing of pregnant women, newborn babies and their families in Australia and internationally
	Promoting health careers to Indigenous youth The School of Nursing and Midwifery recently participated in a ‘summer camp’ to encourage Indigenous secondary students to consider a health career and to aim for a university education.
	Dr Ian Mosley wins grant Dr Ian Mosley, senior lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, has won a grant to promote the use of telemedicine for treating stroke patients in regional Victoria.
	Early success for new course A new degree offered at the School’s Gippsland campus has attracted significant early enrolments and is on track for a successful first year.
	New textbook targets undergrads Monash nursing lecturer Jill French is the co-editor of a textbook recently published for nursing and midwifery students.
	New courses at Clayton The Monash School of Nursing and Midwifery established its presence at the Clayton campus last semester with the introduction of two new postgraduate programs: the Master of Nursing Practice and Master of Clinical Midwifery.
	Alumni gather in PNG Monash’s School of Nursing and Midwifery hosted an alumni event in Port Moresby for graduates who live and work in Papua New Guinea.