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News for and about the Division of Nursing & Midwifery at La Trobe University.
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New Postgraduate Scholarships
The Nurse Policy Branch is offering scholarships for registered nurses currently working in the Victorian public health sector undertaking postgraduate study in targeted areas of practice. Scholarships of up to $3000 will be awarded to successful applicants in the area of Nurse Practitioner.
Scholarship funds are a contribution towards the cost of undertaking postgraduate studies, [...]
Scholarships for Nurse Practitioners
This is a text of a media release published by the Honourable Nicola Roxon MP, Minister for Health and Ageing on October 28, 2008.
Building Australia’s Health Workforce – Scholarships for Nurse Practitioners
The Australian Government is investing $2.1 million to help build the nation’s nurse practitioner workforce.
Nurse practitioner scholarships of up to $15,000 per annum for [...]
Research Grant Success
The Division is pleased to announce that a team of researchers from the Division have been awarded a research grant from the Wicking Trust of $172,497 over two years.
The project will describe and evaluate the use of Sneozelen therapy for dementia in Victorian residental aged-care centres.
The research team are Michael Bauer, Jo Rayner, Susan [...]
Nursing Student Chris Mullins Won Gold for Australia at the Paralympics Games in Beijing
Christopher Mullins on left with team mates
Born with mild Cerebal Palsy, Christopher Mullins’ childhood physiotherapist suggested that he get involved in sport to lessen the likelihood of losing ability to walk as he gets older. It was good advice. Twenty years later, his family were able to watch him run for glory in the 4 [...]
Teaching Award for Rhonda Brown
The Division is delighted that Rhonda Brown has been awarded a Faculty Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning by the Faculty Citation Committee. Rhonda’s application has also been forwarded to the University Committee for consideration for a University Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning.
ED team players
A recent paper by Gerry Lee and collaborators has been featured in ConsultMagazine.net which is the online complement to the quarterly print publication, Consult. Consult Magazine provides coverage of issues of importance to the medical community.
You can read the article on the ConsultMagazine.net web site.
Article Award for Jan Rice
Congratulations to Jan Rice for winning the Comfeel Award for the best “literature/clinical practice review” published in 2007. Her article was entitled, “Unusual Leg Ulcers: a global phenomenon”. This is an annual national prize judged by an independent multidisciplinary panel of wound management experts. The award will be presented in May at the Australian [...]
Evaluating outcomes of the emergency nurse practitioner role in a major urban emergency department, Melbourne, Australia
Congratulations to Geraldine Lee and her co-authors on their recent publication in the Journal of Clinical Nursing of an article entitled Evaluating outcomes of the emergency nurse practitioner role in a major urban emergency department, Melbourne, Australia.
Abstract
Aims and objectives. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of the introduction of Emergency Nurse [...]
Employment Opportunities at Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd (ACSAG)
In early 2007 a relationship agreement was signed between LTU and Aged Care Services Australia Group Pty Ltd (ACSAG), who are one of the largest and leading providers of residential aged care facilities across Australia. The agreement covers clinical placements at ACSAG residential aged care facilities and research collaboration between ACSAG staff and academic staff [...]
One-to-one midwifery aims to cut complications
The work of Dr Helen McLachlan features prominently in various media outlets today. Dr McLachlan is the chief investigator in a trial research project that will match each mother with a midwife. The aim is to cut rates of caesarean sections and induced labour, and provide mothers with more support for breastfeeding and postnatal depression.
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