Professor Claire Rickard is the new Professor of Infection Prevention and Vascular Access for UQ's School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work and the Herston Infectious Diseases Institute.
Professor Claire Rickard from UQ’s School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work spoke to Brisbane Times about a new UQ-led study that could save significant time, money and resources in Australian hospital wards.
Researchers hope to save significant time, money and resources in Australian hospital wards, with findings from a new University of Queensland-led study.
UQ students are the first cohort to experience interprofessional practice education and training in Metro North Hospital and Health Service’s new Surgical, Treatment and Rehabilitation Service.
Professor Amanda Ullman is the new Professor and Chair in Paediatric Nursing for UQ's School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work and Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service (CHQHHS).
Professor Jill Wilson comments on a UQ research project focused on understanding why someone commits elder abuse and how social workers can better intervene to break the cycle.
UQ School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work PhD student’s work to reduce occupational violence in emergency departments has been boosted by a $150,000 Queensland Advancing Clinical Research Fellowship.
University of Queensland researchers are working with a team of 50 social workers across south east Queensland to create a uniform, national approach to identifying abuse in elderly people who present to hospitals.
Future social workers have been spared from the increase in costs for some courses as part of the Job-ready Graduates Package of reforms to higher education.
An 80,000 word PhD thesis would take nine hours to present, but students in the UQ Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition present their thesis and its significance in dynamic and informative presentations of just three minutes in length.
Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) Emergency Department (ED) has received the prestigious Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) Lantern Award, named in honour of Florence Nightingale.
PhD students from the Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences will compete in the virtual Faculty Final of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition on Thursday 6 August.
Sterile water injections have been found to provide effective pain relief for women with labour back pain. In this research led by The University of Queensland, women who received the water injections reported their pain reduced by at least half, for 90 minutes or longer.
2020 is the Year of the Nurse and Midwife, and as part of our year long celebrations we asked a number of our nursing and midwifery students for their perspective on why nurses and midwives are so important, and what drew them to the professions.
Implementing exercise in the daily lives of women after reproductive cancer treatment and improving the quality of life of young Australians living with a congenital heart defect were among UQ projects awarded federal funding this week.
