Nurses & Nursing Services

A nurse is a health care professional, whose job is to assist in the treatment and recovery of people, or even animals, suffering from illnesses or injuries.

Nurses may have a variety of professional qualifications and accreditations depending on their field or specialty. Registered nurses who work with people now have a minimum undergraduate nursing qualification – or similar level of experience. Nurses may also hold Master’s degrees in areas of specialisation. Nurses may join associations which can help place them in the right jobs and provide nursing services to public or private health care facilities. A nurse may be employed in a hospital or aged care facility, as part of a general practice or clinic, or at a pathology lab or research facility. Some nurses work for online and telephone based nurse on call services, where people can obtain instant nursing advice and assistance. Nurses may specialise in aged care, in neonatal and paediatric care, some nurses work only in surgery alongside surgeons, while some work alone as part of an immunisation or other community health care service.

Dental nurses work alongside dentists to deliver a full range of dental and orthodontic services and also work as technicians in the production of dental appliances. Veterinary nurses work alongside vets in many of the same ways that registered medical nurses work with people. Nursing services will act as agencies for the provision of contract nurses for short, medium and long term assignments. Nursing services will provide nurses for temporary or ongoing in home care, for specialist travel care and for overload staffing in hospitals and clinics. Nursing services allow customers to obtain nurses with very specific skill sets on demand and for specific periods of time.