Better working conditions for staff on International Nurses Day

Today is International Nurses Day, where nurses all around the world celebrate their big contribution to the health system.

However, it’s also a day to have a conversation about our health system and how nurses’ working conditions can be better, particularly over the last 2 years under the COVID-19 pandemic.

The University of Melbourne has developed a program to recruit new nursing students and retain them in the industry, but this is not possible without the adequate conditions so nurses could perform their job. 

Produced By: Eduardo Jordan

Featured In Story: Professor Marie Gerdtz – Head of Nursing at the University of Melbourne

First aired on The Wire, Thursday 12 May 2022