This #WorldSepsisDay, CDC’s Drs. Runa Gokhale and Ray Dantes offer perspectives on sepsis and lessons learned from #COVID19 pandemic in a new Safe Healthcare blog. Join the conversation and spread the word about sepsis. It could save a life. bit.ly/3BVYbup #SAM2021

Some great resources about COVID-19 and pregnancy available at covid19evidence.net.au

New for this report, we show the percentage of admissions currently and recently pregnant by region (Figure 30).

Great opportunity to hear some top speakers on the role of process evaluation in clinical trials. Free webinar on 26 October - healthsciences.unimelb.edu.au/engage/webinar…

See our published paper on the "Implementation of an obstetric triage decision aid into a maternity assessment unit and emergency department" womenandbirth.org/article/S1871-… Well done Mary McCarthy!

Research to understand healthcare workers’ experiences on how electronic medical records impact interprofessional practice. AHPRA-registered healthcare worker who has worked in clinical environments before and after EMR were implemented? Take part in our study DM Zerina (@climatezerina.bsky.social)

The midwifery academics at Monash University are hosting a public screening of the documentary Birth Time, followed by a panel discussion. Join us on Tuesday 4 October - register at shop.monash.edu/birth-time-tim…

The Victorian Government is developing a 'Health Workforce Strategy' - have your say at health.vic.gov.au/strategy-and-p…

RNs in Australia - consider participating in a multinational study on the impact of technology on nursing during the pandemic go to: monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cH…

Have a look at our newly published paper on the critical care nursing deficit in Victoria during the pandemic - authors.elsevier.com/c/1gJ1-3hkRO8i… Redeployed nurses novice to ICU filled an important role, evenso, some days there were not enough nurses to care for the number of patients 🙁

Worth a read....let's hope this paper achieves some progress for nursing and midwifery research Harnessing the nursing and midwifery workforce to boost Australia's clinical research impact onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.56…

New report on stillbirth highlights the tragedy happening for 5,000 families EVERY day.....many of these deaths are preventable - more midwives are needed globally, supported to practice to their scope of practice data.unicef.org/resources/neve…

Seeking women who have had a baby in Australia since 2020 to complete a survey about their maternity care experiences Institute for Health Transformation DeakinQPS Western Health researchsurveys.deakin.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_1R…

Please read my new essay in The Lancet — When dignity meets evidence: thelancet.com/journals/lance… There's a kind of knowledge practice we may call 'dignity-based practice'. It respects the dignity of marginalised knowers. It's been slow to take off, unlike 'evidence-based practice'.

We are conducting a free Shared Decision Making workshop for midwives on 11 July 2023. For more information and to register, please go to tinyurl.com/MWSDM Feel free to forward on and promote via your professional networks. Many thanks, Wendy

SOMANZ has updated the Hypertension in Pregnancy Guideline! It is available online for public consultation: somanz.org/guidelines. Tell us what you think of the draft guideline, summary and Top 10 pointers for Clinicians and Patients. Submissions close COB 11th August.

Please share the invite for a study about contemporary beliefs about birth. Participants must be 18 years or over, live in Australia and never given birth, or supported someone during labour and birth - monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5g…

Are you a nurse working in an Australian ICU? Please consider participating in our study on employer-provided wellbeing support & please share the link monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6E…

Call out to Australian ICU nurses to complete a short online survey for a study aiming to explore ICU nurses’ experiences and perspective on burnout coping strategies to enhance future wellbeing - monash.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0p…