CSU nursing first in line for new equipment


The CSU School of Nursing and Midwifery at Orange is the first to receive state-of-the-art facilities and equipment at the new Nursing Experiential Learning Centre which opens on Friday 13 November.

Aged care residents need an apology too


Witnessing an elderly woman with terror in her eyes, shouting incoherently as she struggled in a restraint chair in the corridor of an aged care facility while staff ignored her and attended to paperwork for the facility's accreditation has led a CSU nursing academic to question the meaning of the Rudd government's coming apology to 'The Forgotten Australians' who were detained in government welfare institutions in bygone decades.

Delivering on national priorities for rural and regional health


CSU has welcomed the announcement by the Federal government of $1.6 million in funding to establish a major Regional Inter-Professional Clinical Simulation Centre at CSU at Bathurst.

Students on the ground in India


The health issues facing rural communities in India will be experienced by more than a dozen allied health students from CSU during international clinical placements in December.

Sports multi-nutrient supplements – do they work?


Researchers at CSU have found no significant benefit to athletes from the ingestion of multi-nutrient supplements, despite their popularity and widespread use.

UK paramedic expert at CSU


A visiting professor of pre-hospital care at CSU, who still finds time to work shifts as an 'ambulance officer', says the similarities between the paramedic profession in Australia and Great Britain are greater than the differences.

The science of cereals


International and Australian scientists focussed on improving and developing the quality of one of the staple foods of life for animals and humans – cereals - will meet at CSU later this month.

National scholarship funds speech impairment research


Research that aims to better manage communication impairments that affect one in five Australian preschool children has won a CSU student a national scholarship.

CSU paramedic expertise at UK uni


A leading Australian paramedic researcher and lecturer has returned to CSU after his inaugural visit to the United Kingdom following his appointment as the Visiting Professor of Pre-Hospital Care at Coventry University.

Flexibility key to health care planning for rural Australia


Accessibility and human rights, instead of rigid funding models, should be the priorities when planning health care services for rural and remote Australia says a leading CSU academic.


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