Nurses burdened by admin work in clinics

According to the Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses Association’s, a third of nurses’ work are under-utilised, focusing on administrative works instead of clinical tasks.

With chronic health workforce shortages across Australia, nurses are taking on a range of non-clinical tasks linking to the impact of patients’ treatment experience.

 

Image: Shutterstock – Lysenko Andrii

Produced By: Yumeng Gu

Featured In Story: Karen Booth – Australian Primary Healthcare Nurses Association

First aired on The Wire, Tuesday 18 June 2024