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Presents information on Australia's national nursing workforce summit held in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, on September 20-21, 1999. Issues discussed during the summit; Insights into the summit's discussion paper `Rethinking Nursing'; Key issues raised by Australian Nursing Federation Federal Secretary Jill Iliffe; Problems besetting the nursing workforce in Australia.

The article discusses the experiences of author Catie Bortolot attending the Australia Nurse Practitioner Association Conference in February 2007. A number of interesting papers were presented at the conference and Bortolot was able to provide a poster presentation on the relationship between depression and sexual assault. She was also grateful to the Royal Women's Hospital for supporting her attendance at the forum and providing the opportunity to broaden her knowledge and commitment to women's health.

Presents an extract from a paper presented at the National Conference on Health and Homelessness in August 1997, in Australia.