19 June 2025
Monash University
A significant opportunity to increase women’s access to the most effective form of contraception and abortion care is being missed in Australia, according to new research from Monash University’s SPHERE Centre of Research Excellence.
A comprehensive study, published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, reveals practice nurses – registered or enrolled nurses working within a general practice setting – are underutilised when it comes to advice, and treatment, for patients about long-acting reversible contraceptives (LARCs). A second study from the same research, also published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing, reveals similar results. The online survey involved about 500 practice nurses, most of whom were women working as registered nurses in metropolitan settings.