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New research shows burnout, complaints about management and a lack of housing are key factors in a high turnover of nursing staff in central Australia.
THE State Government had broken a deal to hire more nurses in public hospitals so it could save money, Liberal health spokesman Brett Whiteley said yesterday.
THE Australian Nursing Federation has blamed the Health Department's slow recruitment process for its failure to quickly employ 75 new nurses for the State's public hospitals.
NSW Premier Morris Iemma has taken on doctors and the medical colleges, spearheading a push at the 2020 Summit to end their monopoly over prescribing, examinations and pathology tests.
A nurse sacked from Wellington's Huntleigh Hospital and Rest Home for incidents including prescribing medication without proper authority has lost her claim for unjustified dismissal.
