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Toowoomba's health service says it is pleased the city's hospital has employed a new breed of nurse.

If you know an exceptional nurse, recognise their efforts by nominating them for one of these awards: Nurse of the Year, Graduate Nurse of the Year or Innovation in Nursing.

BURNSIDE War Memorial Hospital has launched a formal investigation into its maternity unit after a nurse allegedly put the lives of newborn babies at risk.

A PLAN to bring to Melbourne a radical birthing technique in which a mother lifts her baby from her own womb has sparked a war of words between doctors and midwives.

The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) says Northern Territory nurses have voted to take industrial action, after negotiations over their new enterprise bargaining agreement failed.

Kangan Batman TAFE's Centre for Better Living has announced the introduction of a suite of programs for existing nurses in 2007, which offer far greater flexibility and affordability than previous programs.

Experts claim tying down nurse practitioners with rigid protocols limits their capabilities to improve the delivery of healthcare, the latest Medical Observer reports.

The Northern Territory branch of the Australian Nursing Federation says delays caused by a shortage of nurses are causing patients to become aggressive towards them.

THE death of an elderly woman at a Sydney hospital is being investigated as a possible mercy killing.

NSW Premier Morris Iemma today welcomed 114 students from 39 high schools to Westmead Hospital for day one of a new 'Nursing in Schools' program for Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains.