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FEARS about patient safety have prompted a call to raise English language standards for migrant nurses.

Twelve registered nurses will be the first in the country to enroll in the Post Graduate Certificate Course in Mental Health from tomorrow.

Antenatal care in rural and remote communities Leading national organisations for nurses, midwives and obstetricians have today voiced concerns about the safety of an Australian government proposal to introduce a new Medicare item, 16400, to enable antenatal care to be provided in rural and remote communities by midwives, nurses, enrolled nurses and Aboriginal Health Workers on behalf of doctors.

TERRITORY nurses have been offered less than half of the salary rise they asked for under new wage and conditions negotiations.

A fortnight from today, 35-year-old Esperanza Reyes Alvaran will be boarding a flight that will take her to San Francisco. From there, it will be a short bus ride to Daly City, where a nurse’s job awaits her.

The South Australian Government says it wants to protect nurses and midwives by pulling them out of the federal award system.

WORK on a $200 million nationwide health hotline has begun, but five states are yet to sign key agreements with the federal government to establish the National Health Call Centre Network as a jointly owned limited liability company.

Western Australian nurses say they need a 21 per cent pay rise over the next three years to match the increases awarded to senior health bureaucrats.

A Timaru nurse has been found guilty of professional misconduct after administering non-prescribed drugs to patients.

An East Launceston father has told how his son had to move interstate for a nursing career, making a mockery of plans for a Hobart nursing school.