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AUSTRALIAN nurses will find it harder to work in the UK under plans by the British government to protect home-grown graduates.

Helen Kempton talks to a nurse who thinks Strahan is a metropolis after the isolation of the Arctic. URBANITES might regard Strahan as remote.

Rural doctors in Tasmania claim they are being devalued by the introduction of nurse practitioners in remote areas.

SICK South Australians will be charged $4.95/minute for medical advice when they call a health hotline to be launched next month by the Royal District Nursing Service.

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has accused the Tasmanian Government of jeopardising patient safety by giving nurses increased powers.

The Australian Nursing Federation has launched an appeal to assist nurses in East Timor in the wake of recent upheaval in the country.

NurseCentral is pleased to support this appeal and will be donating 10% of Membership renewals to the cause.

Students turned away

UP to 60 first-year university students were turned away from their nursing exams last night because of a shortage of exam papers.

Untrained aged carers are regularly being assaulted, abused and overworked while looking after residents in nursing homes, an ANU study has found.

The Maternity Coalition says restoring the traditional role of midwives would improve maternity services in regional Queensland.

THOUSANDS of nurses could be facing redundancy or lower wages, the Australian Nursing Federation claims.