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Hospitals in Australia to Provide Doctors, Nurses & Security Personnel with Body Armor 01-01-2019

West Australian hospital patients and visitors have increasingly become more aggressive and even violent. For their safety, the doctors and nurses as well as security personnel will soon be issued body armor.

The Australian Health Department has placed an order for 250 custom body armor vests, claiming the protective armor was needed “to enhance the safety of employees most at risk of being injured by the increase in aggression and violence in hospital settings.” 

Robotic Nurse Assistant (RONA) Current And Future Market Size 01-01-2019

Robotic nurse assistant or robotic nursing also known as ‘Carebots’ is the use of autonomous mobile robots which are  designed and programmed to perform tasks related to assist (but not replace) nurses in hospitals, care facilities or even homes for treatment and medical care of people especially elderly and physically disabled ones. Robot nurses are also used for performing several routine tasks such as collecting blood sugar and pressure levels.

The Dangerous Allure of Breech Birth at Home – and a Problematic New Paper 31-12-2018

At first glance, I thought I’d misunderstood it. I just didn’t expect to see a paper with so much spin about high-risk home birth in a mainstream specialist journal. This one claimed that, in essence, all you need is the right practitioner for breech birth to be safe at home. And it was amplified by the authors on the journal’s blog, too. Why do I think this was dangerous and misleading, and what does the case show about the editorial process of the journal that published and promoted it?

Ipswich nurse's tale of the high seas 03-08-2018

AN IPSWICH nurse navigator has returned from a global aid mission around the world. West Moreton Health Nurse Navigator Gail Rogers took the transition in her stride when she swapped the familiar wards of Ipswich Hospital for a 1000-bed hospital on the high seas during a recent seven-week deployment with the Navy.

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Coroner: shortage of care assistants led to Black Saturday death - NCAH

A reduction in care assistant numbers at a Melbourne nursing home on Black Saturday in 2009 contributed to the death of an elderly woman from heat stroke, a coroner has found.

Helping keep locals healthy - News Mail

THREE Bundaberg Hospital workers have come together for the first time to create a local team of nurse practitioners - highly qualified and experienced nurses, each specialised in three critical areas of treatment - heart, lungs and kidney.

Nursing cuts delayed for talks - Merimbula News

Local nurses have won a three-month delay on proposed roster cuts following rallies at Bega and Pambula hospitals on Tuesday last week.

'Campbell Newman hear our cry': nurses rally against TB changes - Brisbane Times

Queensland nurses hit the streets to protest against the government decentralising the state's TB control centre in an attempt to cut costs..

Tougher penalties for ED violence planned - Nursing Review

The Victorian government may consider new legislation designed to better protect emergency workers from violent attacks.

QLD report orders hospital bypass ban - Nursing Review

Queensland Health Minister Lawrence Springborg has released a major report to address lengthy ramping times and overcrowding across the state’s hospital emergency departments.

Nursing researchers honoured at international congress - Nursing Review

Three Australian nursing researchers were inducted into the International Nurse Researcher Hall of Fame last week for their contribution to the profession and its impact across the globe.

Drug-addicted Queensland nurse banned from work - Daily Telegraph

A DRUG-addicted nurse who treated patients while under the influence of heroin, falsified her own urine test and continued to work after being suspended has been banned from working for three years.

Qld Govt hunts down health staff - Gympie Times

STAFF morale at Gympie Hospital is at an all-time low thanks to the ongoing pay "mess" that has left hundreds of Gympie health workers and support staff either out of pocket or being chased by Queensland Health for being overpaid.

Medibank reveals details of healthbook uptake - Pulse IT

Health insurer Medibank has reported a pleasing uptake of its new healthbook personally controlled health record, with eight per cent of its target group using the new service regularly since its launch at the end of May.