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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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Scholarships for aged care nursing - applications open - Australian Ageing Agenda

The Minister for Mental Health and Ageing, Mark Butler, has invited budding nurses to apply for one of 715 aged care nursing scholarships, worth up to $30,000.

Nurses' lives on the line at Manly Hospital's East Wing - Manly Daily

THE alleged assault on staff at Manly Hospital's East Wing last month has led four psychiatric nurses at the unit to speak out about the conditions under which they work.

Health Check - Muswellbrook Chronicle

One full-time registered nurse is responsible for the 20 patients a day that present at Muswellbrook hospital's emergency department as well as caring for the sick in the special care unit.

Nurse's drug theft not unusual, court told - Goldcoast

A CULTURE of prescription drug theft among Gold Coast Hospital staff led a nurse to steal and inject pain medication at work, a court has been told.

Study Shows ER Nurses Not Immune to Critical Incidents - IBTimes

Emergency room (ER) nurses deal with critical incidents daily and appear to be able to seamlessly carry on with their work.

The life of a Red Cross Nurse - ABC

Barb Mcmaster has just returned from a 6 month stint working for the Red Cross in Yemen, where political unrest, and fighting between government forces and Islamist militants is an everyday occurrence.

RDNS nurses celebrate new agreement - NCAH

Victorian Royal District Nursing Service nurses are celebrating a new agreement, putting an end to their 11-month-long industrial relations dispute.

Vic district nurses win new pay deal - Ninemsn

An 11-month industrial dispute involving Victorian district nurses, who visit patients in their homes, has ended with them accepting a new wage and conditions deal.

RDNS nurses, carers end industrial dispute - Melbourne Leader

ROYAL District Nursing Service nurses and community carers ended an 11-month industrial dispute over pay and conditions yesterday.

Non-unis 'vital' to bridging skills gap - The Australian

AS it prepares to confer its first bachelor of nursing degrees next Monday, Holmesglen Institute has called for courses in other skill-shortage occupations to be funded outside universities.