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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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Report urges NSW hospital privatisations - Nursing Review

A conservative think tank has called for local health districts to be given total control of their budgets and greater privatisation.

QLD wage docking plan to stay: health minister - Nursing Review

Queensland nurses have condemned a government plan to allow for the unlimited recovery of health workers’ overpaid wages.

Shortfall continues - Cobar Age

Safety will remain compromised for as long as it takes the Greater Western Area Health Service (GWAHS) to back away from its year-long feud over staffing at Cobar District Hospital, local nurses say.

Nurses still needed at West Wyalong home - ABC News

West Wyalong's aged care home is yet to employ more Registered Nurses (RNs) despite a court ruling in April.

Health Minister Listens and Acts on Nurse’s Concerns - My Sunshine Coast.com.au/articles/article-display/health-minister-listens-and-acts-on-nurses-concerns,26414

Health Minister, Lawrence Springborg, has sought to reassure embattled Queensland Health workers their concerns are being listened to and the recovery process for future pay-runs will be undertaken with sensitivity and common sense.

Reluctant Cobar nurses strike a staffing deal - ABC News

Nurses at Cobar say patients lives are at risk under a new staffing arrangement for the town's hospital.

Nurses stressed by payroll recovery plan - 7 News

Queensland nurses say they will struggle to feed their families if the state Health Department is allowed to recover overpayments issued by the broken payroll system.

Nurses furious over payroll legislation - Courier Mail

THE Queensland Nurses Union is demanding the state government withdraw legislation allowing it to dock Queensland Health workers' pay to recover overpayments.

New laws give Queensland Health greater access to worker's bank accounts in bid to correct over-payments - Courier Mail

QUEENSLAND Health is set to give itself unprecedented access to health workers' hip pockets with new laws allowing the automatic recovery of overpaid wages doled out by its faulty payroll system.

YouTube videos 'show nurses as stupid sex objects' - Courier Mail

NURSES have been urged to go on the offensive against YouTube videos that stereotype them as sexual playthings or witless.