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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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Survey Warns of Healthcare Crisis as Half of Aussie Nurses to Quit Jobs in Next 10 Years - IBTimes

A healthcare crisis looms over Australia in the next 10 years since a new survey released on Tuesday warned that half of nurses in the country plan to quit their jobs in that period.

More flexibility, pay needed to keep nurses - ABC News

The union representing ACT nurses is warning more flexible working hours and better pay are needed to stop experienced nurses leaving the workforce.

51% of Nurses to quit within 10yrs - Sky News

Overwhelming workloads are causing dissatisfaction among Australian nurses, with more than half set to leave the profession in the next decade, a new survey suggests.

Better tech or we quit warn nurses - IT Wire

One in six of Australia’s 327,000 nurses plans to leave the profession within five years, with some identifying lack of technology and the resultant lack of decision support and rostering flexibility as part of the problem.

Nurses demand flexible hours - WA Today

PLANS by half of Australia's nursing workforce to quit or retire over the next decade will force hospitals to offer more flexible working hours to keep nurses working.

Thousands set to leave Australian nursing - Daily Telegraph

HALF of Australia's nursing workforce will retire within 10 years and a fifth will leave within five years, a survey has found.

Strike action on hold - Aged Care Insite

Nurses halt industrial action to continue negotiations.

Abusive morons making hospitals very unhealthy - Daily Telegraph

THERE was a time, not so long ago, when hospitals were considered sacred ground and those who worked there, the doctors and nurses, were treated with the respect they deserved.

La Trobe's Cold, hard life lessons - Diamond Valley Leader

LA TROBE University's Sussan Pleunik is used to teaching other people, but when it comes to the stark reality of homelessness, the lecturer has been learning her own lessons.

New course helps nurses return to the workforce - NCAH

CQUniversity has launched a course helping nurses wanting to return to the workforce, which is the first of its kind in Queensland.