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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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Injection of nurses at hospital - Central Western Daily

THE numbers of nurses employed at Orange hospital has reached unprecedented levels with 400 employed in the general hospital including foreign recruited nurses.

ACE new system for New Zealand nurse graduates - NCAH

Applications will open in August for about 1200 nurse graduates applying for positions under an innovative new system at New Zealand’s district health boards.

Nurse numbers on the rise: Williams - Wauchope Gazette

"I know the local community will welcome this news and it's great to see so many registered nurses moving from metropolitan to regional areas to ensure local patients are receiving the best treatment possible.

Nurses 'safe' as hospitals shed 900 - Daily Telegraph

NSW hospitals will lose 900 jobs as departments scramble to tighten belts and fall in with the state's "tough budget".

Nurse home from Africa stint - News Mail

BUNDABERG nurse Rinnah Fry has just returned from a two-month stint as a volunteer serving on the world's biggest charity hospital ship moored in the western African nation of Togo.

Nurses get the boot - Daily Examiner

THE news coming out of Grafton Jail keeps getting worse, with all 15 nursing staff offered redundancies yesterday.

What will happen to the likes of me? - Cowra Guardian

Mr Sawyers is concerned that if a second trained registered nurse is not employed in the unit, it could impact on him and other patients who are undergoing treatment for chemotherapy.

It's only an interim solution - Cowra Guardian

Last week’s announcement regarding the shortage of trained nurses staffing the Oncology Ward at Cowra Hospital has been labelled as not a long term solution by the Cowra and District Cancer Action Group.

Revealed: hospitals reel from violence - Adelaide Now

PATIENTS brandishing knives, headbutting nurses, spitting at doctors and throwing urine on hospital staff are among daily incidents in the state's health system, documents reveal.

Nurse numbers swell - Coffs Coast Advocate

NATIONALS Member for Coffs Harbour, Andrew Fraser, has welcomed positive health news for the state.