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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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NSW nurses protest workers compensation cuts - Nursing Review

Nurses have joined fire fighters and construction workers to protest against the NSW WorkCover overhaul. Jessica Grewal reports.

Tasmania’s healthcare system: it needs more than money - Crikey

After much speculation, the Federal Government recently announced that it would provide an extra $325 million over four years to Tasmania’s health care system.

Leave our nurses alone! - CQ News

SUE Johnson knows only too well how valuable nurses are to patients.

Report warns of health-care challenges - Canberra Times

The territory's health workers will be stretched by a rapidly ageing population, an older workforce, intensifying competition for doctors and nurses, and rising rates of chronic disease, a government discussion paper warns.

Getting old is good for you - Courier Mail

ORDINARY PEOPLE: Marcia works as a mobile nurse, and believes that there is great value in growing older. [video]

Nurses in emergency talks on overcrowding stress - Adelaide Now

NURSES at the Lyell McEwin Hospital will hold an emergency meeting with management seeking immediate solutions to ease overcrowding.

Pride of Australia - nurse Margaret Hunt is the heart of a community - The Telegraph

A LOT has changed in nursing since an 18-year-old Margaret Hunt first walked on to a ward, not least the uniform.

Axed drug scheme funding to have 'horrendous' 'impact - ABC News

A Campaspe Shire nurse says counselling services for people with alcohol and drug addictions in the region are under stress.

Fly-in boss angers nurses - The Mercury

NURSES are up in arms over revelations that a New Zealand-based health professional has been flown in to Tasmania to do a temporary job which unions argue could be done by locals.

Nurse shortfall warning a wake-up call, says CHA - CathNews

A report by Health Work­force Australia which predicts a shortfall of almost 110,000 registered and enrolled nurses by 2025 should be a wake-up call for consumers and government, says Catholic Health Australia, in a story published in The Catholic Weekly.