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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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Hospital a dose of reality for students - Adelaide Now

A NEW $2.5 million facility will give University of Adelaide medical and nursing students mini wards that are fully equipped like a real hospital.

Online CPD just for aged care nurses - Australian Ageing Agenda

The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) has just launched the online Aged Care Training Room, which provides aged and community care nurses with the opportunity to remotely meet their continuing professional development (CPD) requirements for national registration.

Student nurse wins Bowler Award - Barrier Daily Truth

Nursing student Paige Nash has been given a helping hand towards her final year of study after receiving the $5000 David Bowler Memorial scholarship.

Helping others with cancer - Northern Star

IT TAKES a special kind of person who, although sick themselves, reaches out and makes a difference.

Freeze leaves patients out in cold - Daily Examiner

DOZENS of local mental health patients have potentially been left to their own devices thanks to a freeze on the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program, leading to Member for Page Janelle Saffin promising to advocate for the program in the next budget.

Rogers' scholarship to study stroke prevention - Whyalla News Online

A Whyalla Hospital staff member has received a $12,000 scholarship to further improve regional health services.

Hospital procedures change following toddler's death - ABC News

The inquest into the death of a toddler, has heard staff at Broken Hill Base Hospital did not weigh the boy before administering powerful drugs.

Gastro outbreak at Dungog hospital - ABC News

An outbreak of gastroenteritis is sweeping through Dungog hospital, prompting health authorities to shut the facility down to new patients and visitors.

Nurses outlook grim - Cobar Age

The fight to win back better working conditions for Cobar’s nurses has never looked so bleak with the state government set to hand down the findings of a controversial staffing review in less than three weeks.

Nurses to rally over cuts to workers compensation - NCAH

New South Wales’ nurses are being warned they face losing essential workers compensation rights and cuts to benefits, under planned State Government changes to the Workers Compensation Scheme.