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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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Victor Harbor, Australia to Tanzania, Africa for local nurse - Victor Harbor Times

A VICTOR Harbor nurse will take the trip of a lifetime this month when she embarks on a volunteer nursing placement in Africa.

Karen Linegar, Queen Bee of nursing - The Advocate

Tasmanian Heath Organisation Executive Director of Nursing Karen Linegar talks life, love and being Queen Bee.

Better aged care wages tops ANMF's 2014 wish list - NCAH

Better wages for aged care workers, full-employment of graduate nurses and improving safe patient care top the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation’s wish list for 2014.

Nursing graduates return to Ballarat to celebrate half a century - The Courier

CLASS of 1964 nursing graduates returned to Ballarat at the weekend to celebrate their 50-year anniversary.

Nurses deserve more than respect. They must be kept safe - Herald Sun

THERE are some jobs I just couldn't do. Like being a mortuary assistant. I'd hardly be alone.

Plea over nurse safety with daily violence in wards - Herald Sun

THOUSANDS of Victorians have signed an online petition demanding the State Government immediately fund measures to reduce violence against nurses in hospitals.

Nurses to join medicare protest in Sydney - http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/nurses-to-join-medicare-protest-in-sydney/story-fni0xqi4-1226794573802

NURSES and midwives are to join a protest in Sydney against proposed changes to Medicare.

Call to consider nursing career - Examiner

University of Tasmania School of Health Sciences head Steve Campbell and Nursing course administrator Wendy Nas are inviting people considering a career in nursing to an application day on January 15.

Read all about it, nurses have a mag - Western Advocate

A BATHURST nurse is using his years of experience in the health care system to produce an international digital magazine for nurses.

Alarm over violence in Melbourne hospitals - The Age

Violent patients armed with knives, chairs and syringes have threatened or attacked doctors and nurses more than 100 times in Melbourne hospitals over a 12-month period.