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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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Gympie Hospital taking zero-tolerance to violence - Gympie Times

GYMPIE Hospital's emergency staff do not expect their patients to be at their best.

Kathmandu hospitals a grim eye-opener - In My Community

FREMANTLE Hospital nurse Margaretha Offringa ok (27) spent two weeks at a Kathmandu hospital via the Claremont-based International Skills and Training Institute in Health (ISTIH), during October.

Govt funds more McGrath Foundation nurses - 9 News

The federal government will fund an additional 13 specialist McGrath Breast Care Nurses for regional centres across Australia.

New nurses' glasses have an eye on veins - NCAH

First there were smart phones and now there are smart glasses.

Fears Christmas drunks will put CQ hospital workers at risk - Whitsunday Times

CENTRAL Queensland's nursing union fears that Gladstone emergency workers could be the target of violence by drunk and drugged-up patients over the Christmas season.

Nursing in the aftermath of a typhoon - NCAH

The little girl’s outlook was incredibly grim. She had survived Typhoon Haiyan, the November 8 typhoon which decimated much of Philippines, and now she had pneumonia.

Nurses enforce stop work bans, allied health workers walk off job over changes at Bathurst Hospital - ABC News

The New South Wales Nurses Association has started work bans at the Bathurst Hospital this morning, saying the Western Local Health District is continuing to ignore its concerns over service cuts.

Specialist nurses ready for surge of cancer from asbestos - Canberra Times

It's the cancer that is about to hit Australia in a deadly wave. It's mesothelioma, a usually fatal disease of the lungs caught through exposure to asbestos.

'Unparalleled' nurse Roz Norman farewelled in Tamworth - ABC News

Tamworth nurse, Roz Norman, was farewelled on Friday at a service at St Peter's Anglican Church in Tamworth.

Involving patients in their nurses’ shift change reduces errors and improves patient satisfaction - Virtual Medical Centre

At shift change, incoming and outgoing nurses transfer accountability by exchanging information about the patients under their charge. Called bedside handover, this process empowers patients and allows them to become active partners in their own care.