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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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Book Talk: Thomas Keneally looks at war through nurses' eyes - 7 News

In a career spanning almost 50 years, Thomas Keneally has written about war from unique angles. Perhaps most memorably in "Schindler's List," his Booker Prize-winning story about a German businessman's effort to save Jews from Nazis.

Increase money to Royal Children's Hospital, doctors and nurses tell Victorian government - The Age

Doctors and nurses are calling for the Victorian Government to fund an expansion of the Royal Children's Hospital to help it cope with increasing demand before the new Monash Children's Hospital is opened in 2017.

Ageing workforce has nurses on the hop - Transforming the Nation

Australia’s growing nursing ranks are still struggling to keep up with demand. While more nurses are entering the workforce, they are battling to keep up with Australia’s population growth, a new report shows.

Nurse graduate crisis continues in New Zealand - NCAH

Around a third of New Zealand’s graduate nurses are still struggling to find employment.

More nurses and midwives working - NCAH

The number of working nurses and midwives is on the rise in Australia, with new figures showing an extra 20,000 were employed between 2008 and 2012.

Bathurst health review brought forward - ABC News

An Independent review of operations at Bathurst Base Hospital will be brought forward, but it wont delay proposed bed closures.

Nursing Service Partners With RACV On Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle Trial - The Motor Report

The Victorian arm of the Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) will soon count electric cars among its fleet of home-visit vehicles. As part of a new two-year partnership with the RACV, eight Nissan Leaf hatches will join the RDNS fleet, along with a number of green-energy charging stations.

Social media and patient privacy - a nurse leader's investigation - NCAH

Nurses and midwives are overwhelming embracing social media to share information but when does posting and tweeting breach patient privacy? One of Australia’s emerging nurse leaders put nurses’ use of social media under the microscope - and she was alarmed at what she found.

Plenty of places in health and nursing CQU courses - The Morning Bulletin

CQUNIVERSITY has welcomed Australia's biggest share of freshly funded postgraduate student places for allied health and nursing.

WLHD denies rehabilitation beds will close at Bathurst Hospital after Christmas - ABC News

The Chief Executive of the Western Local Health District says a public forum in Bathurst tonight will be a good opportunity to "dispel myths" about the running of the city's hospital.