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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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Nurse numbers on the rise - PS News

The number of nurses and midwives is rising in Australia ahead of population growth, according to a report released by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.

Nurses need to tread carefully - Western Advocate

A 24-HOUR strike today is the clearest indication yet of just how seriously local nurses are taking threats to Bathurst Base Hospital. Nurses walked off the job from 7am today leaving just a skeleton staff to look after patients at the hospital.

Wartime pioneer with a lifelong love of nursing - Brisbane Times

Madeleine Brennan was the oldest surviving member of the RAAF Nursing Service. As Flying Officer Donnelly she served from 1943 until 1946, with postings including Townsville, where she flew as the nurse escort in and out of Milne Bay in PNG with sick and wounded servicemen.

Nurses fear for jobs amid state cutbacks - Daily Advertiser

WORRIED nurses fear job and service cuts in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District after witnessing cost-saving cutbacks in the western and southern districts.

More nursing and allied health university places - NCAH

An extra 1515 postgraduate nursing and allied health places will be created in the next four years to support Australia’s ageing population.

Westmead Rehab nurses rally for pay rise - NCAH

 nurses will take their campaign for a pay rise to the streets tomorrow. Nurses will rally outside the Merrylands hospital entrance from 2pm in their push for a Registered Nurse pay rate of $36.20 an hour.

Westmead Rehabilitation Hospital nurses will take their campaign for a pay rise to the streets tomorrow.

Nurses will rally outside the Merrylands hospital entrance from 2pm in their push for a Registered Nurse pay rate of $36.20 an hour as negotiations con

Nurses raise $10k in marathon effort - Coffs Coast Advocate

The nurses of the Coffs Harbour Emergency Unit have completed an epic 250km journey walking highway stretches and soft sand beaches between Byron Bay and Coffs Harbour for their colleague Carla Deery, who is battling a rare and aggressive form of breast cancer.

Bathurst nurses strike over cutbacks - NCAH

Nurses at New South Wales’ Bathurst Hospital will take 24-hour strike action later this week in opposition to planned cutbacks at the facility.

Review to pave way for NPs in aged care - Australian Ageing Agenda

The national evaluation of the government’s aged care nurse practitioner program will provide much-needed Australian evidence of the effectiveness, financial viability and sustainability of aged care models utilising nurse practitioners, say the authors of a paper looking at the emerging role of nurse practitioners in Australian aged care.

These Vein-Spotting Smart Glasses Will Give Medics X-Ray Vision - Gizmodo

Thanks to a new wearable trans-dermal imaging system from Evena Medical, even neophyte nurses will be able to tap your veins without turning your arms into pin cushions.