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AUSTRALIAN Nurses and Midwifery Federation members in Burnie and Latrobe will proceed with industrial action from today. The ANMF Tasmanian branch says the state government's amended enterprise agreement for public sector nurses would compromise patient care.

NPS has released its latest case study on tailoring ongoing treatment for type 2 diabetes in a new online format that offers CPD points GPs, pharmacists and nurses. The case study focuses on available treatment options for a 75-year-old male with type 2 diabetes, and is delivered in a new online format that provides immediate individual and peer results, including feedback from diabetes expert Stephen Twigg of the University of Sydney.

The Western Australian Government has allocated an area of Crown land in Eucla to the Silver Chain service to allow it to upgrade its accommodation for nursing staff in the remote town. The Lands Minister says the land will allow Silver Chain to create permanent accommodation for a remote area nurse and build a separate guest residence for visiting nurses.

The State Government has started rolling out an election promise to put more than 150 health staff in state schools. About 20 school health nurses and two speech pathologists started work last week.

Registered nurses will be able to participate in New Zealand’s first specialist stroke nursing course next year. The course comes amid increasing demand and interest in the stroke nursing specialty as statistics show the country’s ageing population is rising rapidly and forecast to grow from 600,000 to 1.1 million people aged more than 65 by 2031.

Australia’s nursing and midwifery students applying for registration as a nurse or midwife will save $140, with the fee slashed to just $20. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia has cut the fees for final year students of board-approved study programs that will lead to their registration as a nurse or midwife.

If you know someone who goes above and beyond for the benefit of patients and colleagues or showcases innovation in nursing, nominate them now for the 2014 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards. Individuals and teams can be nominated in three categories — Outstanding Graduate, Team Innovation and Nurse of the Year. Nominations for the awards will remain open athestaawards.com.auuntil Friday, 28 February 2014.

Nurses in Launceston have voted unanimously to take industrial action in a dispute over working conditions. The Nursing and Midwifery Federation has rejected the State Government's latest pay offer, saying it is unsafe for base-grade nurses to be acting in charge of shifts.

A new report from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has found that almost three-quarters of emergency department patients in the urgent category were ‘seen on time’ during 2012-13. The report, Australian Hospital Statistics 2012-13: Emergency Department Care, shows the number of emergency department visits that were ‘seen on time’.

Albury's mental health nurses will meet today to decide whether to enforce more work bans at the city's community health service. The nurses imposed bans last week in protest at what they say is the service's failure to backfill staff on leave or replace those who resign, forcing more clients on to waiting lists for help.