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THOUSANDS of new nurses will be learning their profession through a return to traditional on-the-job hospital training under a new scheme to be announced by Prime Minister John Howard today.

The Australian Rural Nurses and Midwives (ARNM) needs your help.

Striking nurses who were taken in for questioning should be thankful that they were not charged says Police Commissioner Commodore Esala Teleni.

Nurses at Lismore Base Hospital claim the North Coast Area Health Service plans to cut 18 nursing hours per day from the emergency ward, despite the fact nurses are already struggling with inadequate bed numbers to meet winter demand.

Nurses at Castlemaine's Mount Alexander Hospital will take industrial action tomorrow to raise awareness of patient safety issues.

The Australian Nursing Federation says it is concerned voluntary redundancies being offered to staff at the Portland Hospital may deter young nurses from working in the country.

Up to 40 per cent of nurses will retire over the next 10 years, adding to the growing skills crisis, the nursing union warned yesterday as it accused the State Government of acting too late to attract and retain nurses.

Nurses in Fiji have begun the second day of a national strike over pay levels.

Some of Adelaide's busiest GPs will get Government-funded nurses to help in their clinics.

The Federal Opposition says it is not good enough that nurses are being asked to provide pregnancy care in rural areas without midwife training because of staff shortages.www.abc.net.au/rural/news