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The Northern Territory branch of the Australian Nursing Federation says delays caused by a shortage of nurses are causing patients to become aggressive towards them.

THE death of an elderly woman at a Sydney hospital is being investigated as a possible mercy killing.

NSW Premier Morris Iemma today welcomed 114 students from 39 high schools to Westmead Hospital for day one of a new 'Nursing in Schools' program for Western Sydney and the Blue Mountains.

If the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal wanted to make sure euthanasia campaigner Lesley Martin did not nurse again, it should not have used the "back door" method that it did, the nurses prosecuting committee says.

The Northern Territory Opposition says Royal Darwin Hospital is unable to fill 1,100 nursing shifts this month.

The CLP's health spokesman, Richard Lim, says that equates to a shortage of 38 shifts a day.

A nurse was flown in by helicopter on Thursday afternoon to check the condition of patients in the Far North cut off from health services in the aftermath of floods.

THE 7th International Nursing Conference will be held from December 4-6 at the Rizqun International Hotel. Organised by the Pengiran Anak Puteri Rashidah Sa'adatul Bolkiah College of Nursing, this year's conference carries the theme: `Innovation in Nursing and Midwifery : Education, Practice, Research and Management'.

THE preparedness of frontline health workers and medical systems for pandemics will be discussed at an international meeting of nurses in Sydney this week.

THE Zimbabwe Nurses Association (ZNA) will not step into the brewing storm between Australia and Zimbabwean nurses who are being investigated over forgery claims, an official said Thursday.

THE State Government will today launch its biggest nursing recruitment drive yet to halt critical shortages in public hospitals.