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ALL overseas-trained nurses should not be treated with suspicion just because some Zimbabwean nurses are under investigation by the Nurses Board, the Australian Nursing Federation says.

THE NSW Opposition has accused the State Government of giving nurses a "slap in the face" by increasing their registration and practising fees.

NSW Health Minister John Hatzistergos insists new nurse graduates are not forced to carry out duties for which they are not qualified.

NURSING shortages in public hospitals are so severe that first-year graduates are being put in charge of wards.

The first group of Indonesian nurses to complete a bridging program at Charles Darwin University that allows them to work in Australia will receive their certificates tonight (0ctober 10).

ALMOST two-thirds of nurses have been victims of verbal or physical abuse while working, according to a report.

MORE than a hundred nurses protested outside the Victorian Parliament today calling for the Bracks Government to intervene in a row over workloads which they claim are compromising patient care.

A Bachelor of Midwifery will be offered for the first time in 2007 at The University of Queensland (UQ) Ipswich Campus.

NZ’s Best Midwives Receive Inaugural Award

Five midwives judged ‘outstanding’ by expert panel, clients and over 4,000 voters.

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