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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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Nurses to stop work over losing entitlements - 7 News

Nurses will stop work at Swan District Hospital today in protest against the thousands of dollars they say they will lose when services are privatised.

Plea for outback town to keep lone nurse - 7 News

The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) is calling on the South-West Hospital and Health Service to rethink its decision to remove the only nurse in the village of Morven, east of Charleville. Health service chief executive officer Graem Kelly has confirmed the four-day a week nurse-led clinic in Morven will be replaced by a three-day a week outreach nursing clinic from Augathella, further north.

Robertson warns of health job losses in Hunter - Newcastle Herald

THE NSW government says it can slash health funding without cutting front-line jobs, despite opposition claims yesterday that 103 medical staff in the Hunter New England region were on the chopping block.

Emergency nursing staff seek better deal - Western Advocate

A week of industrial action by Bathurst Base Hospital’s emergency department staff began yesterday with a roadside rally.  Local members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association are seeking safer staffing levels by securing an extra registered nurse on each shift in the hospital’s emergency unit.

Disability nurses stop work over pay - ABC News

Nursing staff at Newcastle's Stockton Centre, which houses hundreds of people with severe disabilities, have held a stopwork meeting today demanding pay parity with other nurses.

Fears Morven to lose nurse - ABC News

Murweh Mayor Dennis Cook says he is concerned a town in his shire will lose its only health worker.

Smooth sailing for nursing career in Defence - NCAH

With a new year on the horizon, there are ample opportunities for exploring a new career or even broadening the scope of the career you already have. Just ask clinical nurse Paul Wirth, who works in the Paediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Adelaide.

Queensland nursing project improves patient safety - NCAH

A unique project is pioneering the way Queensland’s frontline nurses access and use data to improve patient safety.

Bell rings and nurse comes out swingin - Canberra Times

NURSE by day, destroyer by night - Vanessa Taylor works to save lives, but when she steps in the ring the Canberra Muay Thai fighter turns into a different beast.

Nurses stood down over gifts - The Herald

A HUNTER nursing home has disciplined three nurses after thousands of dollars were withdrawn from a dying resident's bank account and spent on gifts.