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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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Hospital celebrates 90th by opening new nursing school - Sunshine CoastDaily

THERE were a lot of reasons to celebrate yesterday at St Vincent's hospital. The hospital celebrated its 90th birthday and opened a new clinical school for nursing and midwifery, the first of its kind in the region.

Scarcity of nursing jobs may force graduate to new career - Courier Mail

HANNAH McBryde will graduate as a nurse and midwife next month but jobs for new nursing graduates in Queensland are so scarce, she's thinking about becoming a nanny instead.

New career, new sense of confidence - Southern Cross

When Gloria Davison was 15-years-old and her mother stripped the skin from her thigh right down to the bone, she sprung to action delivering first aid and her future calling first became apparent.

FIFO medicos cost $40,000 a month - The West Australian

Doctors and nurses from interstate and New Zealand are being flown to hospitals in regional and remote WA to cover short-term vacancies, costing taxpayers more than $40,000 a month.

Animal neglect sparks investigation into nurses - NCAH

The Nursing Council of New Zealand will investigate two nurses convicted for failing to care for their animals. Alison Freemantle-Pilkington, 57, of Papakura, was convicted in the Manukau District Court this month for neglecting five horses in her care, with one horse dying of starvation while another horse was so sick it had to be put down.

Talks at Forster to try and avert nurse strike - ABC News

Nurses at a private hospital in Forster have called off an 8 hour strike planned for today, to try and negotiate a wages dispute.

Meet the next wave of skilled up and dedicated nurses - Gladstone Observer

WITH the official graduation ceremony not until next year, CQ University graduating nursing students were treated to a special nursing ceremony to honour their achievements.

Wage offer an 'insult' - Great Lakes Advocate

NURSES From Forster Private Hospital held a stop work meeting on Thursday, protesting an “insulting” wage offer from the hospital’s corporate owner Pulse Health.

Women choose practice nurses to perform Pap smears - 6 minutes

Patients may prefer to have a practice nurse conduct Pap smears and other women’s health checks because they perceive they should see a doctor only when unwell, a Queensland study has found.

Nurses to cut patient time to cut costs - ABC News

District nurses will spend less time with non-palliative care patients to save Bass Coast Regional Health money. Nurses will need to reduce the amount of time spent with each patient by nine minutes, to save the service $100,000 annually.