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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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Tasmanian Nurses Rage Over Office Fitout - Interior Design Source

In terms of a commercial or public interior design fitout, a $300,000 budget is actually rather conservative. When that budget cuts into vital hospital funding money, however, the nursing staff at Tasmania’s Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH) feel it could not be more excessive.

Only one fifth of nursing graduates will be able to get a job in Queensland's public service - Couriermail

ONLY about a fifth of the state's 2500 new nursing graduates can expect to get a job in the public sector next year, the Queensland Nurses' Union says.

Mandatory complaints jump unexpectedly - Rheumatology update

The health watchdog is at a loss to explain a spike in mandatory complaints against health practitioners in the last year.

New data shows complaints filed against nurses and allied health workers - NCAH

There were 1,238 public complaints filed about Australian nurses and 62 against midwives in the past year, according to the second annual release of comprehensive data on the nation’s health practitioners.

New hospital goes on show - Daily Mecury

ASPIRING nurses, former patients, health care providers and retirees - these were just some of the people who toured the newly developed Mackay Base Hospital yesterday. Mackay North State High School senior student Jacinta Vella was one of the many aspiring nurses who eagerly browsed over some of the state's newest medical equipment.

NSW dementia cases set to explode - News.com.au

NSW will need to build about 2000 nursing home beds and recruit hundreds of special-care nurses every year for the next 38 years to cope with an expected explosion of dementia cases.

Queensland Nurses Union launch campaign to save Eventide nursing home - The Telegraph

THE Queensland Nurses Union launched their community campaign to 'Save Eventide' on Saturday as it confirmed an aged care home at Kingaroy is also earmarked for closure.

Too few jobs for applicants - The Examiner

PeakTasmanian private healthcare and aged care providers say they are turning away dozens of applicants for each graduate nursing position. Calvary Health Care Tasmania Launceston clinical services director Suezanne Horder said the organisation received 90 resumes for eight positions for the 2012 intake.

JCU top nurse moves to be hands-on - ABC Blogs

The woman with the top job at James Cook University's Mount Isa campus is moving on.

Nurses' union question need for health payroll inquiry - 7 News

The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says it is yet to be convinced there is a need for a formal inquiry into the failure of the health payroll system.