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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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Hundreds of SA health jobs to go - ABC News

South Australian Health Minister John Hill has confirmed cuts forced by budget pressures will see 114 beds closed and 350 jobs go from the public hospital system.

Nurses 'distressed' over Townsville job cuts - 7 News

The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says 35 nursing jobs will be axed at Townsville Hospital in the state's north next month. The State Government announced in September that 45 jobs would go as part of cost cutting.

Nurses slam costly fit-out - The Mercury

A NEW $300,000 office refit for senior management at the Royal Hobart Hospital has been labelled as outrageous by nurses.

Graduate nurses hit by job shortfall in Victorian hospitals - Courier Mail

MORE than 1100 graduate nurses have so far missed out on jobs in Victorian hospitals next year, forcing many students to move interstate or leave the profession before they have even started.

Nurses to replace discharge doctors - Herald Sun

PUBLIC hospital patients will be sent home earlier and discharged by nurses to help free up beds in the health system.

Whispers Cottage brings mobile parenting support to baby booming Adelaide - News Maker

Renowned Sydney-based parenting support team is expanding, bringing sleep and calm to Adelaide babies and their families, in their own homes.  Whispers Cottage is a private nursing practice run by registered nurses, midwives and child and family health nurses, caring for mothers and babies with feeding problems, sleep and settling issues, and mild postnatal depression.

Search continues for Blayney's new doctor - ABC News

Health chiefs say a trial giving nurses more power in Blayney is not being extended because of repeated unsuccessful attempts to hire a doctor.

Nurses’ union takes its aged care campaign to parliament - NCAH

New Zealand’s embattled aged care sector is once again in the spotlight after the Health Select Committee heard calls for fair pay and safe staffing levels.

Grieving mum slams decision of coroner - Queensland Times

AN IPSWICH mother has condemned a coroner's decision to not discipline two nurses who failed to check her son for more than 90 minutes the night he died at Ipswich Hospital.

Union still fighting for hospital staffing data - ABC News

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation says it is disappointed that Country Health SA will still not release staffing data for the Berri Hospital.