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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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Union to probe hospital data for understaffing - ABC News

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation will sift through data from the Naracoorte Hospital, to determine if there is an understaffing issue.

Home visits may identify dementia - Aged Care Insite

The key to identifying patients predisposed to dementia could be held by district nurses visiting the elderly, says the chair of the Australian Government Minister’s Dementia Advisory Group Dr Susan Koch.

Family feud has nurses flying in and out of town - The West

The Health Department is flying nurses in and out of Kalumburu each day to protect their safety because of tense family feuding.

In-school nurses to aid learning - Courier Mail

THE state's poorest performing students will have their health assessed by private, in-school nurses to check for medical reasons causing them to fall behind.

More Qld aged homes to close: unions - Adelaide Now

THE Queensland government has been accused of concealing plans to close more aged care homes across Brisbane.

A nurse without borders - Brisbane Times

She treats toddlers whose limbs have been pulverised by high velocity bullets and women whose bodies are crippled with disease. But it's the blissful ignorance of those worlds away, sipping their chai lattes, that Kate White finds most confronting. [+video]

Eventide aged care closures 'shocks' nurses' union - ABC News

Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) spokeswoman Beth Mohle says she is shocked the State Government is shutting two houses at the Eventide Aged Care Campus at Brighton on Brisbane's northside.

Service medals lost in Tracy returned - NT News

A 92-YEAR-OLD great-grandmother has been presented with replacement World War II service medals, after she lost them during cyclone Tracy.

Breast care nurse a gympie godsend - NCAH

The McGrath Breast Care Nurse program continues to promote its success stories in supporting women with breast cancer and their families, this time marking the three year anniversary of the McGrath Breast Care Nurse role at Gympie in Queensland.

Outback health service to cut locum costs - 7 News

Hospital and health boards in western Queensland are focusing on attracting permanent GPs to remote regions rather than paying thousands a day for a locum.