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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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Qld govt says no extra health jobs to go - Business Spectator

The state government has assured Queensland Health workers that no more jobs will be cut after confusion arose about the number of staff on the chopping block.

Nurses protest at parking fee rises - The West

More than 300 angry nurses blowing horns descended on Parliament House yesterday to protest about hospital carpark costs.

Aged care bonanza for nurses - The Mercury

GRADUATE nurses are flocking to the aged care sector in Tasmania. More than 60 graduate nurse positions have been created in the sector in the past two years.

QLD budget catastrophic for nursing and allied health - NCAH

The secretary of the Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) has described the state’s budget as catastrophic for the health sector.

Two nurses honoured for dedication - Queensland Times

IPSWICH Hospital Nurses' Association honoured two of its own on Saturday.

Private sector slips ahead as public pay rises slide - The Australian

AVERAGE private-sector wage increases were 4.3 per cent in the June quarter, but public sector pay rises fell significantly because of low outcomes recorded by Victorian nurses, NSW TAFE employees and federal community workers.

Cleaners will not be caring - Australian Ageing Agenda

In response to a recent news report, a spokesperson for the Minister for Ageing has stated categorically that cleaners, cooks and gardeners will not be trained to do the work of nurses and assistants-in-nursing (AINs), in 10 new workforce development projects funded by the federal government.

Nurses protest against hospital parking increases - 7 News

More than 300 nurses rallied outside Parliament in Perth to protest against increases in parking fees at public hospitals. The Health Minister Kim Hames has announced parking costs at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital will rise by $5 a week to cover the cost of a new multi-storey car park.

Hundreds in public hospital walkout - The West

Up to 800 nurses will walk off the job today to protest against the cost of parking outside public hospitals.

Re-entering nursing - ABC 612

When you're a registered nurse and decide to take some time off, it's easy enough to let your registration lapse.  But a new course is helping those people get back into the work force when they want to return to their former career. Debbie Austen is the Director Centre for Professional Health Education CQUniversity and I caught up with her earlier to explain the significance of this course. [audio]