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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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Health professionals wary of Queensland budget - Government News

Key medical and nursing groups have questioned how Queensland Premier Campbell Newman’s pre-announcement of an $816 million boost to health services in tomorrow’s state budget will tally-up against a raft of cuts to public sector jobs.

Dark days for Queensland public hospitals as Government cuts services - Daily Telegraph

THE State Government is making deep cuts to frontline health services, including nursing and midwifery. This is creating great uncertainty and distress amongst Queensland Health (QH) employees.

Nursing a medical career - ABC 666

Kristy Chambers wasn't called to nursing, she fell into it: "I was spat out of university with a degree in nursing and a sense of bewilderment" [+audio]

Nurses welcome training funding - Aged Care In Site

The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) says federal government funding for new aged care teaching centres will assist in the development of urgently needed aged care workers across the country.

Union slams Newman's health funding - Courier Mail

THE Queensland nurses' union says the Newman government's $800 million increase in health funding is effectively a budget cut.

Full house - new hospital already overflowing - Canberra Times

Sections of the Women’s and Children’s Hospital at Canberra Hospital reached capacity just days after the building was opened and the nurses union warns that overflows will only get worse.

Jump in hospital staff risk - Canberra Times

THE number of Canberra Hospital staff put at risk from blood or bodily fluid contamination jumped by 34 per cent last year.

Medical errors at Royal Adelaide Hospital are on the rise - Adelaide Now

THE number of medication mistakes at the Royal Adelaide Hospital has soared in the past five years, new figures show.

Nurses accuse Ramsay of 'dragging feet' - Nine News

Nurses at one of Australia's largest private healthcare providers are demanding that their employer promptly finalise a new agreement on pay and conditions.

Sneezy patients abuse staff - Warwick Daily News

A BUMPER flu season across the Southern Downs kept the aisles of the Warwick Hospital bustling with patients awaiting medical treatment and it was nurses who copped the angry, the frustrated and the impatient.