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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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Nurses fear jobs, funding could go - Daily Mercury

MACKAY Queensland Health nurses fear for their working futures.

Intensive care crisis hits most vulnerable babies - Herald Sun

HOSPITAL units needed to save the lives of our most fragile newborns are routinely being closed amid claims of a lack of medical and nursing staff.

New trade union campaign - Australian Ageing Agenda

One of the aged care sector’s biggest trade unions, the Australian Nursing Federation (ANF), has launched a new national campaign to raise the awareness of the valuable contribution nurses and midwives make throughout the Australian health system.

Gallagher: health jobs on increase - Canberra Times

The number of doctors and nurses employed by ACT Health has increased by 1055 since 2001-02 and the Government plans to hire another 150 health professionals.

From Eskimo Point to Alice Springs - Weekly Times Now

TRY to imagine for a moment what it is like nursing in some of the most inhospitable locations in the world. [book review]

You've got to have heart - ABC Mildura - Swan Hill

Nurse Donation Specialist Ros Roberts of the Mildura Base Hospital will be at the Working Man's Bowling Club, to discuss the decisions families are faced with when the time comes to give the final ok.

Queensland nurses urge politicians to take heed of nursing campaign - NCAH

Queensland nurses hope the Australian Nursing Federation’s new national advertising campaign will serve as a timely reminder to the State Government of the valuable contribution nurses and midwives make to the health system, in the lead up to next month’s budget.

Calling all bush nurses - ABC Rural

Penguin Publishing Company is putting a call out to all remote area health professionals to come forward with their stories for a book about bush nurses. [audio]

Encouraged to join a union - ABC South East News

Nurses and ambulance officers in the south east are being encouraged to join a union campaign to improve working conditions, and... The State Emergency Services Commissioner, Murray Kear, says he stands by the centralisation of emergency calls during natural disasters. [audio]

Tasmania’s graduate nurses migrate north - NCAH

Tasmania’s graduate nurses are migrating to the mainland for work with only 41 of the state’s 275 graduate nurses securing full-time work in the public health sector this year.