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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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Good news for homelessness service providers - Australian Ageing Agenda

Rural, outer regional and remote service providers are now able to apply for a bite of the $3.8 million in federal government funding available to help older clients who are either homeless or at risk of becoming homeless, through the Assistance with Care and Housing for the Aged (ACHA) program.

ANF launches positive nursing campaign - Nursing Review

The Australian Nursing Federation has launched a national media campaign to raise community awareness of the contribution of the nursing workforce to Australia’s healthcare system.

Jobs pinch hits nurses - The Mercury

TASMANIAN graduate nurses are having to look interstate for jobs as full-time positions in the state have been cut by two-thirds, says the nurses union.

Editorial: Nurse the economy - The Mercury

ONE of the most disturbing aspects of the savage cuts applied to the public service in Tasmania is that skilled workers, desperate for work, leave the state to find employment.

System being rorted, say nurses - Aged Care Insite

Whistleblowers from the Department of Health and Ageing say millions of dollars have been rorted from federal government aged care funding.

Overworked nurses under strain in Women's and Children Hospital's intensive care unit - Adelaide Now

NURSES and midwives are working up to 16 hours straight caring for newborns and babies in the Women's and Children Hospital's intensive care unit.

Hospital 'avoiding' liability - Canberra Times

A Canberra Hospital nurse almost killed on the job by an electric shock says she has exposed serious flaws in the official report into her accident, saying the mishap ended her nursing career and plunged her into financial crisis.

Minister calls for inquiry into alleged rorts - ABC: World Today

The Federal Minister for Ageing, Mark Butler, says he's concerned by reports from whistleblowers that senior managers in his department have ignored evidence of rorting in the aged care industry.

Chemical restraint in aged-care homes linked to early death - The Conversation

Last night ABC’s Lateline discussed the case of 63-year-old John Burns, who died within 12 days of going into residential aged care. Burns was put into care after he started to display disinhibited sexual behaviour, and was prescribed anti-psychotics soon after.

Jobs pinch hits nurses - The Mercury

TASMANIAN graduate nurses are having to look interstate for jobs as full-time positions in the state have been cut by two-thirds, says the nurses union.