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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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Bank offers health staff payroll package - Courier Mail

 

QUEENSLAND Health staff caught up in a drawn-out payroll fiasco have been thrown a financial lifeline by a bank offering to advance employees up to $2000.

Qld govt 'agrees to review' TB clinic plan - Sydney Morning Herald

Nurses say the Queensland health minister has agreed to review his decision to shut a tuberculosis control centre in Brisbane.

Muswellbrook Hospital to get a new unit - Newcastle Herald

PLANNING will begin this month for a new emergency department at Muswellbrook Hospital.

TB power shift sparks protest - Brisbane Times

Nurses will today rally outside the tuberculosis co-ordination centre at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, amid fears over plans to hand back responsibility to local health boards.

Patients put 'at risk' in Queensland Health budget changes - Herald Sun

ACADEMICS and unions fear the Newman Government's decentralisation of Queensland Health has gone too far.

TB clinic's future up to new board - Brisbane Times

Nurses at the Queensland Tuberculosis Control Centre where a protest rally was held yesterdaywill be offered new nursing positions as the centre closes, a spokesman for Health Minister Lawrence Springborg said last night.

Union push to hire nurse graduates - 7 News

The Australian Nursing Federation is warning there will be dire consequences for the health system unless the State Government recruits more local nurse graduates.

New-look Queensland Health takes shape ... and learns from BMW - Brisbane Times

This week the new-look Queensland Health took lessons from car manufacturer BMW’s push into China.

Moorabbin court hears nurses working in fear - Moorabbin Leader

A VICTORIAN nurses union has called for more protection of mental health staff from violence.

Rosebud, Frankston hospital plan heaps pain on nurses and patients - Peninsula Weekly

A 'NEW' initiative for Rosebud and Frankston hospitals is putting nursing staff under unacceptable strain and compromising patient care, the Australian Nursing Federation says.