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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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Casey Hospital emergency department evacuated because of violent patient - The Age

Terrified patients and staff had to be evacuated from the emergency department of one of Melbourne's busiest hospitals on Wednesday night because of a violent patient.

Nurses return to special school taking pressure off teachers - ACT News

Two full-time nurses will be reinstated in a Canberra special school after a trial of a nursing telephone hotline left teachers in charge of complex medical procedures including peg feeding, insulin injections and seizure management.

Nurses could only watch soldiers die - The Chronicle

BEHIND every soldier on the front lines at Gallipoli was a nurse waiting to treat his injuries - and, in far too many cases, to watch him die.

island of Lemnos Anzac nurses remembered - SMH

Florence Elizabeth McMillan. The perfect first name for a wartime nurse. She was known as Betha by her family.

Australian Nursing Federation calls for HIV testing at Fiona Stanley Hospital - Perth Now

WA’s health minister has dismissed as “scaremongering” claims that patients at Perth’s new hospital have been operated on with contaminated equipment.

Australia’s oldest known surviving WWII nurse and Legacy widow offered a lifetime of service - Herald Sun

AS Australia’s oldest known surviving World War II nurse, 101-year-old Anne Leach has offered a lifetime of service.

Victorian Govt committed to mandating staff and keeping beds - Australian Ageing Agenda

Legislating ratios and retaining state-owned aged care facilities are key policy platforms for the new Labor Government in Victoria. But is it good policy?

Lack of nursing representation on quality council ‘disappointing’ - Australian Ageing Agenda

Nurses play a pivotal role in the development, implementation and assessment of quality and safety in aged care and their omission from the recently appointed Aged Care Quality Advisory Council is “a great oversight,”...

Satisfy your yearning for learning - SMH

Eastern Health offers a diverse range of services from 50 sites across Melbourne's east, including Maroondah, Angliss, Box Hill and Healesville & District Hospitals and Yarra Ranges Health.

Change brings opportunity - SMH

Epworth Richmond is undergoing a major redevelopment designed to improve all aspects of the hospital. State-of-the-art  facilities, knowledge accumulation and integration capabilities will meet the evolving expectations of patients, doctors and staff.