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Final year UTAS nursing students will be able to apply for 115 jobs in Tasmania’s public health system from tomorrow. The Minister for Health, Michelle O’Byrne, today reminded graduates that online applications would be accepted until 13 September for positions that start in early 2014. Ms O’Byrne said the Tasmanian Government wanted as many UTAS graduates as possible to find work in the three Tasmanian Health Organisations.

A Melbourne nurse who was bashed by a rapist in front of her patients says a clogged health system is to blame for a growing number of assaults on our nurses. Jenny was left unconscious with a broken nose, cracked eye socket and blackened face when the man king hit her after saying "I'm going to get you". ^[+audio]

The Women's & Children's Hospital will receive cash injections to better protect vulnerable nurses as both political parties pledge funding if elected. Liberal Candidate for Adelaide Carmen Garcia promised a Liberal Government would deliver $255,000 for three CCTV cameras at the hospital, which would be monitored by police.

NSW Opposition Leader John Robertson is set to visit the Illawarra today to draw attention to what he says is an "emerging crisis within the state's hospital network". The tour has already taken in 17 of the state's hospitals and will today include Bulli, Wollongong and Shellharbour.

THERE are homes with tight bamboo frameworks with walls made from a cow-dung mix while other houses on hills are made from unbaked bricks with thatched tile roofs. In the distance multi-coloured prayer flags sway as they are strung from mountain ridges to bless the countryside.

NURSES in the Rockhampton Hospital mental health unit have reported a genuine response from management to concerns published in The Morning Bulletin over the past three weeks. Psychiatric nurse Neve (not her real name) said nurses had been struggling with safety, poor staffing levels, insufficiently trained staff and management who wouldn't acknowledge the issues.

The husband of a triage nurse at Campbelltown Hospital defends the decision to leave a teen waiting for nine hours lying on the floor saying the hospital has not been given the funds to cope with the expanding area.^[audio]

More than 40 staff at Rockingham Hospital walked off the job earlier today over budget cuts. Nurses and support staff stopped worked for about half an hour this afternoon to highlight a staffing shortage they say is compromising patient care.

CCTVcameras to better protect vulnerable nurses will be installed around the Women's and Children's Hospital, if the Coalition is elected following next weekend's federal election. Liberal Candidate for Adelaide Carmen Garcia promised a Liberal Government would deliver $255,000 for CCTV cameras at the North Adelaide hospital.

Port Hedland nursing students are being beamed into lectures being held nearly 1,600 kilometres away at Curtin University in Perth. The Western Australian Government has spent $700,000 on a two-year pilot project allowing students in remote areas to virtually participate in some of Curtin's lectures, tutorials and group exercises.