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Two more nurses have been assaulted at Canberra's adult mental health unit as ACT Health tries to deal with a spike in safety issues at the facility. Fairfax Media believes there were two incidents on Monday at the unit, which has been grappling with staffing issues.

NSW Health have hit back at the Nurses and Midwives Association's call for a strike next week over the State Government's failure to act on patient safety.

Pharmacists are employing nurses to provide maternal and child health care in a market-driven response to gaps in the public sector, according to the results of a new study.

It’s not just Australian graduate nurses struggling to find jobs – it’s been revealed 30 per cent of New Zealand’s nursing graduates are also unable to secure employment. New Zealand Minister of Health Tony Ryall recently told the health select committee job turnover and vacancy rates were at low levels as nurses decided to stay in their roles due to the economic climate.

SHOCK waves are running through central Queensland's health sector as the impact of staff cuts to mental health and drug and alcohol services take effect. Queensland Nurses Union spokesman Dave Abraham said 26 positions would be cut across the region including five mental health community support workers in Rockhampton, and Gladstone's alcohol, tobacco and other drugs nurse unit manager.

NURSES across NSW have voted to take state-wide strike action in public hospitals and community health service centres. Union delegates attended a special conference last night and voted unanimously to hold a strike on July 24.

The Nursing and Midwifery Federation will today meet midwives at the Millicent Hospital to discuss their futures. Country Health SA last week announced plans to close obstetric services at the hospital because of a lack of doctors with obstetric and anaesthetic skills and a drop in births.

Imagine cycling machines that fit into the end of an intensive care patient’s bed to improve the patient’s muscle function and recovery? Queensland researcher Professor Leanne Aitken is one of a team of researchers working to test innovative strategies in a bid to improve the long term recovery of patients after critical illness or major trauma.

The deaths of two nurses after apparent accidental overdoses of drugs suspected to have been obtained from the public hospitals where they worked are being investigated by a WA Coroner.

Men with prostate cancer and their families will benefit from a doubling of the number of specialist prostate cancer nurses, the federal government says. Health Minister Tanya Plibersek said the government would provide $7.2 million over the next four years to increase the number of specialist nurses from 12 to 25.