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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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Violence in hospitals grows - Latrobe Valley Express

LATROBE Valley nurses are subjected to death threats and assaults on the job and want to see security personnel permanently manned at Latrobe Regional Hospital to protect them.

Nurses' union attacks plan to recover wage overpayments - ABC News

The Queensland Nurses Union (QNU) says a scheme to automatically recover wage overpayments from health staff is an attack on their industrial rights.

It's time for a nursing adventure! - NCAH

If you've ever thought of taking your nursing career on an adventure over the seas.  This is the time to do it.

Leadership the crux of staff retention - NCAH

Filling management roles with nursing professionals who are properly prepared for leadership will be key to fostering healthcare staff retention going forward, according to a leading voice in nursing.

Statewide health alert after Queensland nurse catches highly contagious measles from mine worker - news.com.au

A NURSE has been diagnosed with measles after treating a Central Queensland mine worker with the contagious infection this month, sparking a statewide warning.

Nurses say no to violence - NCAH

Nurse ‘Jackie’ has been threatened by patients, who have also threatened to hunt down her family.

Cameras for hospital to improve staff security - Geelong Advertiser

CLOSED-circuit TV cameras will be installed at Geelong Hospital to protect nurses, doctors and other workers.

Surgical ward nurses at the cutting edge - Central Western Daily

IF you find yourself in the unfortunate situation of needing an operation and to be nursed in the surgical ward at Orange hospital you can rest assured you are in good hands. The nursing team from the ward is celebrating being named as the best nursing team in the Western NSW Local Health District (LHD).

Drop in doctors, rise in clerks - The Mercury

 

TASMANIAN hospitals are down by 120 doctors and 65 nurses but the number of clerks and administrators has gone up by 15, says health analyst Martyn Goddard.

Nurses launch campaign for safer working conditions - The Age

Nurses have vowed to step up their campaign against the violence rife in hospitals as the state government resists calls to provide extra security guards on wards. Frustrated by the government stalling on a $21 million promise to curb hospital violence, the Australian Nursing Federation launched a new campaign on Sunday.