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It was seventy years ago, the 14th of May 1943, that the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur was sunk by a Japanese submarine and of the 332 persons on board,  only 64 survived. Onboard were twelve nurses, but the only one of them to survive that night was Sister Ellen or "Nell" Savage. ^[audio]

There is concern nurses in Bathurst will be overworked if surgical beds are reopened in the hospital. Five beds are set to be closed in June, but the Western New South Wales Local Health District says the beds will reopen if they are needed.

EVEN blindfolded, nurses at Campbelltown Hospital can make a bed better than most people. To celebrate International Nurses Day (Sunday, May 12), staff transformed the foyer of Campbelltown Hospital into a makeshift dormitory filled with beds, as they battled it out to become the blindfolded bed-making champion of 2013.

A pilot program underway in Shepparton, to provide specialist nursing care for Parkinson's disease sufferers, could be rolled out across Victoria. A movement disorder nurse has been employed for two years and she will work with people in their homes, as well as nursing homes and hospitals.

The Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program (MHNIP) has received a $23.8 million boost in the Federal Budget. The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) and the Australian Nursing Federation welcomed the additional funding, which will ensure the equivalent of 375 mental health nurses will continue to provide clinical services and support for people with mental health issues under the program.

NURSING must be in the genes of mother and daughter Hellen and Scharokin Davood. The two, both nurses at Fairfield Hospital, celebrated International Nurses Day with their colleagues last Friday. The annual event acknowledges the work of nurses and their contributions to the health care industry.

Passion for helping shared

Linda Said has won Deakin University’s top award for best all-round academic and clinical performance in its graduate certificate/diploma of nursing course. SOUTH West Healthcare nurse Linda Said barely expected to pass her Deakin University course- let alone be its top student.

NURSES at Armidale Hospital rallied yesterday to protest insufficient staffing ratios in regional hospitals. Staff gathered during their lunchbreak for the rally, which called for the introduction of compulsory staffing ratios on par with those of city hospitals.

NEPEAN Hospital nurses Paige Waller and Nicola Drayton are at different stages in their careers. Both started in nursing with different attitudes to their profession, but both now love their work in equal measure.

Reece Shepherd enjoys the medical and caring aspects of his profession, while Alexis Cunningham loves the challenge of an emergency. Both received excellence in nursing awards as part of Norwest Private Hospital's International Nurses Day celebrations on Monday.