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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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Hospital honours its nurses - Manning River Times

MANNING Hospital celebrated International Nurses and Midwives Week for 2013 by awarding their outstanding nurses and midwives at a staff gathering on Wednesday. Manning Hospital's Registered Nurse of the Year award was presented to Erin Hunt.

Time to care for carers - The Irrigator

IT IS likely to be one of the tougher professions, but Sunday will be the time Leeton residents can say thank you to nurses for the hard work they do each day. Sunday marks International Nurses Day, which is held each year on the birthday of Florence Nightingale.

Minister steps in over nurse pay delay - ABC News

Tasmania's Health Minister has told her department to resolve protracted workplace negotiations with the state's nurses in the Industrial Commission.

Nurses celebrate Florence Nightingale's 193rd birthday - Northern Star

FOR the past 35 years Ellen Palmer has been looking after patients and their families, often when they are at their most vulnerable.

OPINION: Nurses deserve day of acknowledgment - the herald

SUNDAY is International Nurses Day, celebrated annually by nurses across the globe on Florence Nightingale’s birthday. This year, International Nurses Day also falls on Mothers’ Day, a coincidence that couldn’t be more fitting considering the generosity of spirit that lies at the heart of both nursing and parenting.

State Coroner Mark Johns criticises hospital 'code black' policies - news.com.au

VIOLENT mental health patients are being allowed to escape from the state's hospitals without security being notified because of a loophole in the Health Department's security policies.

Nursing union puts enterprise claim to SA Health - ABC News

The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation says a strategy has been developed which would ensure more consistent staffing of country hospitals in South Australia.

Nursing profession to bright, healthy future - Daily Advertiser

DESPITE a near 70 per cent drop in vacancy rates in the past 18 months, a massive shortage of nurses is predicted to hit Australia by 2025. Chief Nursing and Midwifery Officer for NSW Health, Susan Pearce, addressed nurses in Wagga yesterday as part of International Nurses Day.

Nursing on the Vietnam frontline - 666 ABC

When Queanbeyan's Maureen Patch was deployed to Vietnam, there were no male nurses in sight. "Only nursing sisters - females - were sent over, there weren't any male nurses at that stage," Ms Patch said of her time serving as an army nurse during the Vietnam War. [+audio]

Nursing a career to celebrate - 612 ABC

From the days where nursing students were expected to live on site at the hospital and cleaning and cooking were part of their duties, a collection of reminiscences and anecdotes from nurses has been released in time to celebrate International Nurses Day. [audio]