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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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The most trusted - and the least - North Queensland Register

Australians have just been asked which professions they consider the most ethical and honest. (hint: people love nurses)

GP clinics should employ intern nurses, uni says - My Daily News

ACCORDING to Southern Cross University (SCU), there is a great demand for GP clinics in the Tweed and surrounding areas to open their doors for nursing students. Due to the higher than usual number of students enrolled in nursing, the demand for placements has dramatically increased.

Dandenong Hospital nurse walk-out called off - Monash Weekly

Nurses have called off their threatened walk-out from Dandenong Hospital emergency department after breakthrough talks with Monash Health yesterday morning.

District nursing to redeploy staff - 7 News

A union said it was distressing the Royal District Nursing Service (RDNS) planned to redeploy or make redundant about 50 nurses in South Australia, but the Service said changes would affect only 14 staff.

Jobs cut, not services: Qld Health - Gympie Times

QUEENSLAND Health yesterday denied that cutting a full-time nurse educator and two child health nurses from the Gympie Hospital would affect services to new mums and their babies, or the education of Gympie nurses.

Australian Nursing Federation welcomes improved security at Dandenong Hospital - Herald Sun

THE Australian Nursing Federation has welcomed Monash Health's decision to improve security at Dandenong Hospital. Earlier today, the hospital announced it would bring in a strategy for dealing with violent patients after nurses threatened to strike following weeks of escalating emergency room violence.

Mental health bed shortage behind assaults - NCAH

A death of mental health acute beds in Victoria’s hospitals has been blamed for a spate of assaults on nurses in recent weeks.

Doctors and nurses told to stop Newman bashing at hospital - News Mail

DOCTORS and nurses have been warned to stop criticising the state government and blaming them for budget cuts in front of patients at one of the state's biggest hospitals. Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital management are being told there have been complaints about staff criticising Premier Campbell Newman, as well as the state government in general, in front of other staff and patients.

Care factor of nurses vital, doctor’s research finds - The Standard

NURSING students who get operating theatre experience are better placed to deliver pre and post-operative care, according to Dr Paula Foran. The South West Healthcare’s education clinical facilitator received her doctoral degree last week.

Call to adopt nurse-patient ratio - St Marys Star

MOUNT Druitt Hospital's busy emergency department and general wards could benefit from the new Public Health System Nurses & Midwives State Award.