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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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Strong local support for nurses - Parkes Champion Post

The Parkes branch of the NSW Nurses’ and Midwives association was thrilled with the support it received for its ‘Ratios - put patient safety first’ campaign.

Fix safety or we'll strike, warn nurses - The Age

Nurses are threatening to take industrial action at Victoria's largest health service in Melbourne's south-east if management does not improve security arrangements in coming weeks.

Number of overseas doctors and nurses rising in Australia - Australia Forum

Australia still needs skilled doctors and nurses from overseas with the latest census figures showing that the number of overseas born doctors and nurses has increased in recent years. In 2011, more than half of GPs, some 56%, and just under half of specialists, 47%, were born overseas, up from 46% and 37% respectively in 2001.

Alternative therapies as job offers flatline - Perth Now

HUNDREDS of nurse graduates almost guaranteed careers when they began university are instead packing groceries and working in service stations and chain stores.

AMA airs sex assault centre nurse shortage fears - ABC News

The Australian Medical Association (AMA) is calling for a forensic physician to be appointed in Alice Springs because of a lack of staff at the Sexual Assault Referral Centre.

Louise up for nurse honour - The Mercury

A TASMANIAN nurse has made it through to the finals of the 2013 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards but she will be in Spain walking the Camino de Santiago pilgrim route when the winners are announced.

Nurses call for help after attacks - The Courier

At least three psychiatric nurses have been sexually assaulted by patients at Monash Medical Centre in the past few weeks, with nurses calling for immediate action to improve security in hospitals.

Castlemaine drug and alcohol nurse gets recognition - Bendigo Advertiser

A CASTLEMAINE drug and alcohol nurse says she is humbled to be named a finalist in the 2013 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards. Castlemaine District Community Health withdrawal nurse Janet Lees is one of five people to be shortlisted for the Nurse of the Year, which will be announced at a ceremony in Melbourne on May 9.

Lunch in prison more fun for nurses - 6 minutes

Released from working inside prison, hundreds of NSW mental health nurses have come to learn the price of their freedom - lunch breaks were better behind bars.

Harsh truth of casualties of war - The Courier

This is the 14th and not only the last of art historian Susanna de Vries' Great Australian Women series, but her last book ever. At 77, she is calling it quits. ''I want to end with a bang, not a whimper,'' is how she puts it.