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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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More nurses needed in NSW hospitals: union - 7 News

Mortality rates will increase and patients will spend longer in hospital unless the NSW government introduces set patient to nurse ratios, nurses say.

Attempted nurse abduction: company offers $3 a night parking - Brisbane Times

Queensland nurses have applauded a move by a private company operating car parks at Brisbane's inner-city hospitals to provide cheap, safe parking for nurses following a chilling abduction attempt on Saturday. [+video]

Police say they are back to square one in their investigation into the attempted kidnapping of a Brisbane nurse - Daily Telegraph

POLICE say they are "back to square one" after ruling out links between the attempted abduction of a nurse from outside the Princess Alexandra Hospital on Saturday and a suspicious car seen at a railway station.

Nurses union takes up fight to keep hospital in public hands - Sunshine Coast Daily

THE Queensland Nurses Union has launched an attack on State Government moves to place the running of the Sunshine Coast University Hospital in private hands.

Abduction attempt makes 'blood run cold' - The Age

Nurses feel "it's not safe" to walk to work after an abduction attempt on a nurse walking to the PA Hospital Saturday night. [video]

Nurses union wants talks in wake of attack - Brisbane Times

The Queensland Nurses Union will urgently write to Queensland Health today seeking talks over statewide nurse safety after two chilling abduction attempts near Princess Alexandra Hospital over the weekend.

Police are hunting two men after a nurse reported an abduction attempt as she arrived for a night shift - The Australian

A VIGILANT security guard helped police track down two men accused of stalking women around Brisbane on Saturday night. One of the women was a nurse who the men tried to abduct from outside the Princess Alexandra Hospital.

Vietnam nurses miss out on veterans' aid - The Australian

THE Australian government says the civilian doctors and nurses who volunteered to serve in Vietnam do not qualify for veterans' medical support because they were never under the control of the army.

Men identified over kidnap attempt - Brisbane Times

Queensland police say they have identified two men who tried to abduct a woman and stalked three others in Brisbane’s south. Detective Inspector Geoff Acreman said that while they knew who two men were, they had not spoken to them yet.

Nurse safety questioned after attempted abduction - 7 News

Police are searching for two men who attempted to abduct a nurse in Brisbane's inner-south. Police say a man grabbed the 36-year-old woman near the Princess Alexandra Hospital in Annerley about 9:00pm (AEST) last night.