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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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Trials to connect police, nurses with childcare workers - 7 News

The Federal Government is to trial around-the-clock child care for some police, nurses and paramedics as part of new measures aimed at boosting flexibility.

Nurse says Qld Health payroll doubts linger - ABC News

A Queensland nurse says the state's health payroll debacle is still causing stress and anxiety.

Bush Nurses - 612 ABC

There is a group of people who have some of the greatest impact on our lives in remote and rural communities. It takes something special to be a bush nurse: they patch people up and keep them alive, they drive the ambulances, operate the clinics and deliver the babies. They are on call around the clock and there are no days off. [audio]

Rocky nurse seeks $600k compensation for workplace injury - The Bulletin

A ROCKHAMPTON nurse is suing Affinity Health for more than $600,000 after a workplace injury left her with ongoing back pain.

Nurses: more staff needed at Stockton Centre - ABC News

The New South Wales Nurses and Midwives Association is halfway to 10,000 signatures on a petition asking for wage parity for workers in the disability sector.

The nurse will see you now – sharing patient care in general practice - Transforming The Nation

With Australia’s population growing, living longer, and experiencing more disease and disability, there’s no doubt demand for health services will increase. But how are we going to pay for it?

Nurses hold key to IV flushing research - NCAH

Queensland researchers will survey 40,000 nurses on their flushing practice for intravenous catheters (IVs) in a bid to create best practice in hospitals.

Giant chairs a load off nurses' backs - The Australian

THE state's biggest hospital has built special rooms catering for people weighing up to 500kg to prepare for a rise in obese patients.

No such thing as nice last words: life as a palliative care nurse - The Age

In cinemas now is the Franco-Austrian horror movie Amour. Maybe you've already sat through its two hours of drooling death porn. But let me tell you the story anyway...

Graylands shake-up after drug bungle - The West Australian

A nurse has been reprimanded and all clinical staff at Graylands Hospital will be re- educated after an inquiry into how a man was mistaken for an escaped long-term involuntary mental health patient.  The West Australian revealed in January that hospital staff gave the 22-year-old strong anti-psychotic drugs that made him ill after police wrongly identified him.