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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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Students tailor career pathway - The Singleton Argus

GONE are the days of a limited selection of English, Maths and Science, these days students can customise their education to tailor a career pathway and leave school with a nationally recognised qualification.

Queries on why nurse was left in charge - The Examiner

A FORMER Legana nursing home manager faced tough questioning on the final day of Launceston inquest into the death of a palliative care patient.

Nurse reprimanded over hospital mix-up - The West

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

Nursing manager felt unsafe: inquest - 7 News

An inquest into the death of a nursing home resident has heard the manager quit because she felt unsafe and could not do her job properly. Stanley Valentine Whiley, 67, died in March 2010 after he was given a morphine injection 10 times the intended dose by a graduate nurse Julie Lord.

QLD Nurses Union responds to Health Minister's comments on union membership policy change - 612 ABC

Yesterday Steve spoke with Lawrence Springborg, Minister of Health about the State Government's plans to change Health Department Policy regarding Union membership. Beth Mohle from the Qld Nurses Union was unable to comment yesterday, but Steve spoke to her this morning in regards to the Minister's comments... [audio]

Illness not overdose likely cause of death: inquest - 7 News

An inquest into the death of a Launceston aged care resident who was given a morphine overdose has heard it is likely pre-existing illnesses caused his death.

Former nurse under investigation for flood fraud - News Mail

A SUSPENDED nurse facing more than 60 fraud and dishonesty charges is being investigated for making false flood and welfare claims, a court has been told.

Nurse who stole patients' credit cards narrowly avoids jail - Port News

A NURSE, who stole credit cards from patients at the Port Macquarie Base Hospital, has narrowly avoided jail. The 41-year-old woman of Pappinbarra Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of larceny at the Port Macquarie Local Court on Monday. She was also charged with a string of 38 counts of fraud or dishonestly obtain property by deception.

Nurse tells of morphine mistake - The Examiner

JULIE Lord was stressed, nervous and on just her second day on the job when she mistakenly injected a nursing home palliative care patient with 10 times the required amount of morphine, a court heard yesterday.

Qld nurse recognised for her hard work in tough times - The Chronicle

A QUEENSLAND nurse and mental health expert specialising in disaster response has been given a prestigious award by a New Zealand university.