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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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McGowan offers nurse dispute solution - ABC News

The State Opposition Leader, Mark McGowan, says he is willing to work with the government to resolve a pay dispute with nurses.

Nurses union decries cuts to indigenous health staff in remote far north Queensland - Herald Sun

ALMOST 10 per cent of jobs in Queensland's most remote health district will be lost. The Torres Strait-Northern Peninsula Hospital and Health Service yesterday announced 35 full-time equivalent positions would be made redundant out of a workforce of about 400.

Unit in lockdown after assault - The Chronicle

A MENTAL health unit remains in lockdown after a nurse was attacked and seriously injured during a planned escape attempt at Baillie Henderson Hospital.

Coroner looks into nurse's sudden death - Perth Now

THE sudden death of a young nurse after she was treated at Northam Hospital last month is being investigated by the West Australian coroner.

Why the world needs nurses - NCAH

A video highlighting why the world needs nurses has received almost 60,000 views on YouTube. The clip, titled A World Without Nurses, presents a snapshot of some of the biggest issues facing the nursing profession and poses the question – what would it mean to have a world without nurses?

Health workers lose jobs in north Queensland - Courier Mail

MORE than 35 health workers will lose their jobs in the Torres Strait and Cape York peninsula. The Queensland Nurses Union said the 35 included nine nursing positions, four of them in the Aboriginal community of Bamaga.

Patients attack staff at mental health facility - Brisbane Times

Three nurses were injured at the weekend when up to 24 patients housed in a secure unit at a mental health facility turned on them in an unprovoked attack.

Queensland Health Minister slams nurses union for silence over federal health cuts - Daily Telegraph

HEALTH Minister Lawrence Springborg yesterday fired off a scathing letter to the Queensland Nurses Union, accusing it of going "missing in action" in the fight against federal health cuts.

Eastern Health budget cuts could cost nurses' jobs - Maroondah Weekly

UP to 50 beds will be closed across Eastern Health — including at Maroondah Hospital — due to federal budget cuts.

Eidsvold threat has nurses up in arms - Daily Telegraph

EIDSVOLD Hospital faces closure and other bush hospitals are on the chopping block as ongoing health cuts in Queensland continue to sap workforce morale.