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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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New education initiatives - Australian Ageing Agenda

The Minister for Aged Care, Mark Butler, has announced that 666 new aged care nursing scholarships, worth up to $30,000, are now available to those working in the sector.

Nurses demand government action - NCAH

More than 97 per cent of respondents to an Australian Nursing Federation survey have called on Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek to take action on the graduate nursing crisis.

Online assistance for nurses to help war veterans - Port News

A NEW online service will help nurses better prepare to assist in the treatment of war veterans, widows and widowers.

Most WA Nurses to quit, patients endangered: union survey - Herald Sun

WA PUBLIC hospitals face dangerous shortages of nurses with more than half intending to quit within a decade and most of those ready to jump ship inside five years.

$18 million funding for McGrath Foundation - News.com.au

THE federal government has increased its funding to the McGrath Foundation, which provides specialist breast cancer nurses.

Report applauds mental health nurse incentive program - NCAH

The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses has called for funding for the Mental Health Nurse Incentive Program (MHNIP) to be uncapped after the program received a glowing report card.

Nurse aims to improve quality of life for palliative care patients - NCAH

A Sydney palliative care nurse hopes her research into delirium will improve nursing care for palliative care patients.

Fifty years in a caring career has flown by - Daily Mercury

MACKAY nurse Pam Frost is amazed at the passing of the years, but perhaps it's her love of the caring profession she took up 50 years ago which has made it fly.

She became a nurse at the prompting of her sister, though the constant message instilled by her father was also a factor.

Negotiations move after stoppages - In my community

HEALTH Department officials have called for urgent talks with the Australian Nursing Federation to avert the threat of disruption to hospital services planned by nurses early this year.

Proudly fulfilling a crucial health role in Hume - Hume Leader

WHEN her health began to decline  Mattie McGuire was relieved to find help in the Royal District Nursing Service.