Discreet monitors keep tabs on people around the house and watch for alarming changes in behaviour patterns. An Australian research team is working on a non-intrusive home monitoring device that sends alerts to carers when loved ones are inactive for ...
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The implied duties, and dangers, of employment contracts
Take care to fill all the implicit obligations of the employment contract, or termination may well be justified. All employees, including nurses, have in their contract of employment a number of implied duties that are owed to their employer. Four ...
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We saw a more intense focus in the latter part of 2015 on managing the health and wellbeing of people with chronic disease. The Primary Health Care Advisory Group considered how healthcare professionals and providers could better co-ordinate and integrate ...
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The days and years ahead can be a time of great influence, when nurses’ knowledge and expertise become valued as never before. Imagine a future where the voice and visibility of nursing is in proportion to the importance and size ...
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Hairy times: Leukaemia Foundation promotes World’s Greatest Shave
One of our #WorldsGreatestShave hair spray stations set up around the ground tonight! Go blue to show your support! pic.twitter.com/PR8Hp3KCYy — Adelaide Strikers (@StrikersBBL) January 13, 2016 During the 2015–16 Big Bash League, the Adelaide Strikers raised money for the ...
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Cancer patients to write journals for research
People with cancer may be able to participate in journaling as part of a new research project. Wesley Medical Research (WMR) announced the project on World Cancer Day. It aims to improve cancer patient experiences. The research team, from The Wesley ...
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Union, providers split on 24/7 RN coverage
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has revealed it is lobbying for regulations that would require at least one (RN) onsite and available at all times at nursing homes. This is one of the major components of the ANMF's submission to the Senate Inquiry into the ...
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