Nurses and Midwives at the embattled Blacktown Hospital in Sydney are continuing protests against their employer, again voicing frustration at understaffing and what they see as a disregard for patient safety. Staff and members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ ...
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Former mental health nurse banned from working over attack on wife
A mental health nurse who stabbed his wife multiple times in a horror domestic violence attack will not be allowed to return to work for at least 15 years, a tribunal has ruled. George Alexander Freeman blocked the exit to his wife’s ...
More »Medication goes unchecked in aged care: research
New research shows that only one in five Australians receive a government-funded medication review after entering an aged care facility. Lead researcher Dr Janet Sluggett, from the University of South Australia, said the findings point to potential dangers for aged care ...
More »US nurse suspended for TikTok flouting COVID safety
A nurse in the US has been suspended after posting a video to social media where she appeared to admit flouting COVID-19 safety measures. A hospital in Salem, Oregon, announced it had placed the nurse on administrative leave after public ...
More »Inaugural ‘It’s Time For Nurses’ 24-hour Giving Day announced to give Aussie nurses access to scholarship funds
A new 24-hour donation drive has been announced by The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) so Australians can give back to the nurses who've led from the front during a year beset by bushfires and a deadly pandemic. The inaugural ...
More »Self-harm study prompts calls for earlier intervention
Australian children are reporting self-harm as early as grade 6, a new study shows. Researchers assessed more than 1200 children living in Melbourne each year from age 8-9 years to 11-12 years. Twenty-eight of the 1059 students in the study ...
More »An extra $7b, dividing Australia into 30 aged care regions: Grattan blueprint
A national aged care system divided into 30 regions and an extra $7 billion a year. Those are key parts of the Grattan Institute's blueprint to reform Australia's aged care sector. The report, Reforming aged care: a practical plan for ...
More »Ipswich nurse gets Health Minister gong
An Ipswich nurse committed to managing chronic diseases in her community has taken out the Health Minister’s Award for Nursing Trailblazers. Shannon Wallis was recognised for her work on MeCare (Mobile enabled Care), in which she developed a virtual nursing ...
More »New nurse on the beat: the nurses swapping wards for police stations
Paula’s regular shift is 2pm to 10pm, she tells me. It’s only ten past and today a police officer has already come to her desk to fill her in on a domestic violence-related incident with mental health implications. The incident ...
More »Survey shows Aussies who will forgo a COVID-19 jab
Six per cent of Australians are certain they won’t get a COVID-19 jab once one is made available. An Australian National University survey of 3,000 Aussie adults also revealed another seven per cent feel they will probably not get the ...
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