Three of Australia’s largest trade unions have joined forces to urge the government to accelerate plans for an increase in superannuation. The compulsory superannuation guarantee is set to rise from 9.5 per cent in five annual increases starting from July ...
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From the operating theatre to the flight deck: video
https://youtu.be/HtMLcz1cbII Making the transition from nurse to commercial pilot might seem an unusual career trajectory, but that’s the path Geoff Hay took after training as a nurse at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital in the 1980s and working in operating ...
More »Why healthcare facilities need to streamline workflows
Nurses often find themselves spending inordinate amounts of time on paperwork and data entry instead of doing what they trained to do: help patients. While they would rather spend time with patients doing clinical care, nurses are often held back ...
More »Better off working at Aldi? Royal commission witness talks aged care pay
Nurses working in aged care are paid so poorly that they are forced to stay on higher casual rates and work 52 weeks a year to attain a living wage, the royal commission has heard. Paul Gilbert from the ANMF’s ...
More »Registered nurse numbers and staff safety linked: UK report
Researchers at Birmingham City University in the UK have found a link between the number of registered nurses on a ward and staff safety. The academics looked at three years of data from an NHS mental healthcare provider and found ...
More »Slew of aged care workers plan to leave the sector: survey
Attrition is a key player in the aged care sector's future workforce woes and a new survey has shown why. The survey of 5,000 workers revealed more than two-thirds (38 per cent) plan to leave the aged care sector within five years. ...
More »Rural nursing: what difference does personality make?
Rural and remote communities face many unique challenges when it comes to healthcare. Well publicised is the fact that those living in these areas are at higher risk of major disease than their metropolitan counterparts. Access is a key barrier ...
More »Nursing behind bars: specialist postgrad certificate announced for prison work
"Look, we probably need to get you into this environment and see how you respond to it before you can actually make a decision yourself whether or not this is for you," they said to nurse Adam Spicer after his ...
More »Skilling up: the postgrad edge
In comparison to other disciplines, Australian nursing has only come relatively lately to academia. Traditionally, academic qualifications were not viewed as necessary for nurses. The movement of nursing education to the tertiary sector has seen many changes from the ...
More »The struggle for legitimacy: nursing in Australia
At the recent ACN National Nursing Forum Georgina Willetts gave the key note speech on nursing's past, present and future. Willetts joined the profession aged 17 because she "didn’t want to go to university," and had no aspirations of leadership or pursuing a ...
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