Mental health nurses will now be based at a number of police stations across NSW as part of the Government’s response to a growing mental health crisis. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that 36 mental health nurses will be placed ...
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Nursing school moves quickly to upskill nurses in trying times
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about many changes to modern life. And although the virus’ sweep across the globe has been shocking and swift, this generation has been uniquely placed to deal with daily tasks that may have been arduous ...
More »Nurses losing out financially in ‘underperforming, excessively complicated’ VET and TAFE system
The Australian Vocational Educational and Training (VET) sector is underperforming, excessively complicated and suffers from ad hoc policy approaches according to an interim report released by the Productivity Commission last week. The sector costs the government $6.1 billion each year ...
More »Line dancing with presidents, and other nursing stories
I’m trying my best to get her to spill the beans, but ever the professional, Kaarin Goeldner won’t budge, but I can tell she wants to. As a former PR professional turned student nurse, Kaarin is discreet, a habit well ...
More »Happy International Nurses’ Day, your present is a pay freeze
To celebrate International Nurses’ Day, the NSW government has floated the possibility of a pay freeze for NSW public sector workers. And the union representing nurses and midwives in the state is none too happy that this is being considered ...
More »It’s time to reconstruct our ideas of masculinity and get more men into nursing
Nick Hayward is only six weeks or so into his nursing career and although he has come to the job later than some – aged 31 – he is finally joining the family business. Both his mother and sister are ...
More »Ventilation hoods for ICU beds to protect healthcare workers
We might not be able to see it, but whenever we speak or cough or hiccup, we expel a kind of ‘mouth rain’ – a shower of tiny droplets that is thought to travel at least 1.5 metres. It is ...
More »COVID-19: Can a nurse legally refuse to work?
Nurses are presently working amid the COVID-19 pandemic. But can a nurse legally refuse to work? Most nurses are employed pursuant to a contract of employment. This is a legally binding arrangement between the employer and nurse. It sets out ...
More »What happens if nurses stop showing up to work?
What happens if this pandemic gets worse? What if it got so bad that healthcare workers, doctors and nurses all walked off the job? While the Australian healthcare system has been stretched by the COVID-19 crisis, it has yet to ...
More »Nurse who celebrates 50 years on the job this year shares her story
Lyn McBain will celebrate 50 years as a nurse in this, The World Health Organization's Year of the Nurse. Leaving school as a fifteen-year-old and working as a registered nurse across brain injuries, aged, disability, palliative and rehabilitation care, Lyn ...
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