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COVID-19
Melbourne nurse cops suspension over Covid āmistakeā
An aged care nurse has been suspended following a āmistakeā he made during Covid lockdown in Melbourne. Nursing staff at…
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Industry & Reform
Everything providers need to know about the 24/7 nursing requirement
Aged Care Insite delved deeper into the details of reporting, breaks, and exemptions as the round-the-clock nursing mandate is to become…
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Specialty Focus
Chemists and doctors clash over prescribing in aged care homes
A new study has emphasised a need for better teamwork between GPs and pharmacists to curb medicine-related harm in residential…
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Top Stories
Australia’s migration system ‘too complex’ to solve staff shortage
Australia's migration system has been branded 'crazily complex' in a landmark review published last week calling for major reforms to…
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Aged Care Royal Commission
New training to improve safety of psychotropic medications
Researchers have developed new training modules for aged care workers and nurses to reduce medication misuse in restrictive practices in…
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Industry & Reform
Labor breaks 24/7 nursing deadline
Labor has admitted it will miss its self-imposed deadline to have 24/7 registered nurses on-site at every Australian aged care…
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Specialty Focus
‘On the same page’: home care worker and recipient share story
Perth-based aged care support home care worker Jacqueline and former nurse Carmen share a special bond. Every Thursday and Friday…
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Top Stories
ACCPA launches program to attract nurses into aged care
The Aged and Community Care Providers Association (ACCPA) has launched a new graduate program to attract more registered nurses into…
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News
Nurse-on-nurse bullying topic of coming study
Nurse-on-nurse bullying is a problem and one research project aims to find out how nurses think it should be tackled.…
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