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Hospitals in Australia to Provide Doctors, Nurses & Security Personnel with Body Armor 01-01-2019

West Australian hospital patients and visitors have increasingly become more aggressive and even violent. For their safety, the doctors and nurses as well as security personnel will soon be issued body armor.

The Australian Health Department has placed an order for 250 custom body armor vests, claiming the protective armor was needed “to enhance the safety of employees most at risk of being injured by the increase in aggression and violence in hospital settings.” 

Robotic Nurse Assistant (RONA) Current And Future Market Size 01-01-2019

Robotic nurse assistant or robotic nursing also known as ‘Carebots’ is the use of autonomous mobile robots which are  designed and programmed to perform tasks related to assist (but not replace) nurses in hospitals, care facilities or even homes for treatment and medical care of people especially elderly and physically disabled ones. Robot nurses are also used for performing several routine tasks such as collecting blood sugar and pressure levels.

The Dangerous Allure of Breech Birth at Home – and a Problematic New Paper 31-12-2018

At first glance, I thought I’d misunderstood it. I just didn’t expect to see a paper with so much spin about high-risk home birth in a mainstream specialist journal. This one claimed that, in essence, all you need is the right practitioner for breech birth to be safe at home. And it was amplified by the authors on the journal’s blog, too. Why do I think this was dangerous and misleading, and what does the case show about the editorial process of the journal that published and promoted it?

Ipswich nurse's tale of the high seas 03-08-2018

AN IPSWICH nurse navigator has returned from a global aid mission around the world. West Moreton Health Nurse Navigator Gail Rogers took the transition in her stride when she swapped the familiar wards of Ipswich Hospital for a 1000-bed hospital on the high seas during a recent seven-week deployment with the Navy.

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Nurses step back in time - Sunshine Coast Daily

THE male patients at Claremont Private Residential Care were in for a treat yesterday as staff donned nurses uniforms from eras gone by.

Kids have crack at hospital career - Queensland Times

HIGH school students eager to land careers in the health industry were treated to a sneak peek at what their dream jobs would involve at the Ipswich Hospital's career days last week.

Early blitz vital in battle of the bulge - The Australian

IT was originally a career in HIV research that awaited Anna Peeters. But a desire to work more closely with people and policy led to her confronting another epidemic: obesity.

Qld Health ordered to pay nurse $20k compensation - ABC

The Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (QCAT) has ruled against the state's health department, awarding a nurse more than $20,000 in compensation for discrimination.

Treating nurse to face Andrew Allan death inquest - Sydney Morning Herald

The nurse who sent gravely ill teen Andrew Allan home from hospital with a Panadol will today appear at the coronial inquest into boy's death.

Video to link emergency wards - ABC

Doctors at Tweed Heads may soon be assessing Mullumbimby-based patients via video link

Nurse who saw teen a 'poor communicator' - The West Australian

The nurse who gave severely ill teenager Andrew Allan children’s panadol and hydrolyte sticks before sending him home had a tendency to take ownership of patients and was reluctant to ask for help, Northam Coroners Court has been told.

Giving health a tech checkup - Business Spectator

Lurking behind every Federal and State budget for the last decade has been the apparently unsolvable long term heath problem. How are we going to provide and fund medical care for the aging baby boomers?

Team chosen for FMC emergency dept review - ABC News

A emergency department expert from Western Australia has been appointed to review patient handling at Flinders Medical Centre (FMC) in Adelaide.

Nurse did not examine Andrew Allan: mother - Sydney Morning Herald

The mother of a teenager who died after being turned away from Northam Hospital with a Panadol has told a coronial inquest the male nurse who treated her son did not do any physical examination or record her son's name.