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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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Service drives women's health - Central Queensland News

ROBYN Stoddart is one of a group of dedicated Queensland Health nurses and health workers proving distance is no barrier as they provide rural women with vital health services.

Helping victims of crime, travellers - The West

Paul Headley spends a lot of time in court, and at the airport, but he is no criminal. Neither is he a lawyer or a pilot.

System failed my ill son: father - The West

A grieving Perth father has called for the mental health system to stop shutting families out of their loved ones' treatment after the death of his 23-year-old mentally ill son.

Regional hospital gets government funds injection - ABC News

The State Government is to provide Keith Hospital in the upper south-east of South Australia with a one-off $350,000 grant to help shore up its future.

Union calls for more mental health beds at Lyell McEwin - News Review Messenger

MENTAL health patients are spending up to five days in the Lyell McEwin Hospital’s emergency department, prompting calls for more acute-care beds.

Unions worried over Flinders bed closure plan - ABC News

A row about overcrowding at Flinders Medical Centre's emergency department in Adelaide has widened to include ongoing concern over planned bed closures.

Curtains for nurses-only clinic due to financial problems - The Australian

THE owners of the nation's first stand-alone nurse-led clinic have abandoned the idea as a failure and turned the centre into a GP surgery, blaming inadequate Medicare rebates.

Matron helped modernise nursing fraternity - Sydney Morning Herald

To hundreds of nurses, Margaret Ritch was better known as ''Miss Nelson'', director of nursing at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, a position she held for 18 years.

Mid north coast nurse 'struck-off' over child porn - ABC

The NSW Nursing and Midwifery Tribunal has de-registered a Port Macquarie nurse, found with child pornography.

Nurses services to sick honoured - Warren Advocate

Local nurses celebrated International Nurses’ Day last week, with Saturday the official day marking the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s May 12 birthday.