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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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Giving back: Tide turning for regional nursing - ABC

As regional towns and hospitals struggle to attract enough doctors, the numbers of nursing staff are improving.

Solutions to nursing crisis a secret

THOUSANDS of SA nurses are set to retire over the next 10 years, but SA Health has refused to release a report addressing the shortage, the nursing union says.

Brenden named Nurse of the Year - Western Advocate

A BATHURST nurse whose leadership and enthusiasm has enriched the lives of patients and staff has won Graduate Nurse of the Year in the 2012 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards.

RDNS launches virtual consults - Aged Care insite

People living in their own homes will have daily virtual consultations with community nurses under a new trial. Darragh O Keeffe reports.

Walking the wards an aid to education - Brimbank Weekly

STUDENTS at Keilor Downs College are giving up their spare time to make people's stay in hospital a little less onerous, perhaps even enjoyable.

Inquest told David Lee died after being sedated - ABC

The Coroner has been asked to consider whether more mental health services are needed in regional WA after the death of a man in the North West.

Take time to thank a nurse - Daily Advertiser

IF YOU know a nurse, today is the perfect day to say thank you.

More Parkinson’s nurses needed - NCAH

Alexa Jefferson clocks up the kilometres in her role as just one of 33 Parkinson’s nurse specialists in Australia.

Awards recognise Australia’s exceptional nurses - NCAH

A Noosa nursing lecturer, a Rockhampton renal nurse and a young Bathurst nurse have been named Australia’s top nurses in the 2012 HESTA Australian Nursing Awards.

Mother's plea for no repeat of hospital tragedy - ABC

The mother of a 16-year-old boy who died after being sent home from a West Australian hospital in 2010 says she hopes no-one has to endure what her family has been through.