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After 58 years of nursing, Sister Marianna Wowk ret...
September 17, 2021
Fiona Edmonds from the Maitland Hospital Branch shares her tribute to friend and colleague Marianna Wowk, who will be retiring after 58 years of nursing. After an impeccable and outstanding 58…
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Research reveals the dark history of asbestos in Austra...
A recent paper released by Asbestos Awareness Australia has shown…
2 days ago
Education
Take your nursing career to new heights with postgradua...
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Sydney University…
2 days ago
General
Increase our health workforce before it’s too lat...
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has renewed calls…
3 days ago
Ask Shaye
Workers compensation for COVID-19 affected workers
If you’re a health care worker and contract COVID-19, you…
3 days ago
Research
How COVID affects the heart, according to a cardiologi...
As the pandemic has progressed, researchers have begun to understand…
4 days ago
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Free yoga classes for nurses and midwives
Frontline Yoga is a volunteer-run organisation, offering free yoga classes…
4 days ago
Professional Issues
Education
Take your nursing career to new heights with postgradua...
September 16, 2021
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Western Sydney University has been helping respond to the ongoing crisis, with dedicated staff and students from the School of Nursing and Midwifery…
2 days ago
COVID-19
Workers compensation for COVID-19 affected workers
September 15, 2021
If you’re a health care worker and contract COVID-19, you may be entitled to workers compensation to support your recovery. A presumption for COVID-19 affected…
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General
Increase our health workforce before it’s too lat...
September 15, 2021
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has renewed calls for the state government to fast-track the remainder of a nursing and midwifery workforce ‘boost’, following the release of hospital…
3 days ago
Aged Care
Government signals privatisation of aged care assessmen...
September 7, 2021
Aged Care Assessment Teams (ACAT) have been under the threat of privatisation for years to no avail. Despite the many failed attempts, the government is…
Private Sector
Private health employee information for COVID-19
Aged Care
Aged Care information on COVID-19
Workplace Issues
Ask Shaye
Workers compensation for COVID-19 affected workers
September 15, 2021
If you’re a health care worker and contract COVID-19, you may be entitled to workers compensation to support your recovery. A presumption for COVID-19 affected workers means that nurses and…
3 days ago
Unions
UNION WIN: Federal government to support IP waiver for...
September 9, 2021
After months of campaigning from union and advocacy organisations – including the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association – Federal Trade Minister Dan Tehan has finally announced that the…
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Free yoga classes for nurses and midwives
September 14, 2021
Frontline Yoga is a volunteer-run organisation, offering free yoga classes to all frontline professionals including nurses and midwives. Frontline Yoga is excited to be bringing their uniquely focused, trauma aware…
4 days ago
Offers
See what your super could look like in the future
August 30, 2021
We get it: confronting your financial future can sometimes be confusing and daunting. That’s where we can help. Our new online tool for super members,…
Editorial
Editorial
Stay the course and keep up the fight
August 6, 2021
Our strike and rally actions for shift-by-shift ratios are on pause during the COVID-19 lockdown, but when it is safe we will step it up again. We are eighteen months into the worst public health emergency the world has seen in a century and everyone from experts to politicians are…
12 days ago
Editorial
Listen to the science on ratios
June 1, 2021
An evaluation of Queensland’s ratios has swept away the last tenuous excuses for not implementing them in NSW. The evaluation, conducted by researchers from the United States and from Queensland, was a requirement built into the law that established ratios in 2016. It found that ratios pay for themselves. In…
Editorial
A road map forward
The Royal Commission into Aged Care final report is not perfect but there are strong…
Editorial
Collective action is vital as we navigate a pathway out...
Solidarity has been at the heart of our success against COVID and we’ll need a…
Editorial
Safety is the number one priority
In a difficult and dangerous year, the safety of nurses, midwives and patients has been…