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Caring for your Mental Health – Teladoc Webinar
October 21, 2024
Caring for your Mental Health Join us for an insightful and practical webinar led by Dr Lorelle Drew, where we will explore essential strategies for maintaining and enhancing your mental…
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Students
Didn’t get a new grad offer? Here’s what you ca...
Not every nursing and midwifery students gets an offer into…
8 days ago
Research
Seeking RN research participants: Do Masters qualified...
Anita Dunn is undertaking a PHD to investigate this question…
9 days ago
Editorial
We’re not going away, Premier
A statewide strike and large, dynamic rallies have shown Chris…
10 days ago
Member Stories
Ramsay nurses stand up, fight back
When I chose to become a registered nurse, I was…
10 days ago
Member Stories
A guide to meeting your MP!
Meeting with your local politician might seem daunting, but it…
10 days ago
Professional Issues
Students
Didn’t get a new grad offer? Here’s what you ca...
October 14, 2024
Not every nursing and midwifery students gets an offer into a new grad program. Some people make it onto an local health district’s or hospital’s eligibility list, while others simply…
8 days ago
Research
Seeking RN research participants: Do Masters qualified...
October 12, 2024
Anita Dunn is undertaking a PHD to investigate this question and would like to speak with RNs who are Masters qualified themselves, or who work…
Public Health
Sick and tired of being overworked and underpaid
Career
A time of transformation
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Private Sector
Strike wave follows latest Ramsay ‘No’ vote
October 11, 2024
Ramsay Health Care nurses in NSW hold historic work stoppages for higher wages and safer staffing. Ramsay nurses and midwives across NSW have taken their first-ever strike action after voting…
10 days ago
Midwifery
In midwifery, relationships matter
October 11, 2024
Continuity of care by well-trained and well-remunerated midwives in midwifery group practices leads to the best birthing experiences and health outcomes for women and babies,…
Aged Care
Union campaign wins better Opal deal
Drug and Alcohol
Drug overdose deaths continue to climb
Workplace Issues
Unions
Call to repeal anti-protest laws
October 11, 2024
The NSWNMA’s 2024 annual conference declared its opposition to the state’s controversial anti-protest laws. Annual conference delegates called on the NSWNMA community groups in pressuring the state government to repeal…
10 days ago
Branch Beat
Branch Beat- Southern Highlands Private Hospital
October 11, 2024
Ramsay Health Care’s Southern Highlands Private Hospital (SHPH) in Bowral is a small facility with five theatres, one ward and a cancer centre. Its nurses…
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Ask Shaye – 12-Hour Shifts
Social Justice & Action
Member Stories
Ramsay nurses stand up, fight back
October 11, 2024
When I chose to become a registered nurse, I was certain my path would involve making positive changes and impacting the lives of the most vulnerable. What I didn’t anticipate…
10 days ago
Member Stories
Engage your local MP
October 11, 2024
I am a Registered Nurse of 20 years. Like many others across the state, our small semi-rural hospital is in trouble. Located in the upper…
Member Stories
A guide to meeting your MP!
Member Stories
Historic action at Opal
Life
Work
Gender equity at work is a union issue
October 11, 2024
Men and women want respect, security and the ability to manage work and care – but are they getting it? Australian men are better paid than women even though women…
10 days ago
Offers
Introducing Clove: Comfort and support for nurses and m...
July 31, 2024
In a significant development for Australia’s healthcare industry and with over a million pairs already sold to happy nurses and midwives across the US –…
Editorial
Editorial
We’re not going away, Premier
October 11, 2024
A statewide strike and large, dynamic rallies have shown Chris Minns and his government our resolve as we pursue a just and deserved pay rise. Kogarah didn’t know what hit it. On September 10, a tsunami of nurses and midwives from all of Sydney’s main metropolitan hospitals converged on the…
10 days ago
Editorial
Value us and our vital work!
August 2, 2024
After the devastation of COVID-19 and the suppression of pay through a decade-long, coercive cap on wages, it is time to rebuild our public health system, starting with some respect for the workforce. Our fight for a 15 per cent pay rise has escalated with more than 50 rallies held…
Editorial
And we’re off!
The rollout of ratios has started with EDs at Liverpool and Royal North Shore Hospitals…
Editorial
Working for better pay on multiple fronts
Pay has been lagging behind the soaring cost of living. It’s time to fix this.…
Editorial
A foundation but more to do
The rollout of ratios is complex and at every step we will need to be…