April 7, 2020
The magazine of the NSW nurses and midwives’ association

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Public Health

COVID-19 Updates and Guidelines

April 7, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Members are encouraged to login to Member Central via the…
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Professional Issues

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Public Health

COVID-19 Updates and Guidelines

April 7, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Members are encouraged to login to Member Central via the…
Today
Public Health

Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

April 6, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Join the NSWNMA to…

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Aged Care

Aged Care information on COVID-19

April 6, 2020
  The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Ensure you’re covered at work by joining the…
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Private Sector

Private health employee information for COVID-19

April 3, 2020
  The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking information regarding the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Ensure you’re covered at work…

Workplace Issues

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Unions

ANMF welcomes strategy to surge ICU nursing workforce

April 2, 2020
Nurses are on the frontline of Australia’s emergency health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Registered nurses and midwives are the largest component of the country’s health workforce and are integral…
4 days ago
Workplace News

Outrage over jobs cut forces LHD re-think

April 1, 2020
A public backlash against a proposed cut to emergency department nursing hours at Murwillumbah District Hospital has forced management to think again. Northern NSW Local…

Life

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Editorial

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Editorial

A well-resourced, robust health system is essential to...

April 1, 2020
If the COVID-19 outbreak tells us anything it is the critical importance of public health preparedness. Three months ago it was a completely unknown virus, now it has spread globally, there is no known vaccine and many of the world’s health systems are ill equipped to deal with the clinical…
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Editorial

It’s time to listen to the science and the experts

February 7, 2020
Despite the warnings of experts backed by overwhelming scientific evidence, politicians left us unprepared and vulnerable to the fires that have ravaged our country. There are parallels of this modus operandi to be found in health and aged care. What can I say about the calamity that has devastated our…
Editorial

Safer work, safer care

October has been nominated as Australian Safework Month. In this month’s Lamp, as in many…