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Aged Care
Aged Care information on COVID-19
January 15, 2021
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 NSWNMA.…
2 days ago
Work
A new permanent visa pathway for nurses
Josh from the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre tells The…
3 days ago
Work
Nurses get less sleep the night before they’re roster...
A study has found that nurses regularly slept less the…
3 days ago
Life
4 things you need to track to lose weight
If you are looking to lose some weight, it is…
3 days ago
Work
Nurses undervalued because they are mostly women: study
Nursing as a profession has been undervalued in both status…
5 days ago
Midwifery
‘Like a piranha’: how midwives’ descr...
The World Health Organisation (WHO) promotes exclusive breastfeeding as the…
5 days ago
Mental Health
Mental Health services disrupted by COVID-19 in half...
A global report on the continuity of essential health care…
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Professional Issues
COVID-19
Aged Care information on COVID-19
January 15, 2021
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 NSWNMA.…
2 days ago
Registration
Sexual misconduct notifications rare, but issues still...
January 5, 2021
Notifications to regulatory authorities regarding sexual misconduct against nurses and midwives are rare, but continue to be the cause of concern, according to a recent…
Specialities
Aged Care
Aged Care information on COVID-19
January 15, 2021
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 NSWNMA.…
2 days ago
Midwifery
‘Like a piranha’: how midwives’ descr...
January 12, 2021
The World Health Organisation (WHO) promotes exclusive breastfeeding as the optimal way to feed infants. Most Australian babies – 96% – start out breastfeeding. But this…
Workplace Issues
Unions
Working From Home When Home Isn’t Safe
December 15, 2020
On the International Day for the Prevention of Violence Against Women, unions launched a new workplace resource, Working From Home When Home Isn’t Safe: Responding to Family and Domestic Violence…
2 days ago
Workplace News
Rampant understaffing at Campbelltown Hospital draws i...
December 3, 2020
Rampant understaffing and an excessive number of vacancies at Campbelltown Hospital have drawn condemnation from a multi-partisan parliamentary committee. A recent report by the Legislative…
Life
Work
A new permanent visa pathway for nurses
January 14, 2021
Josh from the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre tells The Lamp of new pathways for nurses on temporary visas to achieve permanent residency. Nurses on temporary visas may now have…
3 days ago
Work
Nurses get less sleep the night before they’re roster...
January 14, 2021
A study has found that nurses regularly slept less the night before a shift compared to days where they don’t work, putting patient safety at…
Editorial
Editorial
Safety is the number one priority
December 2, 2020
In a difficult and dangerous year, the safety of nurses, midwives and patients has been our overriding concern. At the end of this strange year, full of uncertainty, light is appearing at the end of the tunnel. Evidence that several vaccines are showing signs of strong effectiveness against COVID gives…
15 days ago
Editorial
Aged care’s moment of truth
October 6, 2020
Scott Morrison’s Australia is not going to be a good place to grow old if the crisis in aged care and the threats to superannuation continue. For more than two decades the NSWNMA and the ANMF have been forthright in highlighting how dangerous understaffing in the sector had become. We…
Editorial
Investing in your future
Superannuation is again in the news, as a push is on to stop the super…
Editorial
Essential but not valued
The Berejiklian government plays a sly hand when it effusively praises nurses for their role…
Editorial
A blind belief in the market will no longer do
An evidence-based approach is just as important for economic recovery after COVID-19 as it was…