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Regional visa scheme now open

February 23, 2021
Expressions of interest for the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa subclass 491 visa have opened. Nurses on temporary visas are encouraged to visit their local Regional Development Australia website to…
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Aged Care

Aged Care information on COVID-19

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and…
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Our ailing aged care system shows you can’t skimp...

Staff shortages and a lack of training have once again…
2 days ago
Public Health

More nurses needed to help curb violence

The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed the…
7 days ago
Mental Health

Over a third of working Australians concerned about col...

A study on Australia’s mental health has revealed that concern…
8 days ago
Work

10 min core workout for nurses and midwives

Karl from Vitruvian Health shares a 10 minute workout for…
8 days ago
Research

Household members of health staff twice as likely to c...

A British study has found that household members of health…
9 days ago

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Getting super focused Offers The older we get, the more clearly we’re able to see what our future might look like. When you’re young, the idea of retirement is almost abstract. As we get older, a once blurry future comes into focus. This is true Continue Reading Credit is great, but we need cash Member Stories Enrolled Nurse Brett Sutherland decries the government's rhetoric towards nurses and midwives, that always seems to come without meaningful action. The World Health Organization has designated 2021 as the Year of Health and Care Workers – an acknowledgement of the great Continue Reading Healthscope gets thumbs down Workplace News Nurses and midwives vote for improved staffing by rejecting Healthscope’s enterprise agreement. Healthscope nurses have voted to reject a company proposal for a new enterprise agreement that offered no solution to widespread understaffing of its hospitals. Healthscope arranged the secret ballot in Continue Reading COVID-19 Updates and Guidelines COVID-19, Private Sector, Public Health 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 main website online.nswnma.asn.au and access Frequently Asked Questions about COVID-19 related Continue Reading

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Aged Care information on COVID-19

February 23, 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.…
Yesterday
Public Health

More nurses needed to help curb violence

February 17, 2021
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has welcomed the state government’s long-awaited release of its final report into hospital security, but fears it won’t…
Research

Household members of health staff twice as likely to c...

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LGBTQIA65+ Equality At Every Age

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Aged Care

Aged Care information on COVID-19

February 23, 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.…
Yesterday
Aged Care

Our ailing aged care system shows you can’t skimp...

February 23, 2021
Staff shortages and a lack of training have once again emerged as key issues underpinning the nation’s aged care crisis. Registered nurse Noleen Hausler shared…
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Over a third of working Australians concerned about col...

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Aged care nurses highlight urgent need for safe staffin...

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Travel exemptions for family members of nurses and midw...

February 4, 2021
Josh from the Immigration Advice and Rights Centre shares with The Lamp some information around getting travel exemptions for family members of nurses and midwives. Immediate family members of temporary…
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February 3, 2021
Navigating the dangers of a global pandemic is not the only threat that Australian workers and their families have to deal with in 2021. They…
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Blacktown goes after safer staffing

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Hospital-wide support for maternity staff

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Hospital confusion sparks call for urgent consultation

February 12, 2021
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has called on the Berejiklian Government and Southern NSW Local Health District to engage in a thorough consultation process about plans for the…
12 days ago
Member Stories

Credit is great, but we need cash

February 1, 2021
Enrolled Nurse Brett Sutherland decries the government’s rhetoric towards nurses and midwives, that always seems to come without meaningful action. The World Health Organization has…
Climate Change and Environment

NSWNMA members invited to join Hunter Jobs Alliance

Member Stories

Healthscope members are united

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Work

Regional visa scheme now open

February 23, 2021
Expressions of interest for the Skilled Work Regional (Provisional) visa subclass 491 visa have opened. Nurses on temporary visas are encouraged to visit their local Regional Development Australia website to…
Yesterday
Work

10 min core workout for nurses and midwives

February 16, 2021
Karl from Vitruvian Health shares a 10 minute workout for your core!   Whether you are at home, in the gym, or have 10 minutes to…
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Getting super focused

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Collective action is vital as we navigate a pathway out...

February 5, 2021
Solidarity has been at the heart of our success against COVID and we’ll need a lot more of it to deal with the financial and political consequences of the coronavirus. A commitment to collectivism is what helped to protect us during the pandemic and it also gave us “a glimpse…
19 days ago
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…
Editorial

Aged care’s moment of truth

Scott Morrison’s Australia is not going to be a good place to grow old if…
Editorial

Investing in your future

Superannuation is again in the news, as a push is on to stop the super…
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Essential but not valued

The Berejiklian government plays a sly hand when it effusively praises nurses for their role…

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