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A blind belief in the market will no longer do
June 4, 2020
An evidence-based approach is just as important for economic recovery after COVID-19 as it was in the health response to the pandemic. This year, nurses have been confronted with the monumental challenge of two back-to-back crises of epic proportions – both with daunting health consequences. Bush fires of unprecedented size and ferocity, and the biggest…
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Editorial
A blind belief in the market will no longer do
June 4, 2020
An evidence-based approach is just as important for economic recovery after COVID-19 as it was…
Member Stories
Listening to the science is working on Covid-19. Now le...
June 4, 2020
Nurse Deanna Hayes thinks that if we can follow the science on COVID-19, we can…
Member Stories
An open letter to the Minister for Aged Care
June 4, 2020
Philippa Wright wrote this letter to Aged Care Minister Richard Colbeck. I’m writing with great…
Member Stories
We should have been better prepared
June 4, 2020
Nurse Lynne Saville reckons that Australia should have been better prepared for the COVID-19 pandemic…
Member Stories
Let’s advocate for more nurses and safer practice
June 4, 2020
Christine Atkins shares her thoughts as a Letter to the Editor. I am an Australian…
Public Health
COVID-19 demands higher standards of protection
June 4, 2020
Fit testing is seen as the gold standard in PPE, but in the face of…
Public Health
“Fit testing is extremely important”
June 4, 2020
Katina Skylas, NSWNMA Branch President at Concord Hospital, tells The Lamp how fit testing works.…
Member Stories
“Best practice is that fit testing should take place...
June 4, 2020
Local campaigns by numerous NSWNMA branches have led to a larger uptake of fit testing.…
Unions
Make PPE in Australia – or miss out
June 4, 2020
A global pandemic has dramatised our over-reliance on foreign-made medical supplies. Will this spark a…