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Nurses and midwives deserve more in 2024
May 10, 2024
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) will pursue a 15% pay rise and improvements in conditions to repair the depleted nursing and midwifery workforce in the state’s public hospitals. The NSWNMA is calling on the state government to invest in nurses and midwives in order to rebuild the public sector workforce after years of…
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Public Health
The Wuhan coronavirus is now in Australia – here̵...
January 28, 2020
New South Wales Health has confirmed three men in their 30s, 40s and 50s in…
General
Nurses awarded Australia Day honours
January 28, 2020
A number of nurses and midwives have been included in this year’s Australia Day honours…
Unions
It’s time to ratify the ILO’s Violence and Harassme...
January 24, 2020
Violence and harassment has been seen as part and parcel of being a nurse or…
Workplace News
Australia Day Public Holiday: Know your penalty rates
January 21, 2020
With the Australia Day public holiday coming up, nurses and midwives asked us to clarify…
Registration
Nurse suspended after breaching professional boundaries...
January 21, 2020
Registered nurse Jennifer Cassidy has had her registration suspended by the State Administrative Tribunal of…
Aged Care
Many people have a hard time swallowing. Here’s h...
January 21, 2020
Swallowing food, drink, and saliva is a central part of our lives. It’s something we…
Aged Care
Hot and bothered: heat affects all of us, but older peo...
January 21, 2020
Australian summer temperatures have risen by 1.66℃ over the past 20 years. In the past…
Students
Strange Advice From A NUM To New Nurses
January 21, 2020
With a lot of nurses and midwives graduating recently, there’s all sorts of encouragement and…
Aged Care
Too many Australians living in nursing homes take their...
January 21, 2020
Around 140 Australian nursing-home residents took their own lives between 2000 and 2013, our new…