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UNION WIN: Westmead Branch prevents reduction in beds i...
April 22, 2024
The Westmead Hospital Branch of the NSW Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) who successfully staved off an attempt to reduce the staffing profile at the hospital’s Close Observation Unit (COU). Management sought to reduce the unit from 12 beds to 8, without proper staff consultation. The reduction of beds would have seen the unit lose…
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Public Health
Nurses’ knowledge on cancer varies worldwide, putting...
November 15, 2019
New research shows nurses’ knowledge of cancer and screen processes varies significantly across the globe,…
Work
“The key to surviving shift work is sleep”: Nurse K...
November 15, 2019
Adjusting health care work as a newly qualified registered nurse can be challenging for many…
Career
“Take your time”: Nurse Kath’s advice to New Grad...
November 15, 2019
For many newly qualified registered nurses, entering the health care workforce for the first time…
Students
“Plan your prac like you’re planning a holiday”:...
November 15, 2019
Considering the amount of time that student nurses spend out on practice placements, it’s a…
Workplace News
Beefing up security isn’t the only way to make ho...
November 15, 2019
The strike by NSW hospital staff over security concerns has highlighted just how serious the…
Work
Can a midnight snack help shiftworkers?
November 15, 2019
Researchers from the Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory at the University of South Australia examined whether…
Career
Answering Interview Questions: what makes me a good nur...
November 15, 2019
Question: What qualities do you have that will make you a successful nurse or midwife?…
Career
Answering Interview Questions: The bleeding patient
November 15, 2019
Question: Your patient has fallen in the shower unwitnessed. You are the first on the…
Research
Just 16 minutes of sleep loss can harm work concentrati...
November 15, 2019
Researchers from the University of South Florida and Pennsylvania State University have found out that…