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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 be enough unless additional nurses are employed. NSWNMA Acting General Secretary, Judith Kiejda, said many of the measures outlined in the final report were already current policies, but they had…
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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…
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More staff the key to better rural healthcare
February 1, 2021
The NSWNMA has given MPs a set of proposals to improve the dire condition of…
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Country nurses hardest hit by violence
February 1, 2021
Anti-violence measures in NSW hospitals are ineffective and nurses are increasingly exposed to more severe…
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Getting ready: WHO stockpiles global Ebola vaccine
February 1, 2021
Four leading international health and humanitarian organisations have established a global Ebola vaccine stockpile The…
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The big barriers to global vaccination: patent rights,...
January 20, 2021
We will not be able to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind us until the world’s…
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How to treat sunburn pain, according to skin experts
January 20, 2021
So you’re one of the 21% of Australians who got sunburnt last weekend. While we…
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Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
December 21, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association is providing support and advice to any members seeking…
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Blacktown Hospital fails to fix maternity crisis
December 18, 2020
UPDATE: Since publishing, Blacktown Hospital has finally started advertising for the 15 FTE midwifery vacancies.…
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COVID in the air that we breathe
December 2, 2020
COVID-19’s airborne transmission poses a challenge to hospital infection control, says an Australian biosecurity expert.…