Member Stories
Standing up for inclusion
April 11, 2024
I chose to become a delegate after the encouragement I received from the Association, because I want to help culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) nurses who are committed to change the workplace culture of covert racism. I have experienced the impact of covert racism for years whilst working in the health system and I was…
12 days ago
Member Stories
The wage freeze isn’t about saving jobs – the G...
May 26, 2020
The NSW Government has proposed a wage freeze against hard-working nurses and midwives through COVID-19,…
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Perception versus the reality during COVID – from a c...
May 15, 2020
Registered nurse and uPaged founder Zara Lord reflects upon the perceptions around staffing through COVID-19. …
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“Health workers must not become coronavirus martyrs...
April 30, 2020
Nurse George Poe Williams, Secretary of the National Health Workers Union of Liberia, saw his…
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Nicole Hmelnitsky: our April Midwife of the Month
April 30, 2020
For 2020: Year of the Nurse and Midwife, we’re honouring 12 outstanding nurses and midwives…
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I Want My Death to Make You Angry
April 17, 2020
What is it like being a nurse in a pandemic? Every day I bounce through…
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The frontline: Nurse Ashleigh’s story.
April 14, 2020
Nurse Ashleigh Woods will never forget the first time she had to help a doctor…
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A nursing life forged in war
April 1, 2020
In this Year of the Nurse and the Midwife, The Lamp will celebrate nurses and…
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Solidarity between city and bush
April 1, 2020
Nurse Di Lang shares her thanks to the nurses who assisted at her regional hospital…
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Susan Flynn: our February Nurse of the Month
February 26, 2020
Over summer, bushfires ravaged Australia, burning through more than 10 million hectares of land, claiming…