December 2, 2020

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Aged Care

Time to reward aged care workers

December 2, 2020
Royal commission lawyers call for mandatory staffing ratios, significant wage increases and a greater role for registered nurses in aged care. Senior lawyers assisting the aged care royal commission say it is “high time” the dedication and commit-ment of aged…
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Mental Health

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Mental Health

Bushfires, drought, COVID: why rural Australians’...

November 25, 2020
Among the Bushfire Royal Commission’s 80 recommendations, released last week, was a call to prioritise mental health support during and after natural disasters. The Australian Medical Association this week called…
6 days ago
Mental Health

Staffing win eases strain on mental health nurses

October 2, 2020
NSWNMA members have won staffing and other improvements at a violence-plagued mental health centre in Newcastle. The Waratah mental health centre’s NSWNMA branch has achieved…

Aged Care

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Aged Care

Time to reward aged care workers

December 2, 2020
Royal commission lawyers call for mandatory staffing ratios, significant wage increases and a greater role for registered nurses in aged care. Senior lawyers assisting the aged care royal commission say…
Today
Aged Care

Pandemic fight needs more staff

December 2, 2020
The Aged Care Royal Commission criticised the federal government’s lack of planning and leadership over COVID-19. The aged care royal commission has called on the…

General

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General

New wage cuts rotten to the core

November 3, 2020
One month after being dealt a bitter 0.3% wage freeze for 2020, thousands of nurses and midwives who have kept public hospitals and health services running across NSW will now…
28 days ago
General

Queensland ratios win improve outcomes for nurses and p...

October 30, 2020
Researchers have found sizeable improvements in patient safety and staff satisfaction arising from the Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union’s nurse-to-patient ratios win in 2017.  The research, published…

Midwifery

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Midwifery

Dire situation forces Blacktown midwives to speak out

November 18, 2020
Traumatised and fatigued midwives at Blacktown Hospital are in desperate need of relief from unsafe staffing levels, which are putting patient safety and their professional registration at risk. Following multiple…
13 days ago
Midwifery

Midwife elected to NZ Parliament in Labour Landslide...

October 19, 2020
A midwifery lecturer has been elected for Labour in a safe conservative seat following Jacinda Ardern’s landslide victory in New Zealand.   Sarah Pallett has been elected to the Christchurch-based seat…

Emergency

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Emergency

Better ratios mean improved outcomes in paediatric EDs

September 15, 2020
Increased nurse staffing has a marked effect upon patient outcomes in paediatric emergency departments, a recent study has shown. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Nursing, analysed administrative…
16 days ago
Emergency

The frontline: Nurse Ashleigh’s story.

April 14, 2020
Nurse Ashleigh Woods will never forget the first time she had to help a doctor insert an endotracheal tube into a patient’s lungs, so they…

Drug and Alcohol

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Drug and Alcohol

COVID changed the way we use drugs and alcohol — now...

October 20, 2020
During crises and disasters, alcohol and other drug use often changes. But the changes are not straightforward and impacts may be different for different groups of people. There doesn’t seem…
11 days ago
Drug and Alcohol

Alcohol consumption spikes during lockdown

October 2, 2020
The epidemic has led to new habits of increased drinking. An Alcohol and Drug Foundation survey of more than a thousand people has found one…