Emergency
EDs in desperate need of 1:3 nursing ratios
June 16, 2021
Pressure is mounting inside the state’s emergency departments, with the latest hospital data revealing the time patients spend waiting to be admitted has blown-out to more than five and a half hours, the longest median time recorded in the past five years. The Bureau of Health Information’s latest quarterly report has reinforced concerns raised by…
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Emergency
EDs in desperate need of 1:3 nursing ratios
June 16, 2021
Pressure is mounting inside the state’s emergency departments, with the latest hospital data revealing the…
Emergency
Better ratios mean improved outcomes in paediatric emer...
March 22, 2021
Increased nurse staffing has a marked effect upon patient outcomes in paediatric emergency departments, a…
Emergency
COVID-19 leads to “startling” change in ED present...
January 6, 2021
Emergency Departments have a drastic change in the number and acuity of patients being admitted through the…
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…
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…
Emergency
More nurses for Blacktown ED
February 7, 2020
Staff and union pressure achieved three extra nurses per shift for Blacktown Hospital’s emergency department.…
Emergency
Wyong ED campaigns for more staff
February 7, 2020
Nurses are campaigning for more staff at Wyong Hospital’s emergency department, where waiting times are…
Emergency
Coronavirus: Updated Department Advice
February 3, 2020
The Federal Department of Health has released new advice regarding the recent outbreak of novel…
Emergency
Patient safety fears inside Wyong Hospital ED
September 12, 2019
Nurses and midwives from Wyong Hospital will hold a lunchtime rally tomorrow to call for…