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 COVID-19 pandemic. In a study published in the Medical Journal of Australia, emergency health workers in New South Wales and Victoria have seen a sizeable drop in presentations in 2020 compared to 2019. Despite this, EDs are seeing more complex patients, resulting in no…
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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…
Emergency
Bed closure move wins more staff
July 1, 2019
John Hunter ED nurses get workload relief after voting to close ambulance bay beds. Emergency…
Emergency
Ballina bed closures bring management to table
July 1, 2019
The Northern NSW Local Health District agreed to talks with nurses at Ballina Hospital after…