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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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Dubbo hospital lacks resources for ice patients

July 1, 2019
Inquiry hears ice-related presentations have a “huge impact” on Dubbo’s emergency department. Dubbo Base Hospital…
Emergency

John Hunter Hospital ED nurses win extra staffing

June 19, 2019
Emergency department nurses at Newcastle’s John Hunter Hospital have negotiated five additional full-time equivalent positions…
Emergency

Overloaded emergency departments desperate for ratios

March 5, 2019
NSW Emergency Departments aren't coping with increased demand.
Emergency

Understaffed rural EDs face security risks

December 3, 2018
Narrandera nurses seek better staffing and improved security. The NSWNMA has warned of security risks…
Emergency

Belmont ED nurses demand more staff

August 28, 2018
The Health Minister thinks emergency departments have enough staff. Nurses at Belmont Hospital beg to…
Emergency

Emergency room nurses undermined and undervalued

August 14, 2018
The 2018 NSWNMA Award claim regarding nurse to patient ratios, including Clinical Nurse Educators (CNE)…
Emergency

142 eight-hour shifts not filled at Hornsby

November 29, 2017
Hornsby hospital stretched to breaking point by understaffing. Hornsby Hospital nurses have held a rally…
Emergency

ED violence sparks community campaign

June 30, 2017
Nurses push an anti-violence message in the remote town of Nyngan. There was a time…
Emergency

Anti-violence training underway

June 30, 2017
A statewide program to reduce hospital violence includes more training for emergency department nurses. NSW…
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