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New research backs ratios on International Nurses’ Da...
May 12, 2021
Calls for shift-by-shift ratios to be introduced in New South Wales have been bolstered, as thousands of dedicated nurses begin and end their shifts around the clock on International Nurses’ Day. New research released in The Lancet today indicates better patient outcomes are achieved in hospitals with improved nurse staffing, a position backed by the NSW Nurses…
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New research backs ratios on International Nurses’ Da...
May 12, 2021
Calls for shift-by-shift ratios to be introduced in New South Wales have been bolstered, as…
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Ratios are key to reducing violence
April 7, 2021
Achieving the NSWNMA claim for ratios would help to reduce the level of violence and…
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Award claim aims to protect ICU standards
April 7, 2021
The NSWNMA’s claim for ICU staffing ratios draws on feedback from a statewide ICU nurses’…
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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…
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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…
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Health workers catching COVID on the job
October 2, 2020
A Victorian government report has found that 70–80 per cent of the state’s health workers…
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ICU ratios save lives and money: study
September 30, 2020
A study of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurse-to-patient ratios has found sizeable clinical and economic…
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Many more health workers than we ever thought are catch...
September 17, 2020
The Victorian government released much-anticipated figures showing the proportion of the state’s health-care workers who…
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Elective surgery backlog needs extra hands
September 16, 2020
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) is urging the NSW Government to bring forward…