Nick Hayward is only six weeks or so into his nursing career and although he has come to the job later than some – aged 31 – he is finally joining the family business. Both his mother and sister are ...
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Nike repurposes shoes to make vital PPE for nurses, frontline workers
Sportswear giant Nike is getting into the healthcare game again, this time manufacturing face shields and respirators for local nurses short of vital PPE. As COVID-19 has torn through nations around the world, stories have emerged of chronic shortages of ...
More »PM says aged care worker lied to contact tracers, CMO accuses nurses of ‘illegal party’
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has accused a Tasmanian aged care worker of lying about their contacts after testing positive for COVID-19. This comes in the same week as his Chief Medical Officer accused Tasmanian health workers of having an “illegal ...
More »What happens if nurses stop showing up to work?
What happens if this pandemic gets worse? What if it got so bad that healthcare workers, doctors and nurses all walked off the job? While the Australian healthcare system has been stretched by the COVID-19 crisis, it has yet to ...
More »Australian death toll now at 45, 41 aged care residents across the nation test positive for COVID-19
More deaths confirmed over Sunday and Monday takes the nation’s COVID-19 death toll to 45, with a reported 5,844 cases nationwide. In a daily press conference, NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian warned that: "no matter was restrictions there are in the ...
More »If you love health workers and you know it clap your hands: UK ‘Clap for our Carers’ to show appreciation
Health workers are being embraced in different ways around the globe as they put their lives on the line at a time when most of us are safely locking down and isolating. We have seen images of volunteers bringing food ...
More »EXCLUSIVE: Westmead Director of Nursing on fighting COVID-19
Kate Hackett is the Director of Nursing at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, ground zero for the treatment of COVID-19 here in Australia. Like everyone else, Hackett had seen the virus develop from afar over the summer period but could not ...
More »COVID-19: PM announces aged care restrictions, 20,000 student nurses drafted to fight pandemic
Scott Morrison today announced more measures aimed at curtailing the spread of the coronavirus, including new aged care guidelines and lifting work restrictions on student nurses. In a wide-ranging press conference, the Prime minister laid out restrictions on non-essential gatherings ...
More »New QUT indigenous scholarship helps students to work rural and remote
A goal to work in rural and remote nursing has been the driving force for students Ketisha Gill and Leilani Greene, as they become the first recipients of QUT’s new $10,000 Argent Indigenous Nursing Scholarship. Both studying a double degree ...
More »COVID-19 UPDATE: Third death at aged care home, Vic and ACT announce state of emergency
A third resident at the Dorothy Henderson Lodge has fallen victim to the coronavirus, COVID-19, along with a Brisbane woman – taking the national death toll to five. This news comes as the Victorian, West Australian and ACT governments declare ...
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