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Massive health services shake-up: report
Federal Labor has taken the government to task over reports Medicare, pharmaceutical and aged-care benefits could be delivered by the…
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In-home sensors can detect movement and watch for changes in behaviour
Discreet monitors keep tabs on people around the house and watch for alarming changes in behaviour patterns. An Australian research…
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The implied duties, and dangers, of employment contracts
Take care to fill all the implicit obligations of the employment contract, or termination may well be justified. All employees,…
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Primary healthcare nurses must expand their already vital roles
We saw a more intense focus in the latter part of 2015 on managing the health and wellbeing of people…
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Nurses need to focus on the complexity and specialised nature of role: ICN
The days and years ahead can be a time of great influence, when nurses’ knowledge and expertise become valued as…
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Hairy times: Leukaemia Foundation promotes World’s Greatest Shave
One of our #WorldsGreatestShave hair spray stations set up around the ground tonight! Go blue to show your support! pic.twitter.com/PR8Hp3KCYy…
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Union, providers split on 24/7 RN coverage
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has revealed it is lobbying for regulations that would require at least one (RN) onsite and available at all times…
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Subsidy cap hits nurses, shift workers hard: Family Day Care
Nurses, paramedics, doctors and other healthcare professionals engaged in shift or part-time work are likely to be hardest hit by the $10.70…
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ANMF calls on members to submit to aged-care Senate inquiry
The Australian Senate is accepting submissions for an upcoming inquiry into the future of Australia’s aged-care workforce. This inquiry and subsequent…
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Stress environment over morality to treat addiction: clinic chief
The treatment director at a Thai-based rehabilitation clinic popular with Westerners has stressed the need to view addiction as an…
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