A nurse who works to improve care for patients with cleft and craniofacial conditions, a midwife dedicated to delivering culturally safe maternity care, and an ovarian cancer support network – these were the winners of the latest HESTA Nursing & ...
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Batman in the bin: New Bansky pays tribute to the real superheroes
UK street artist Banksy has unveiled his latest work and this time he has depicted nurses as superheroes. The new piece by the famously reclusive artist has appeared at Southampton General Hospital and is hanging in a foyer near the ...
More »Government and sector come together to settle lockdown dispute
The beef between the aged care sector and the government over restrictive measures in the sector looks to have been settled, with the announcement of a draft code of conduct on visitation rights as well as a $205 million bump ...
More »World leaders praise two nurses credited with saving British PM’s life
Boris Johnson made international headlines earlier this month when he contracted COVID-19, and now, discussing his recovery, the British Prime Minister has credited two nurses with saving his life. In a public statement, Johnson said: “The reason in the end ...
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 »COVID-19: How it happened
We take a look at how the global pandemic began, how it spread, and how countries responded. The COVID-19 pandemic came to light on 31 December 2019 with an alert to the WHO China office, and the speed with which ...
More »Tuberculosis vaccine to be given to healthcare workers in fight against COVID-19
Australian infectious disease researchers are trialling a vaccine against COVID-19 on healthcare workers. Professor Kathryn North, director of the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute (MCRI), today announced the multi-centre randomised controlled clinical trial of a tuberculosis vaccine to test whether it ...
More »Nurses among 14 COVID-19 cases at medical centre in Japan
Two nurses at a medical centre in Japan’s Oita prefecture have tested positive to COVID-19, bringing the total number of cases at the facility to 14, Kyodo newswire says. The nurses who work at the Oita Medical Centre, one in ...
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 ...
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