Maggots were found in the mouth of a respite patient at an aged care facility in Broome and the incident was reported anonymously to the aged care complaints commissioner. The Royal Commission's Broome hearing was told that during the course of ...
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Nursing Review wrap: stories from around the world
Here are a few nursing stories from around the globe. Sexual harassment common in the UK A study in the UK by public service union Unison has found that one in 10 healthcare staff have been sexually harassed over the ...
More »Geriatric outreach service avoids unnecessary ED presentations
An outreach service running out of Bankstown-Lidcombe hospital in Sydney is saving the NSW government $2 million a year and reducing pressure on its emergency department. According to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, there are approximately 270,559 people aged ...
More »Australian university unveils branded hijab for clinical practice
Muslim nursing and midwifery students at Western Sydney University now have the option to wear its first branded hijab for clinical practice. Dr Rakime Elmir, co-creator of the program and WSU deputy director of clinical education, said the hijab – which ...
More »Nurse named in Albanese’s shadow aged care team
MP and nurse Ged Kearney has been added to opposition leader Anthony Albanese’s aged care team. The former union leader, who won the federal seat of Batman for Labor, was named Shadow Assistant Minister on Sunday. Speaking to Nursing Review ...
More »New gestational diabetes trial reduces the need for clinic appointments
Nurses at Fairfield Hospital in Sydney have trialled the use of an app that can help cut the number of clinical appointments needed for pregnant women with gestational diabetes (GDM). Jenny Wright, diabetes clinical nurse consultant at Fairfield Hospital, found that ...
More »Angel of London Bridge gets nursing honour
Kirsty Boden, known as the Angel of London Bridge after the 2017 terror attack at the British landmark, has been recognised for the selfless act that cost the Australian nurse her life. Boden, one of four Australian nurses to receive the ...
More »Fears of scurvy outbreaks not just media fluff: hospital study
Older hospital patients are not getting all their vitamins. Recent Flinders University research has found large numbers in the cohort have been found to have severe vitamin C deficiency. The findings give some credence to previous media reports of increased ...
More »Parents of sick kids are essentially patients, need more attention
Hospitals will invite parents to remain with their sick children but they aren't given enough thought during their stay, an expert on childhood stress has argued. Stress directly affects parents’ ability to understand information, make decisions regarding their child’s care and look after ...
More »Ratios, ratios, ratios: Royal Commission Sydney hearing begins
You could be forgiven for missing the Lionel Bowen Law Building on Sydney’s Goulburn street. Its slate grey facade blends in on a sunless street situated between an apartment building and a decrepit looking car park. There is little fanfare ...
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