Peak bodies often use the term mixed bag when discussing how healthcare fares in each year’s federal Budget, and the 2016–17 showing is no different. Below, Nursing Review gets the lay of the land from some of the sector's leaders and ...
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From corporate clients to sick children: RN’s switch
The interactions shared during meetings with corporate clients might be different from those on the pediatric wards, but RN Rebecca Muir, who is well-versed in both, says some skills transcend. Muir left her job as a senior account executive with ...
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Study links poor food intake with risk of death in hospital
Hospital patients are more likely to die within 30 days of admission if they eat less than a quarter of the food they are offered or are already malnourished. This one of the key findings of recent research that looked ...
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Emergency room nurses should look out for blood pressure and rapid breathing
Low blood pressure and abnormally rapid breathing are two main indicators that a person presenting in an emergency department is at an elevated risk of deteriorating and dying in the short term. That is a central finding of a Deakin University ...
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As wireless telehealth grows, security must grow with it
Advances in wireless connectivity are helping to deliver better care for patients and greater efficiency for clinicians and staff within hospitals. More medical devices and applications are being attached to hospital-wide Wi-Fi networks to automate updates of electronic health records ...
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