One of Australia's leading nursing unions is calling for more research to battle the sexualisation of the workforce. In early March, 120,000 NSW registered nurses and midwives received an email from the Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW (NMC) warning them not ...
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ChatGPT: potential to enhance nurse-patient communication
As Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming integral to Australia's healthcare, an engineering professor has said chatbots could similarly start to gain ground in clinical settings. ChatGPT, a chatbot that makes predictions based on a vast dataset of words and natural ...
More »Influx of overseas staff ‘opportunity’ to address racism: podcast
Recruiting overseas staff to fill workforce shortages in aged care could prompt the sector to become more culturally safe, a gerontology expert has said. Australia is increasingly more depending on overseas personal care workers and nurses to cover the anticipated shortfall ...
More »Union calls for better mental health coverage in nursing degrees: podcast
The Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) has asked to urgently revise some nursing programs to ensure at least one-third of the content teaches about mental health. ACMHN president, Mike Hazelton, said graduate entry and abridged pre-registration qualifying degrees ...
More »Health warning over highly contagious illness
A health warning has been issued for three clinical sites in western Sydney after a baby returned from overseas with a highly-infectious illness. The baby returned from a trip to India and has since been diagnosed with measles, prompting an ...
More »NSW’s first private paediatric hospital to open
One of Sydney's largest private hospitals is set to open in June 2023. Located in Gregory Hills of Sydney's Southwest, the George Centre is a $100m project that began construction in September 2021 under Acurio Health and Buildcorp. The hospital ...
More »Nursing unions and Minns to negotiate wages
Nursing and public sector unions have urged NSW's newly elected Premier to keep his end of the bargain on removing wage caps for essential workers, with negotiations scheduled for Monday. NSW Labor leader Chris Minns was elected the state's 47th ...
More »Uni program attracting nurses to aged care expands
A new placement program run by a regional university and aged care provider to attract nurses to the aged care sector is gaining momentum. The UniSC and Lutheran Services expanded their 'Transition to Practise Program' to 28 places across three ...
More »The busy life of an endometriosis nurse: podcast
Working one of Australia's endometriosis nurse means Nikki Campbell's hands are always full – but she wouldn't have it any other way. Endometriosis is a condition when tissue similar to the lining of your womb grows outside the uterus, which ...
More »What NSW’s major parties have promised for healthcare
NSW's two major parties have committed to employing more healthcare staff, upgrading hospitals and allocating funding towards women's health, with less than a week out of the election. On March 25, millions of East-coast Australians are anticipated to take to ...
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