The royal commission has urged the aged care sector to reform its approach to the workforce, with counsel assisting Peter Rozen telling those gathered that “the time for action … is now”. At the third Adelaide hearing, Rozen handed the ...
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Australia’s response to coronavirus putting people at risk: RACGP President
Australia’s response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak has been criticised by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP). Its president, Dr Harry Nespolon, said the lack of government planning is “risking people’s health”. The RACGP is urging the government ...
More »Sleeping on the job: NHS rolls out sleep pods for staff
Sleep pods are being installed in a number of hospitals across the NHS in the UK to help combat fatigue among health workers. The pods were first trialled by the Royal Wolverhampton NHS trust in June 2018 and a number ...
More »From the punch-card operator’s room to the boardroom: Fundraising nurse looks back on her career
Associate Professor Leanne (Lulu) Zalapa has forged an extraordinary career. Leaving school before year 10, Lulu found herself working in a punch-card operator’s room, but harboured ambitions of becoming a nurse ever since first setting foot in a hospital to ...
More »Researchers explore how confidence can affect performance for CALD nurses
Communication is the bedrock of nursing and for nurses from CALD backgrounds – one-third of nurses in Australia were born overseas – this can be sometimes challenging. Researchers at the University of South Australia’s School of Nursing and Midwifery believe ...
More »Face value: cosmetics court case a warning to nurses
Many nurses are engaging in cosmetic and beauty practices for commercial benefit, either as an employee or sole practitioner. While a recent case involved the negligent actions of a person without nursing registration and training, it contains many salient legal ...
More »Unions go to parliament, urge action on super increase
Three of Australia’s largest trade unions have joined forces to urge the government to accelerate plans for an increase in superannuation. The compulsory superannuation guarantee is set to rise from 9.5 per cent in five annual increases starting from July ...
More »From the operating theatre to the flight deck: video
https://youtu.be/HtMLcz1cbII Making the transition from nurse to commercial pilot might seem an unusual career trajectory, but that’s the path Geoff Hay took after training as a nurse at Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital in the 1980s and working in operating ...
More »Why healthcare facilities need to streamline workflows
Nurses often find themselves spending inordinate amounts of time on paperwork and data entry instead of doing what they trained to do: help patients. While they would rather spend time with patients doing clinical care, nurses are often held back ...
More »Better off working at Aldi? Royal commission witness talks aged care pay
Nurses working in aged care are paid so poorly that they are forced to stay on higher casual rates and work 52 weeks a year to attain a living wage, the royal commission has heard. Paul Gilbert from the ANMF’s ...
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