Fed up with the tonnes of unused medical supplies thrown out by her local hospital, theatre nurse Claire Lane devised a way to reduce landfills and give aid to those who need it. The 33-year-old Brisbane mother collects and redistributes ...
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Nurses and their role in greening our hospitals
As a student nurse, you can’t help but become acutely aware of the unnecessary environmental waste that is involved in providing hospital healthcare. In fact, it has been estimated that the Victorian public health services will be generating as much ...
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Nurses are the key to sustainability in healthcare, according to the recent Greening the Health Sector Policy Think Tank report. Climate and Health Alliance convenor Fiona Armstrong said nurses are demonstrating the willingness and capacity to drive a sustainability movement. ...
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