Some emergency department nurses are suffering with PTSD after routinely experiencing high levels of verbal and physical violence, according to a James Cook University survey. Fourteen nurses at a major rural hospital in NSW told the researchers that they expect ...
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Meet ‘Angry Stan’, the new VR tool helping students resolve conflict
A new “world first” virtual reality simulator is aiming to equip student nurses at the University of Newcastle with conflict resolution skills. The VR program replicates a real-world emergency room and asks students to respond to a high-pressure mock scenario. The program, ...
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Should the recent spate of violence towards nurses in Victoria and other states raise the alarm on national hospital safety? In Victoria, nurses have once again called on the government to action the recommendations set down by the 2005 Victorian ...
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