While COVID-19 hospitalisations begin to slowly plateau across NSW, the state's intensive care nurses remain under intense pressure. “People are tired, people are angry, and helplessness and hopelessness are creeping in,” said ICU nurse and NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association ...
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The nurses running the frontlines of Sydney’s mass COVID-19 vaccine hub
When asked what keeps her going during 12-hour shifts at one of NSW's major vaccine clinics, nurse unit manager Disha Balraj credits the camaraderie felt by everyone on her team. “We have come a long way in five months," she ...
More »The Coronavirus Podcast episode 9
This weeks' episode features a nurse with direct experience treating COVID-19 patients. Ashleigh Peters graduated at the end of 2018 and has been working at Westmead Hospital for nearly a year. She worked for six months in ED before changing ...
More »EXCLUSIVE: Westmead Director of Nursing on fighting COVID-19
Kate Hackett is the Director of Nursing at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, ground zero for the treatment of COVID-19 here in Australia. Like everyone else, Hackett had seen the virus develop from afar over the summer period but could not ...
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