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Aged Care
Nurses union to fight Bupa staff changes
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation has lodged a Fair Work dispute claiming Bupa is changing rosters of nurses and…
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Top Stories
$35m for new Cairns TAFE for care and support workers
A $35m investment will be made into a new aged care, disability support and mental health care and support TAFE…
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Top Stories
Staff shortage hits hospital in SA
Staff shortages at a regional South Australian hospital have prompted the nurses union to launch a petition demanding the government…
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News
WA bids to recruit UK nurses and doctors
Australia’s plan to recruit healthcare staff from Britain to fill more than 30,000 job vacancies has been met with overseas…
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Podcasts
ACN happy with skills summit, but much more needs to be done: podcast
Nursing's national voice has welcomed the migration cap's expansion and support of work rights for international students from last week's…
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Specialty Focus
Rapid changes bring a shift in mental health nurses’ perceived identity: Q&A
Mental health care in Australia has undergone a dramatic transformation since the 1980s. Old-fashioned institutions where patients received psychological care…
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‘Dumbing down’ of child health workforce under fire
Proposals to remove midwifery qualifications for child and family health nurses have attracted widespread criticism. Linda Belardi reports. Child and…
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