workplace violence
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Health & Wellbeing
Assaults, falls hospitalising healthcare workers
New AIHW data shows workplace assault hospitalisations among healthcare workers have doubled over the past decade, with violence now ranking…
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News
Lack of support for nurses facing violence
Australian nurses experiencing workplace violence are turning to their fellow nurses to cope due to a lack of support from…
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Unsafe nurse conditions and violence prompt ACT state inquiry
After nurses reported escalating rates of workplace assault, a state inquiry has been launched into the working conditions inside a…
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Specialty Focus
New short docu-series breaks down industry taboos
“I’ve had a patient strangle me, throw poo on me, throw urine at me. I’ve been spat at,” said registered…
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News
A quick chat with… a nurse navigator
What is your name, where are you based? My name is Nikia Goldsmith from Metro North Hospital and Health Service…
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Workforce
A quick chat with … Jessica Tomkins
What is your name, and where are you based? My name is Jessica Tomkins and I am based in the…
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Calls for new strategies to manage aggression in hospitals
A Victorian study has shed light on the incidence of violence in a paediatric hospital. Nearly half of the violent…
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Action on violence needed now
The high prevalence of violence to nurses and midwives is well-documented but underreported. Nurses have called for there to be…
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Working in fear
New research finds nurses working in very remote regions in Australia are fearful for their personal safety, writes Annie May…
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