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Paid parental leave scheme – submit your experience

Posted on May 16, 2013 by NU_admin

The Federal Government is conducting a review of their Paid Parental Leave Scheme and inviting submissions up until May 31. Read on for details. Everyone knows that nursing is an ageing workforce – and a predominantly female workforce. Though the … Continue reading →

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Decking your desks for ratios

Posted on May 15, 2013 by NU_admin

We asked NSWNMA branches across the state to show their support for the Ratios put patient safety first campaign by decorating their ‘desk’ – or workspace – with  streamers, badges, small posters and balloons. We want to improve and extend … Continue reading →

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Posted in: NSWNMA, One2Four Campaign, Ratios, Unions
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Ciara’s film wins first prize

Posted on May 14, 2013 by NU_admin

Ciara Rafferty’s film Arthur…? won first prize last Thursday night at the NSWNMA’s fourth Nurses & Midwives Short Film Festival. Ciara won $5000, sponsored by First State Super. Ciara (below after winning) is a student nurse at the University of … Continue reading →

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Free trade is not fair!

Posted on May 9, 2013 by NU_admin

A guest post about the implications  for the price of medications under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme of current Free Trade Agreement negotiations – by Michael Whaites, an organiser with the NSWNMA. A Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is currently being negotiated … Continue reading →

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A student nurse’s poem – ‘Nursing the Nation’

Posted on May 7, 2013 by NU_admin

In an extraordinary appearance at the Royal College of Nursing Congress in Liverpool (England), 24 year old student nurse Molly Case, who is a performance poet, young adult novelist and blogger, spoke her beautiful and passionate poem ‘Nursing the Nation’, which … Continue reading →

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