Category Archives: Advocacy

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

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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Kempsey asks: is the Premier listening?

The NSWNMA branch at Kempsey District Hospital has sent a letter to their local MP. For background information about this claim and campaign, look here. Kempsey District Hospital ED staff

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Queensland health cuts – Beth Mohle of the QNU

Over 775 FTE nurse positions have been lost in Queensland in the past year, plus 3540 positions in Queensland Health. Beth Mohle, secretary of the Queensland Nurses’ Union, spoke to Noel Hester of The Lamp in March about the dire … Continue reading

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May Day – a day to celebrate the work of nurses and midwives

Arthur Rorris, Secretary of the South Coast Labour Council, wrote this opinion piece for the Illawarra Mercury. It is accompanied by an Emergency nurse’s diary of a 12 hour shift. Watch the Sydney May Day trailer on YouTube. Today, the … Continue reading

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Experience: a Respect Our Work activist

Chris Morgan, a nurse at Frankston Hospital, spoke to the NSWNMA council of delegates the other day about her experience as an activist in the Respect Our Work campaign in Victoria in 2011-12. Here is her story. I would like … Continue reading

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