Category Archives: Employment issues

The Australian Nurses & Midwives Workplace Survey 2013

Posted on May 23, 2013 by NU_admin

It’s time for every nurse and midwife working in Australia, no matter in which field, to take the Australian Nurses & Midwives Workplace Survey 2013. The survey is being jointly conducted by Monash University and the Australian Nursing Federation and covers contemporary employment … Continue reading →

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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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Mental health nurses in uniform?

Posted on April 26, 2013 by NU_admin

A rumour is going around that the NSW Ministry of Health is considering putting mental health nurses back into uniform. It’s a familiar trope – in July last year the NSWNMA began a petition to fight against mandatory uniforms for … Continue reading →

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CNE: Nurses must ‘stop eating their young’

Posted on April 22, 2013 by NU_admin

A concerned Clinical Nurse Educator writes: I have been a proud member of the nursing profession for more than twenty years. When I started, I was classed as “one of those new nurses who trained at uni and know nothing!” … Continue reading →

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Experience: I’m an unemployed new grad

Posted on March 15, 2013 by NU_admin

This is a guest post by Peter Kwong RN. Peter was recently an intern with NSWNMA in the Union Summer program. He was going to write for Nurse Uncut about his experience as a union intern but the bigger story … Continue reading →

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Posted in: Employment issues, Health funding, Men in nursing, NSWNMA, Nursing students, Unions
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