Category Archives: Interviews and Features

Queensland health cuts – Beth Mohle of the QNU

Posted on May 2, 2013 by NU_admin

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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HPV vaccinations – what nurses should know

Posted on April 11, 2013 by NU_admin

In this post we ask Dr Julia Brotherton, Medical Director of Australia’s National HPV Vaccination Program Register, what nurses need to know about HPV vaccinations. ‘Why would boys need a cervical cancer vaccine?’ It’s a pretty common question nurses are … Continue reading →

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How the Celtic Tiger’s carcass landed on Ireland’s nurses and midwives

Posted on April 4, 2013 by NU_admin

Irish Nurses and Midwives’ Association deputy general secretary David Hughes addressed a meeting of NSWNMA organisers and officials on Tuesday. Nurse Uncut was invited to sit in. He may have come all the way from Ireland, but he hadn’t expected … Continue reading →

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Nurses fyi – an international digital magazine

Posted on January 16, 2013 by NU_admin

Australian nurse Rich Williams wants to make history by publishing the first nursing magazine on Apple’s Newsstand. Rich believes he has the necessary know-how to publish monthly editions of a new magazine called Nurses fyi that will be available for download … Continue reading →

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Special moments

Posted on June 14, 2012 by NU_admin

The West Australian newspaper today carries a profile of Royal Flying Doctor Service flight nurse John Howes. Qualified as both nurse and midwife, John has been flying out of Derby with the RFDS for 17 years, making him one of … Continue reading →

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