Category Archives: Issues and Challenges

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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Drugs and alcohol: a discussion

Posted on April 19, 2013 by NU_admin

This is a guest post by drug and alcohol nurse Max Hacker, who will host a free public forum on drug and alcohol abuse at Sydney University’s Nursing School on April 30. As a drug and alcohol nurse working in … Continue reading →

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Shooting up in the emergency department

Posted on April 2, 2013 by NU_admin

Hospital safety is in the news this week — in the form of renewed calls to arm Victoria’s emergency department security guards with handguns. (Let’s ignore, for a moment, the fact that the biggest threat to safety in hospitals is actually under-staffing.) … Continue reading →

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When I am old and gay (or lesbian or trans…)

Posted on March 25, 2013 by NU_admin

This is a guest post by Sujay Kentlyn, a project officer with Outrageous Ageing, a NSW health organisation that works with older people who are lesbian, gay, trans, intersex or bisexual. Sujay outlines the ways that nurses and other service providers, especially in … Continue reading →

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Posted in: Because We Care, Community campaigns, Issues and Challenges, Nursing - Aged Care, Tips and Advice
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Ethi-call – for dilemmas large and small

Posted on November 21, 2012 by NU_admin

Guest post by Kathleen Gilbert, who co-ordinates the Ethi-call line, a free ethics counselling service run by the St James Ethics Centre in Sydney.  •  You work in a private hospital. You’re conscious that a doctor on your ward regularly orders … Continue reading →

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