Category Archives: NSWNA

A proud past and fighting future: May Day 2013

Posted on May 6, 2013 by NU_admin

A Proud Past. A Fighting Future was the theme of yesterday’s May Day parade in Sydney and as the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association certainly has both a proud past and a fighting future (not to mention a current fight … Continue reading →

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A new mural for the nurses and midwives’ union

Posted on March 1, 2013 by NU_admin

Blue Mountains artist Birgitte Hansen has created a wonderful mural which shows the history of nurses and midwives in union activism in NSW. The patchwork artwork was recently hung on a wall of the Waterloo offices of the NSWNMA. Commissioned by the … Continue reading →

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Safety in numbers – ratios around the world

Posted on January 21, 2013 by NU_admin

This article by Gerard Brogan RN on the international history of campaigns for nurse-to-patient ratios was first printed in the November 2012 issue of National Nurse magazine, which is published by National Nurses United, the largest union and professional association … Continue reading →

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Contest – win an iPad to celebrate the Association’s new name!

Posted on October 1, 2012 by NU_admin

In case you hadn’t heard, we are now the New South Wales Nurses and Midwives’ Association. History was made at Annual Conference this year when delegates voted overwhelmingly to change the name of the union to include midwives – the first … Continue reading →

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Matron Ruby Grant Park – South Sydney

Posted on September 25, 2012 by NU_admin

South Sydney has a new park named after a nurse. The Matron Ruby Grant Park is not far from the offices of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association in Waterloo, which is serendipitous as Ruby Grant was president of the … Continue reading →

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