Category Archives: Nurse health

Nurses fired for refusing flu vaccine

It’s the last day of summer, which means the autumn flu season looms ahead of us. It was a particularly bad flu season in the US, officially reaching epidemic levels in January. Also in January, several nurses there were fired … Continue reading

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‘It all fell apart’

Guest post by ‘Raj’, a gay nurse from Malaysia. Here Raj tells the story of being HIV+ and its impact on his career. My journey into nursing did not come to me in the form of an epiphany on a … Continue reading

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Top nursing injuries (and how to avoid them)

Guest post by US nurse Kathryn Norcutt.  During her time as a nurse Kathryn helped people from all walks of life and ages. Now she leads a much less hectic life and devotes most of her free time to writing. … Continue reading

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Nurses should not have been exposed to this…

This is a reprint of an article on The Conversation by Alexandra Wake of RMIT University. Alexandra is  a member of the Education Advisory Board for Mindframe (which is concerned with communication about suicide and mental illness) and the Hunter Mental Health Institute and … Continue reading

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Australian nurses health and wellness survey

Guest post by Kay Ross, Lecturer in the School of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross University, Gold Coast, and a nurse with over 30 years experience. There are currently about 270,000 nurses working in Australia but little is … Continue reading

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