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Don’t forget to enter our ‘Favourite Nurse’ CONTEST!
Nominations are open until Thursday 12 May, 11.59pm NSW time. To celebrate International Nurses Day we are running a ‘favourite nurse’ contest! Nominate your coworkers, let us know what is special about them, why they are deserving, and why they are … Continue reading
Robots to help nurse dementia patients: innovation or disturbing?
Interactive robots are being used to improve the care and quality of life for people with dementia. The details of how the robots are being used will be discussed at an aged care and technology forum in Sydney next month. … Continue reading
Fixing the Productivity Commission’s draft report. Part 2: skills mix and staffing levels.
The Australian Nursing Federation has been given the opportunity to present its final submission on the Caring for Older Australians, Productivity Commission Draft Report. Last weeks blog post discussed why the wages gap needed to be fixed. This week we … Continue reading
Waking, showering & dressing aged care residents at 6am each day?
The following question was asked in the ‘Ask Judith’ column in the LAMP. Nurses are being told to have residents showered and drressed at 6am, but many of the residents prefer not to get up this early. Have you had … Continue reading
Palliative care nursing and voluntary euthanasia: more choices for terminally ill.
Legislative change could provide more end-of-life choices for the terminally ill. Dying With Dignity, a group founded in the 1970s, wants to legalise medically-assisted dying or Voluntary Euthanasia (VE) in New South Wales. It is currently an offence in NSW … Continue reading
Australian workers want urgent action on climate change!
Australian workers want urgent action on climate change with more than 11,000 signing a petition supporting a price on carbon within a fortnight. The ACTU along with WWF-Australia handed the first part of the petition to Climate Change Minister Greg … Continue reading
CONTEST: Nominate your favourite NSW nurse and win prizes!
To celebrate International Nurses Day we are running a ‘favourite nurse’ contest! Nominate your coworkers, let us know what is special about them, why they are deserving, and why they are your favourite nurse. International Nurses Day is celebrated around … Continue reading
Fixing the Productivity Commission’s draft report Part 1: Closing the wage gap
The Australian Nursing Federation has been given the opportunity to present its final submission on the Caring for Older Australians, Productivity Commission Draft Report. The Australian Nursing Federation broadly supports many of the recommendations in the draft report, and this … Continue reading
Opportunities for New Grads in Aged Care Nursing.
It’s no secret that Australia is facing a shortage of nurses in aged care and is increasingly unable to meet the needs of a rapidly ageing population. We discussed this in the blog about the aged care draft report failing … Continue reading
Carbon Tax: are NSW nurses pro or anti?
Carbon Tax is the hot topic of conversation at the moment, with rallies being held country wide for people to air their views. Are you pro or anti carbon tax? Why? Opposing sides of the debate aired their views at … Continue reading
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