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Latest news: Nurses

Fifty new nurses begin working in the ACT

Fifty extra nurses have started working at Canberra Hospital and Calvary Public Hospital Bruce, and another 40 will come by mid-year.

NSW public hospital nurses vote for statewide strike

NSW public hospital nurses will strike for the first time in almost a decade, as frustrations over understaffing, pay and conditions boil over.

Will this pandemic deter future generations of nurses?

There was a global shortage of nurses … and then the pandemic hit. Researchers, including a Charles Sturt academic, investigate how COVID-19 has affected an already struggling nursing industry and what can be done to save it.

Queensland nurses union fights mandatory vaccines

A union that represents about 9000 Queensland nurses has launched a fighting fund to challenge the state's mandatory jabs policy.

Organisations welcome ACT Government’s four-year plan for more nurses and midwives

The ACT Government plans to hire more than 90 nurses and midwives across Canberra Health Services and Calvary Public Hospital Bruce.

What’s required for student nurses enlisting in the callout

Canberra Health Services (CHS) has confirmed the mandated training required for any student nurse responding to ACT Health’s callout to join the front lines of COVID response. “We have been working closely with...

Veteran nurse returns to help recruit front line workers

Nurse Jenny Hegarty’s expertise was needed once again to bolster the ranks of ACT Health’s COVID-19 response.

UC student nurse keen to join front lines of COVID response

Twenty-year-old University of Canberra nursing student, Tiffany Seo, is among hundreds with nursing expertise who have answered the call to bolster the front lines of the ACT's pandemic response.

Canberra celebrates International Nurses Day

Celebrated on the anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, International Nurses Day is an annual event that recognises the hard work of nurses worldwide. This year, ACT nurses are being thanked for their key...

First Canberrans are vaccinated against COVID-19

The ACT received its first doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine today; among the first were a nurse and a woman of 86.

Five new Walk-in Health Centres to ease pressure on overrun emergency departments

A new Walk-in Centre in Coombs is set to open in less than six months, on 1 July, to serve the growing population of Molonglo Valley.

Safewards aims to decrease violence in ACT hospitals

Violence occurs daily in the ACT’s hospitals - but Safewards, a program to make wards safer for staff and patients, could offer a solution.

Reminder to be kind to nurses and midwives

The ACT Government is working to raise awareness of acceptable behaviour towards Canberra’s health professionals, after a spike in occupational violence since the beginning of COVID-19.

Dickson’s Inner-North Walk-in Centre opens this week

The new Dickson-based Inner North Walk-in Centre opens 26 August, providing free treatment for minor injuries and illness 365 days a year.

Nurses and midwives celebrated amidst coronavirus crisis

Amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, Canberra’s nurses and midwives have been celebrated with the 2020 Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards on International Nurses Day today, Tuesday 12 May.

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