The number
of nurses and midwives leaving the profession has risen 51 per cent in just four years, with those under the age of retirement citing low pay and poor working conditions.
The new codes of conduct
for nurses and midwives provide common sense guidance on how to work in a partnership with individuals and communities to ensure they are getting care that meets their needs.
The codes are evidence - based — their development included extensive academic research and analysis of conduct complaints
concerning nurses and midwives.
CATSINaM has since earned its place among the peak bodies in nursing and midwifery, and in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, as the sole representative body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander nurses and midwives in Australia.
The Coalition for Public Trained Registered
Nurses and Midwives in a statement, described as «very sad» government's plan to recruit them under the Nation Builders Corps (NaBCo), calling on members to reject the move.
18 May, 2016 Hospital soft drink ban a misguided measure that provides no solution Responding to calls from the NSW Labor Party to ban soft drinks from hospitals across New South Wales, Australian Beverages Council CEO, Geoff Parker said; «We'd like to support comments from the NSW
Nursing and Midwives Association stating a widespread ban -LSB-...]
We were conscious of a clear gap in the nursing education literature: a lack of legitimate, current information that addresses the needs of
nurses and midwives who work with and care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
«We'd like to support comments from the
NSW Nursing and Midwives Association stating a widespread ban of soft drinks in hospitals across the state is not an effective method of addressing health concerns.
While some of these injuries are unavoidable, many infants are left with paralysis and severe muscular impairments due solely to medical negligence — when obstetricians,
nurses and midwives fail to uphold the well - established standards of medical care.
«If we know that Indigenous knowledge only comes from Indigenous people, and Indigenous people are over-represented in these areas, does it not make sense that we need
Indigenous nurses and midwives working in these areas?
Australian College of Mental Health Nurses (ACMHN) Perinatal Mental Health This is a 3 - module continuing professional development program, which is open to ACMHN members free and non-member
nurses and midwives at a cost.
When nurses and midwives challenge beliefs based on bias or assumption, and work in partnership with people and communities, they contribute to better healthcare experiences for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
About 68,000 trainee
nurses and midwives from public health training institutions are expected to benefit from the programme.
Baby - led weaning (a term coined my Gill Rapley, a former public
health nurse and midwife) essentially means that you skip pureed foods all together and your baby self feeds right from the start of weaning (around 6 months of age) with breast milk or formula «on tap.»
The name of the Former Minister of Health, Alex Segbefia has popped up in the infamous financial scandal that has rocked the Tepa
Nursing and Midwives Training College in the Ashanti Region.
Zamfara State Commissioner for Health, Alhaji Lawal Liman, has announced the recruitment of doctors,
nurses and midwives into the state health sector, saying exercise will begin...
This position has been reiterated in a joint statement by the NMBA and four other nursing and midwifery groups in response to the most recent media repetition of false claims that the new codes would require
white nurses and midwives to apologise to Indigenous patients for being white.
Nurses and Midwives on Public Payroll since 1970 to 2008 was 21,861 but now stands at 53,345 which means more than double of the existing nurses have been employed.
«Furthermore, the PROMISE trial created a solid network of doctors,
nurses and midwives across the UK and beyond, all committed to miscarriage research.
Associate Professor Lynette Cusack, Chair of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), has previously written for Croakey that these new codes are «common sense and evidence - based» in
requiring nurses and midwives to take responsibility for improving the cultural safety of health services and systems for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients and colleagues.
Resource package for nurse training The CDD programme of WHO is preparing a package of training materials to
help nurses and midwives to update their skills and knowledge.
Thirty - six countries in Africa are confronting critical shortages, meaning they have fewer than 2.3 doctors,
nurses and midwives per 1000 peopleii
Almost three - quarters
more nurses and midwives are working in jobs outside of their profession than in 2002/03 and nearly a third more doctors are unemployed.
This resource provides a competency assessment for
nurses and midwives whose practice includes the administration of medications and intravenous (IV) therapy.
Claire, a clinical negligence solicitor and
qualified nurse and midwife, provides her clients with first - class advice and guidance throughout the duration of their claim.
Linda McDonald Child and family nurse Linda McDonald is a registered
nurse and midwife currently acting as a consultant with the Maternal Child Health Nurses in the Women's Youth and Children's Community Health Program (ACT).
Mohamed last week also called on
Australian nurses and midwives to honestly interrogate the legend around Florence Nightingale, «the world's most famous nurse», to acknowledge the harms caused by colonial views towards Indigenous people.
Cultural safety promotes an understanding of the culture of health and
asks nurses and midwives to be learn to be more responsive to the needs of the patient generally, and this only benefits patients.
The principles of the new codes apply to all types of nursing and midwifery practice in all contexts, whether it is paid or unpaid, clinical or non-clinical, and to all settings
where nurses and midwives engage, including face - to - face, publications, or via online or electronic means.