Government fails to meet nurse to patient ratios, say Libs
More than one in four hospital shifts do not meet the new nurse to patient ratios the government had promised to implement by July, according to the Canberra Liberals.
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The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) has slammed the ACT government for rejecting a proposed support payment to nurses and midwives to recognise their work during the pandemic.
A former Fair Work Commissioner will head up the independent inquiry into violent assaults at a Canberra mental health facility.
The ACT Nursing and Midwives Excellence Awards were announced last night (May 12) on International Nurse's Day, with 100 nominations across 13 categories.
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Nurses report dozens of assaults at mental health unit
Nurses working at a Canberra mental health unit have reported more than 100 physical assaults by patients in six months, spurring calls for an urgent inquiry from the ACT government.
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Nurse-to-patient ratios underway at Canberra hospitals
More nurses and new nurse to patient ratios have been introduced at Canberra Hospitals.
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Libs want ‘immediate’ covid leave for healthcare workers
COVID-19 leave should be made "immediately" available to healthcare and other frontline workers, according to the ACT Opposition.
"Yesterdays" columnist NICHOLE OVERALL looks at the remarkable role and service here and abroad of local nurses during World War I.
ANDREW Barr sayd a re-elected Labor government will attract, retain and support more nurses under…
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REVELATIONS of increased violence against nurses at the Adult Mental Health Unit at the Canberra…
SHIRLEY Sutton started working as a district nurse in Canberra in 1964 and, with a…
