Nurse banned after ‘borrowing’ $100k from elderly patient
The Melbourne aged care worker bought a car and cricket world cup tickets with the money, a tribunal hears.
Tag: Nurses
5 ways to prevent a mass exodus of healthcare workers
Most Australians are counting down to a festive season with newfound freedom surrounded by family and friends. Meanwhile, front-line health workers are bracing for a…
Case dropped against nurse accused of ‘fake’ COVID-19 vaccination
Perth Magistrates Court says the charges against a nurse who allegedly faked the injection of a teenager have been discontinued.
Frontline nurse dies of COVID-19
Gillian 'Jill' Dempsey is believed to be the first hospital worker in Victoria to die from the virus in two years.
Nurse charged with vaccine fraud
A Perth medical clinic reported the nurse after a doctor witnessed her pretending to inoculate a patient with a COVID-19 shot.
Operating theatre chemicals ‘may increase COPD risk’
A study in female nurses suggests a link with long exposure.
Nurse fails in legal bid to halt COVID-19 vax mandate
NSW north coast nurse argues the vaccines don’t work and shouldn’t be mandatory: tribunal.
Nurse sacked for giving leftover Pfizer vax to relatives
The Sydney aged-care worker 'believes she did the right thing' in giving soon-to-expire doses to her daughter and two nephews.
Who’d have thought…more nurses improve health outcomes
Much of government health policy would never get a thumbs up from Cochrane. It must be acknowledged, however, that it’s difficult to run randomised controlled…
Nurse assistant died after morphine dose error by ‘deeply caring’ GP
'The tragic circumstances are a coalescence of poor judgement and human error by well-meaning people,' a coroner said.
