Nurse-led clinics: Are they a waste of time and money?
As a GP who spent the first three years post-fellowship working in urgent care centres, I find the ACT’s plans to double its number of…
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WA volunteer nurse who tested positive to be flown home
She and six colleagues will be taken home from Victoria on a charter flight once their quarantine is over.
Practice nurse banned after hacking into GPs’ computers
She printed prescriptions for tramadol and other opioids for herself and a relative.
Many GP nurses still doing fewer hours than before COVID-19
This is despite MBS funding for practice nurse telehealth, says APNA president Karen Booth.
Nurses detail hotel quarantine PPE chaos
Victoria's COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Inquiry hears there was insufficient infection control equipment and masks protocols were commonly breached
Endoscopic procedures: Should nurses administer propofol?
Endoscopists from an Australian hospital say guidelines should be changed to allow them to direct nurses to perform sedation.
Many UK healthcare workers may have had COVID-19 but not known
Loss of smell is a recognised symptom of COVID-19 in the UK. However, it was only added to the official list of symptoms on 18…
Nurse accused of poisoning his wife with IV sedative
Sydney ICU nurse is alleged to have given his wife a propofol drip, telling her it was saline, hears court.
Call for healthcare professionals to be ‘top priority’ for COVID-19 vax
'No ifs or buts' - they have to be first to have the coronavirus vaccine, says global nurses' group.
Health organisation failed murdered nurse, inquest hears
SA's Nganampa Health Council is accused of putting the welfare of the community ahead of the safety of healthcare workers.
