This week, Shaye sits down with Emergency nurse Steven Zorgios to talk about working in a busy Emergency Department during a pandemic. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association · The Shift with Shaye_Nursing in the time of COVID
This week on The Shift, Shaye speaks with nurse turned NSWNMA organiser Laura McKone about their time working the emergency wards together at the start of their careers. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association · The Shift with Shaye_Stories from Emergency
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has joined a growing number of health and community organisations to support the introduction of voluntary assisted dying legislation in NSW. In joining the NSW Voluntary Assisted Dying Alliance, NSWNMA General Secretary, Brett Holmes, said nurses and midwives were encouraging all parliamentarians to choose compassion over politics and […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has backed calls by community group, One New Eurobodalla hospital (ONE), for a review of staffing and health services proposed at the region’s only public hospital. NSWNMA members at Batemans Bay and Moruya fear the NSW government’s current hospital proposal will be inadequate to meet demand or the […]
Central Coast nurses and midwives hold grave concerns for safe patient care in Wyong Hospital’s new ‘Block H’ building, after serious staffing shortfalls were not addressed before moving into the facility last week. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) Wyong Hospital branch officials requested urgent briefings with Central Coast Local Health District, after more than […]
Click here to view the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association’s response to Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Healthcare: Updating Quality Use of Medicines Publications, about the guiding principles for medication management in residential aged care facilities.
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) welcomes the introduction of a draft bill to the NSW parliament today, which aims to give those suffering from terminal and incurable illnesses the ability to die with dignity. NSWNMA General Secretary, Brett Holmes, said nurses and midwives had expressed support for a compassionate law to be introduced […]
Nurses and midwives have described being ‘on tenterhooks’ about staffing shortages in Northern NSW public hospitals, while the state focuses on reopening after 15 weeks in lockdown. NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) members have urged local communities to exercise caution from next Monday, worried any spike in COVID-19 hospitalisations could overwhelm the health system […]
The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA) has renewed calls for the state government to fast-track the remainder of a nursing and midwifery workforce ‘boost’, following the release of hospital data outlining the widespread pressures across public hospitals. The latest Bureau of Health Information quarterly report shows even prior to the extraordinary strain of the […]
The Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF) is calling on all Federal Senators to support a private member’s bill, the Aged Care Amendment (Registered Nurses Ensuring Quality Care) Bill 2021, scheduled to be introduced by Senator Rex Patrick today (1 September, 2021). There is currently no national law requiring registered nurses to be rostered in nursing homes […]
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