GPs excluded as govt signs $7 million deal for nurse-led urgent care clinics
A Medicare urgent care centre contract worth $7.1 million has gone to five nurse-led walk-in clinics with no plans to recruit any GPs. The ACT…
Tag: Nurses
Nurse sanctioned for secretly diluting COVID-19 vaccines with saline
A nurse diluted COVID-19 vaccines with saline after tricking a pharmacist into leaving the room during a vaccination appointment, a tribunal has found. The nurse…
‘Angels of death’: Why do healthcare workers kill those they are meant to protect?
“This was a cruel, calculated and cynical campaign of child murder … There was a deep malevolence bordering on sadism in your actions.” These were…
Mark Butler wants to ‘unleash’ pharmacists and nurses with scope of practice review
Pharmacists and nurses will be able to push for more GP-type roles as part of a Federal Government review into scope of practice. Minister for Health…
Nurses’ plan to prescribe under supervision too risky, doctors warn
Proposals to let registered nurses prescribe under supervision could put GPs at risk of lawsuits and higher indemnity premiums, the AMA is warning. The Nursing…
Nurses confident on forming own political party
WA nurses are backing a move to form a political party to contest the state election, their union says. The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) is…
N95 mask triggers anaphylactic reaction in nurse: Australian case study
Wearing an N95 mask for hours is never fun. But spare a thought for this Australian nurse whose respirator triggered an anaphylactic response. One hour…
Nurse awarded $1.6 million after being injured while restraining patient
A nurse who overcame a traumatic upbringing to land her “dream job” has been awarded $1.6 million in damages after she was injured while helping…
Doctors cry foul after nurse walk-in centres win urgent care clinic funding
Doctors have accused public nurse-led clinics of “hiding a GP out the back” to secure extra funding as Medicare urgent care clinics. The Federal Government’s…
Nurse who stole 25 face masks during pandemic ‘not fit to practise’: tribunal
An experienced nurse supervisor has been rapped for manipulating nursing students into helping her steal 25 face masks from hospital stocks during the pandemic. Amid a…
