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WEEK COMMENCING 04 APRIL 2009
Anxiety Disorders Association of Australia presents two topics: Anxiety and Depression & Social Phobia
8 April 2009
Bev Aisbett, author of 'Living With IT, Living IT Up, Letting IT Go' and 'Taming the Black Dog' discusses her new book released in Feb 08 ‘The Book of IT’. To be followed by Ruth Rosalin, Clinical Psychologist: Social Phobia - Debilitating symptoms.... Effective treatments!
Maternity Wars: Why homebirth could soon be illegal in Australia
7 April 2009
“When we go for anti-natal visits [with the midwife] it might take two hours- you just wouldn’t get that in the hospital system, at the moment,” said Rachel. However, under a federal government review on maternity services, come July 2010 homebirth will become illegal.
Prisoners should have access to Medicare: health group
7 April 2009
Prisoners should have access to Medicare, a leading public health body says. The Public Health Association of Australia will today urge the Rudd Government to inject more funds into the provision of health services for prisoners.
Infant iron levels worse than in Zimbabwe
7 April 2009
More than half the Aboriginal children under five in a large region of the Northern Territory are anaemic and face a substantial threat to their physical and mental development, a health service says.
Arthritis trial leads to potential cure for high blood pressure
6 April 2009
An Australian company may have stumbled across a cure for high blood pressure and heart disease during a clinical trial for osteoarthritis. The Elmore Oil Company, a Bendigo based company who manufactures a topical pain relief lotion for arthritis and muscular pain, recently undertook a double blind placebo controlled trial for their flagship product, Elmore Oil.
Elliott: Publishing quality data: Minister responds
6 April 2009
The Minister for Ageing, Mrs Justine Elliot said she was confident the aged care sector would see the merit of publication of quality data and it has been welcomed by consumer advocates.
Roxon: National effort to tackle eating disorders
6 April 2009
The Butterfly Foundation will lead a new national effort to tackle eating disorders. The Rudd Government will provide $3.5 million to boost action in this area over 4 years, including $500,000 to the Butterfly Foundation to establish a National Eating Disorders Collaboration.
Bed shortage as deadly as road toll, say doctors
6 April 2009
Hospital emergency department overcrowding is responsible for at least as many deaths every year as occur on Australian roads, doctors say.
Razor gang targets pathology test costs
6 April 2009
The budget razor gang is reviewing a $1.9 billion-a-year agreement governing publicly funded blood tests in Australia, suspending negotiations with pathologists over the next five-year deal as it struggles to rein in health costs.
Urgent summit needed on alcohol advertising
5 April 2009
The Australian Medical Association says the government must call an urgent summit on alcohol advertising.
Anti-vaccine groups blamed for spike in illnesses
5 April 2009
Parents who refuse to immunise their children are being blamed for outbreaks of the measles and whooping cough. Health officials have issued an urgent "measles alert" to schools, hospital emergency departments and GPs across the state in a bid to contain the highly contagious illnesses.
Govts urged to lighten loads in emergency departments
5 April 2009
Some of Australia leading health care professionals have called on federal and state governments to divert more resources into reducing the strain on emergency departments in hospitals across the country.
Social housing investment 'will reduce homeless numbers'
4 April 2009 11:25pm AEDT
Construction has begun on thousands of new homes for homeless people and low income earners across the nation. State and territory governments will contribute to the building of the homes, which will be rented by people on low incomes and the homeless.
International news
World's first simultaneous hands and face transplant
7 April 2009
A patient in France received the world's first simultaneous transplants of a new face and both hands including the wrists, the hospital where the surgery took place announced.
California nursing grads see job choices wilt in broken economy
6 April 2009
A big nursing shortage may be on the horizon, but RN grads in California are finding job choices dwindling as the economy slides and hospitals tighten spending to ride out a deepening recession.
US: What RNs can learn from the ‘slow medicine’ movement
6 April 2009
Dennis McCullough, MD posits that although “fast medicine” has its place in emergencies and curative procedures, too much intervention, such as overly aggressive treatment of chronic illness, can result in unnecessary hospitalization and decreased quality of life, particularly for fragile elders. “Slow medicine” includes concepts such as “active bedside listening” and “responsible observation vs. premature intervention,” among many others.
As white-hot nursing market cools, a job is no longer a sure thing
5 April 2009
Faculty at Johns Hopkins University pulled in 100 students for a meeting last month to calm their fears about the job market. Their advice: Apply for any open position, be persistent in calling employers and consider moving to Texas or the Midwest where there is more demand.
Cisco aims to improve nurse communications
4 April 2009
A survey commission by Cisco shows that patient care can be hindered and hours wasted by poor communications technologies for nurses. The vendor wants to change that with the Cisco Nurse Connect solution, which integrates nurse communications applications onto Cisco’s wireless IP phones. The Cisco offering will help nurses improve communications with patients and caregivers, and reduce the amount of time nurses have to spend tracking down information from other people.
US: Jobs scarce, even for nurses
5 April 2009
For more than a decade as she raised two children, Sue Estes heard one story after another about how hospitals were desperately short of nurses. They were getting signing bonuses, their pay was soaring to levels unheard of during Estes's years as a nurse, and bulging benefit packages now included 401(k)s [salary sacrificing]. This year, ready to return to work, she has heard a different story.
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