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Mother diagnosed with cancer after blood found in her stool during pregnancy

A 37-year-old nurse booked a colonoscopy after noticing the symptoms while she was pregnant

The Independent UK · Feb 6, 2023

Where are nurses on strike today? Search your hospital on interactive map

Tens of thousands of nurses and ambulance staff in England are set to walk out today, with nurses due to strike again tomorrow - use our handy postcode search to find out if nurses at your local hospital are on strike

Daily Mirror · Feb 6, 2023

With the training to diagnose, test, prescribe and discharge, nurse practitioners could help rescue rural health

It can be tough to access front-line health care outside the cities and suburbs. For the seven million Australians living in rural communities there are significant challenges in accessing health care due to serious workforce shortages, geographic isolation and socioeconomic disadvantage. This results in rural people having poorer quality of…

The Conversation · Feb 6, 2023

‘It’s soul destroying’: why so many NHS staff are off sick with burnout

Doctors, paramedics and nurses explain the stress and anxiety of working in a system that has reached breaking point

The Guardian - UK · Feb 5, 2023

Nurses launch NSW election ad campaign

The NSW Nurses and Midwives Association has launched a pre-election TV ad campaign calling for staff-patient ratios in public hospitals.

AAP · Feb 4, 2023

Nurses leaders urge Rishi Sunak to step in to avert NHS strike

Royal College of Nursing general secretary Pat Cullen said a ‘meaningful’ pay offer can stop the walkout.

The Independent UK · Feb 4, 2023

Iowa Alzheimer's care facility is fined $10,000 after pronouncing a living woman dead

The woman was unresponsive, and nurses were unable to detect her breathing. A state agency report found the facility "failed to ensure residents received dignified treatment and care at end of life."

WEKU · Feb 4, 2023

Massachusetts mother to be arraigned Tuesday; meds trapped her in ‘a living hell,’ lawyer says

BOSTON — The meds that Duxbury mother Lindsay Clancy was taking were “absolutely staggering” giving her homicidal and suicidal “ideations” turning the labor nurse into a “zombie,” her defense lawyer told the Herald Friday.

Boston Herald · Feb 3, 2023

Doctor unable to ‘truly explain’ baby girl’s death, murder trial jury told

Lucy Letby, 33, is alleged to have murdered seven babies and attempted to kill 10 others.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

Lindsay Clancy was overmedicated on array of prescription drugs when she killed children, lawyer claims

The Massachusetts nurse was allegedly suffering from severe postpartum psychosis after giving birth to her youngest son

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023