Ill woman needed closer monitoring: nurse A psychiatric nurse has told a coronial inquest Yorta Yorta woman Veronica Nelson should have been more closely monitored in the Dame Phyllis Frost Centre. AAP · May 6, 2022
All efforts on to secure nurse’s release, says Jaishankar Nimishapriya sentenced to death in Yemen on murder charge The Hindu · May 5, 2022
Seven nurses a week being assaulted in Irish hospitals The INMO has warned of a rise in assaults on nurses, saying overcrowding in hospitals guarantees 'adverse reactions' Irish Mirror · May 5, 2022
Scots nurse has brain tumour removed after 'feeling unwell during hospital nightshift' Brave Fern Cameron is now raising money for charity after the shock diagnosis last year. Daily Record · May 5, 2022
At US hospitals, a drug mix-up is just a few keystrokes away More than four years ago, Tennessee nurse RaDonda Vaught typed two letters into a hospital’s computerized medication cabinet, selected the wrong drug from the search results, and gave a patient a fatal dose. Tribune News Service · May 5, 2022
World War II nurse celebrates her 100th birthday by doing a skydive She always vowed that she would leap out of a plane if she made it to 100 Daily Record · May 5, 2022
The fight goes on for frustrated nurses and midwives Nursing and midwifery on the 'brink of collapse', nurses union warns. Newcastle Herald · May 5, 2022
No action over Gayle Woodford's death SafeWork SA has decided not to take action against an outback health organisation over the death of nurse Gayle Woodford in 2016. AAP · May 5, 2022
SafeWork SA decides not to prosecute APY Lands health service following murder of outback nurse The husband of outback nurse Gayle Woodford, who was killed in 2016 while working alone at night, has lashed out at a SafeWork SA decision not to prosecute her employer. ABC News · May 5, 2022
NSW nurses let down by report: Greens A parliamentary report into health outcomes in NSW rural and remote areas has failed to back a push by the nurses union for mandated nurse-to-patient ratios. AAP · May 4, 2022
World War II nurse who served on frontline celebrates her 100th birthday by skydiving Originally from England, Raymonde Sullivan, the former World War 2 nurse, made a promise to her friends if she was to ever hit her 100th birthday she would skydive Daily Mirror · May 4, 2022
Who are the nation’s nurses? Our nation, in numbers. USAFacts provides a comprehensive, nonpartisan view of the state of our union. USAFacts · May 4, 2022
Maryland prepares to increase its abortion capacity as future of Roe v. Wade in doubt BALTIMORE — Long before Monday night’s revelation that five U.S. Supreme Court justices are likely to overturn 50 years of legal precedent in Roe v. Wade, Democratic legislators had begun preparations for Maryland to accept more abortion-seekers from out of state. Tribune News Service · May 4, 2022
Nurse in court accused of 'altering medication chart to avoid disciplinary action' David Hamilton is alleged to have committed fraud in order to keep his job over 12 days in March last year Chronicle Live · May 4, 2022
Glasgow Live · May 4, 2022 Glasgow Queen Street tragedy as man dies after taking unwell at ticket office Staff at the station as well as an off-duty paramedic and nurse tried to resuscitate the man after he collapsed at the ticket office on Monday evening. Sadly the man was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2022 Gaia Pope sexually harassed while on psychiatric ward, inquest jury told Pope told nurse she had been target of inappropriate behaviour from male patient but no referral made
The Independent UK · May 4, 2022 Former Australian DJ admits battling ‘suicidal thoughts’ after tragic 2012 royal prank scandal Jacintha Saldanha, a nurse who answered the prank call, died by suicide three days later
Daily Mirror · May 4, 2022 DJ who prank called Brit nurse days before she took her life has suicidal thoughts Mel Greig had been working at Sydney's 2Day FM when she and colleague Mike Christian rang King Edward VII Hospital in London "to see how quickly we could get hung up on" and "to our surprise, we were immediately transferred to the private nurse of the Duchess (of Cambridge)"
Evening Standard · May 4, 2022 Mel Greig: Australian DJ behind royal prank spent years battling ‘suicidal thoughts’ An Australian radio DJ who made an ill-fated prank call to a British nurse days before she took her own life has said she spent the ensuing years "battling" for her life and struggling against "suicidal thoughts".
AAP · May 4, 2022 Nurse rebuffed over Melbourne prison death A registered nurse who assessed Veronica Nelson in the lead-up to her death says her repeated requests to give a statement in the aftermath were refused.
The Independent UK · May 4, 2022 Australian DJ behind royal prank spent years battling ‘suicidal thoughts’ Mel Greig was labelled a ‘murderer’ after a 2012 prank call to Jacintha Saldanha days before the nurse took her own life.
Daily Mirror · May 3, 2022 Mum and trainee nurse hospitalised with pancreatitis dies after 'five heart attacks' Jodie McCann, mum to four-year-old Freddie, had just enrolled as a nurse when she was admitted to hospital in March with acute pancreatitis and tragically died two weeks later
The Independent UK · May 3, 2022 Amber Heard’s nurse testifies about notes stating she was ‘jealous and anxious’ about Johnny Depp’s career Heard experienced ‘difficulty with jealousy issues and anxiety around fiance’s fame and ability to interact with females often’
Daily Record · May 3, 2022 Casualty star invites Scots Huntington’s Disease warrior to be extra on hit show Actor George Rainsford has struck up a friendship with Scots Huntington's warrior Gillian.
Daily Record · May 3, 2022 Scots cyclist who suffered 'horrific' leg fracture learns how to walk again Tom Walsh was dealt a life-changing injury following a cycling accident last year.