Tag: Nursing
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Man who buried 17-year-old girl alive sentenced to seven years
Overview of the Case A Haifa District Court has sentenced Edward Kachura, a psychiatric nurse, to seven years in prison for the negligent homicide of a 17-year-old patient in 2021. The court found that Kachura’s actions, described by prosecutors as a grave negligence, led to the girl being buried in sand and left to suffocate.…
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Nothing Could Prepare a Nurse for a Mastectomy: A Candid Look Inside Care and Courage
Unseen Realities Behind a Mastectomy When healthcare professionals stand beside patients facing a mastectomy, they often offer strength, expertise, and reassurance. Yet even those who spend their careers in operating rooms can feel unprepared for the personal and emotional weight of the procedure. Kerry Noble, a theatre coordinator and senior sister at a prominent hospital…
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Nothing Could Have Prepared Me for a Mastectomy: A Nurse’s Perspective
Introduction: A Reality Beneath the Ward Light When a mastectomy is performed, it is often framed in terms of medical necessity and results. Behind the clinical statistics, however, are individuals whose lives are changed in an instant. Kerry Noble, a theatre coordinator and senior sister at Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital (QEQM), recently spoke…
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Buzzer-Beater Deal: Alberta Nursing Care Staff Reaches Tentative Agreement to End Strike
A dramatic turn in Alberta’s healthcare labor dispute In what many observers are calling a buzzer-beater moment for Alberta’s nursing care staff, negotiators announced a tentative agreement to end the province’s striking workers’ stand-off. The talks, which intensified over the past several days, culminated in a deal that aims to address wage pressures, nurse-to-patient ratios,…
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Alberta nursing staff reach tentative deal to end strike
Buzzer Beater Moment as Alberta Nursing Staff Reach Tentative Deal In a dramatic turn reminiscent of a last-second buzzer beater, Alberta’s nursing care staff have reached a tentative agreement aimed at ending a prolonged strike that had unsettled patients and healthcare facilities across the province. The deal, still to be ratified by union members, signals…
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Alberta Nursing Care Workers Reach Tentative Deal Ending Strike Standoff
Introduction: A Long Negotiation Hurts Patients, Not Just Schedules When a labour dispute disrupts essential services, the effects ripple through communities. In Alberta, the tentative deal reached to end the strike by nursing and care staff underscores how critical frontline healthcare workers are to the daily functioning of the system. The negotiations, long and intricate,…
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Singapore to Review Nursing Career Model Under Rahayu Mahzam
Singapore Adapts its Nursing Career Path to Elevate Clinical Excellence Singapore is set to review its nursing career model, a move that aims to empower clinicians to reach peak professional and clinical performance. Led by the Standing Committee for Nursing and overseen by Health Minister Rahayu Mahzam, the review will examine how nurses can advance…
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Singapore Nursing Career Model Review: A Path to Peak Clinical Excellence
Singapore to Review Nursing Career Model and Elevate Clinical Excellence The government of Singapore has announced a comprehensive review of the nursing career model, signaling a strategic push to raise clinical excellence while supporting nurses’ wellbeing and professional growth. Led by key health officials, the review aims to map a clearer path for nurses to…
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Nurses Could Quit UK Over Immigration Plan, Sparking NHS Crisis
Rising fears of a mass exodus among UK nurses New research suggests that up to 50,000 nurses could leave the United Kingdom in response to the government’s tightened immigration proposals. The potential exodus threatens to plunge the National Health Service (NHS) into its largest workforce crisis in modern times, jeopardising patient care and longer waiting…
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Male nurse charged over alleged rapes of two elderly women at Greenslopes hospital
Brisbane nurse charged over alleged rapes at Greenslopes Private Hospital A 41-year-old male nurse has been charged in connection with alleged sexual assaults on two elderly women at Greenslopes Private Hospital in Brisbane’s south. The charges, brought after police investigations, allege that the offences occurred on two separate dates in 2020 when the women, both…