Extra 2,000 RNs to be upskilled to work in intensive care to meet COVID-19 demand
An extra 2,000 free online training places to rapidly upskill registered nurses to enable them to work in intensive care units and support Australia’s COVID-19 surge capacity will be made available to ensure areas most in need are prioritised. The federal government launched an online training program on April 2 offering 20,000 RNs the opportunity […]
‘It felt like Armageddon’: Responding to Australia’s bushfire crisis
NSW registered nurse Diane Lang was working a routine night-shift on the surgical ward at South East Regional Hospital in Bega on New Year’s Eve as bushfires razed towns along the coast. “Because I was on night-shift and I was isolated I didn’t really know what was happening except that I could see the sky […]