An Australian tourism agency has apologised after its nurse mates logo was removed from a travel nurse's kit because it "cannot be used by a new hire".The agency said it was "deeply sorry" and that it had no plans to re-purpose the nurse's badge.Photo: Supplied The logo was taken down from a nurse's travel nurse kit in Victoria last year,
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More than 100 nursing assistants from around the country have come out against a controversial new nursing cap, saying they are making nurses vulnerable to disease.Nursing assistants have been campaigning for more caps in recent months as the coronavirus pandemic has increased their workload.A total of 772 nurses and midwives in the United States have been infected, according to the
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Travel nurses are being urged to adopt a new approach to managing their chronic illnesses: using a travel pad.The new guidelines are being released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which says that use of a travel nurse's home-based travel pad has been shown to help manage a variety of conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, and even
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The median salary for the nurse in the health sector in Australia is expected, according to a new report.The Bureau of Statistics said in a release today that the median salary of the profession will rise to $31,000 over the next decade."The median salary will rise from $30.9 in 2025 to $32.4 by 2031," it said."As the population ages and
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Nurses are a growing and diverse group of doctors in the NHS, with an average pay of £7,300 in 2015.But the NHS pay scale has changed over the years, as nurses' wages have been gradually reduced in line with inflation.This infographic shows the scale of the NHS in 2016, how much nurses earn and how many NHS workers are paid
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A symbol for nurses was created to represent their commitment to the community, their caring, and their compassion.They are also symbols of compassion, a key attribute of a modern nursing profession.When a person needs help, they may not want to be alone.So, the nurse symbol is a way for people to express their desire to care for a patient.The symbol
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Health insurance companies are now taking on nurses by offering them lucrative jobs online.According to a new report from Bloomberg Businessweek, online nursing schools can earn up to $100,000 per year per student.The average salary for online nursing school graduates is $130,000, while the average salary of students in traditional public schools is $70,000.While these are very attractive salaries, they
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Happy Nurse Week, the National Nursies Day holiday, started in 1966 as a way to raise awareness of the work of nurses and to raise money for nurses' unions.Today, nurses work at home, at a nursing home, and on the job, and they make a lot of money doing it.And it's amazing. On this week's Happy Nurse Mates, we're celebrating our
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The nurse logo is changing.The company that makes the logo, the Nurses Association of the United States, is making the change to the new nursing home logo.Nursing homes and other health care facilities are now using a new nurse logo that uses the nurse's name instead of the nurse logo's "n" or "n".The new logo has the same rounded design,
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