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Working in an acute area which has lost over 50% of its dedicated staff (who chose this area of practice) & none have been replaced. We are all being ...more
Working in an acute area which has lost over 50% of its dedicated staff (who chose this area of practice) & none have been replaced. We are all being treated as a number and unfortunately that will result in less experienced care and no newbies we can pass on our years of expertise to.
Anonymous, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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It is the right thing to do.
One day our lives depend on them ?? ...more
It is the right thing to do.
One day our lives depend on them ??
Julie, New Port
Someone who has received care
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You are always so happy and smiley. Your dedication and sincerity is unbelievable. Thank you for everything you do. ...more
You are always so happy and smiley. Your dedication and sincerity is unbelievable. Thank you for everything you do.
Helen, Sellicks Beach
Concerned community member
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They are such dedicated professionals. They deserve support and protection in the workplace and in the community. Don't let our nurses down. ...more
They are such dedicated professionals. They deserve support and protection in the workplace and in the community. Don't let our nurses down.
Caroline, South Australia
Concerned community member
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You cannot put a price on health. ...more
You cannot put a price on health.
Nick, Gulfview Heights
Concerned community member
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We stand with the nurses!! ...more
We stand with the nurses!!
Allegra, Highbury
Concerned community member
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They do a great job - they need good salaries and well resourced hospitals to have a good nurse/patient ratio. ...more
They do a great job - they need good salaries and well resourced hospitals to have a good nurse/patient ratio.
Jack, West Croydon
Concerned community member
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Our community deserves good effective healthcare, to deliver that we need a strong nursing force, well trained and treated fairly.
Who have had at ...more
Our community deserves good effective healthcare, to deliver that we need a strong nursing force, well trained and treated fairly.
Who have had at least 1 weekend off a month to spend time with their friends and family, to have at least 2 days off in a row to try and gain back healthy circadian rhythms. Who have enough time in between a late and early shift to get some sleep, keeping 10 hour nights aids this. As 8 hour nights is not enough time to get home, unwind, sleep and return to work for another 8 hour day.
Crystal, Seaford rise
Nurse/midwife
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It's an utter disgrace they have to fight for a fair go! ...more
It's an utter disgrace they have to fight for a fair go!
Anonymous , Streaky Bay
Nurse/midwife
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I do not go to work to be yelled at, pushed, crated, bitten, kicked or told to fu.. off. The injuries I have received over the years have been caused ...more
I do not go to work to be yelled at, pushed, crated, bitten, kicked or told to fu.. off. The injuries I have received over the years have been caused by un safe staffing. And when things go wrong it is always the nurse who is at fault not the hierarchy.
Elizabeth, 5049
Nurse/midwife
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I am a nurse and to provide client-focused care need better staffing levels that support clients in the community and prevent avoidable hospital admis ...more
I am a nurse and to provide client-focused care need better staffing levels that support clients in the community and prevent avoidable hospital admission and reduce bed days which is cost saving for the government
Ann, Loxton
Nurse/midwife
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Wendy, Murray Bridge
Nurse/midwife
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We need to secure safe levels of appropriately skilled staff to patient ratios to be able to maintain high quality care, in a safe environment. Nurses ...more
We need to secure safe levels of appropriately skilled staff to patient ratios to be able to maintain high quality care, in a safe environment. Nurses deal with all aspects of patient care, its not a glamorous job.... it's hard work, dirty work, dangerous work, tiring work, rotating shifts. We do it because we care and can see the rewards of the improved health of patients. The Government has increased our parking fees over 100%, placing financial hardship on staff. But not willing to pay nurses appropriately for the work they perform. Nurses are professionals with highly specialised skills, without skilled nurses our hospitals systems would decline rapidly, we need to retain a high quality health system. The government needs to support nurses and the health system by accepting our EB
Sal, Para Hills
Nurse/midwife
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Working Conditions are increasingly unsustainable and becoming dangerous. Increasing pressure is being applied to staff to ‘just cope’, with no soluti ...more
Working Conditions are increasingly unsustainable and becoming dangerous. Increasing pressure is being applied to staff to ‘just cope’, with no solution to resolve the stressful overwhelming situation.
I am a nurse/midwife of over 35 years dedicated service in the public hospital system and I can categorically state this will make people leave
Joyleen , Mt Gambier
Nurse/midwife
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I do not think there is anywhere enough staff in any of the hospitals. As the mother of a nurse who was attacked awhile ago, I speak from experience. ...more
I do not think there is anywhere enough staff in any of the hospitals. As the mother of a nurse who was attacked awhile ago, I speak from experience.
J. Moore, Newton
Concerned community member
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We need more health care professionals and a higher staff to patient ratio to provide a better and more efficient service in our public hospital syste ...more
We need more health care professionals and a higher staff to patient ratio to provide a better and more efficient service in our public hospital system.
Jasna, Magill
Concerned community member
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These people are under enormous amounts of pressure for very little return. Without them, many of us wouldn't be here! ...more
These people are under enormous amounts of pressure for very little return. Without them, many of us wouldn't be here!
Anonymous, Eastwood
Concerned community member
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They are a very valuable resource to our society. ...more
They are a very valuable resource to our society.
Luke, Golden Grove
Concerned community member
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With you all - all the way. ...more
With you all - all the way.
Joan, Goolwa
Concerned community member
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My mum has just spent 6 weeks in hospital and the nurses were wonderful, they do a great job and boy they put up with a lot of crap but they are alway ...more
My mum has just spent 6 weeks in hospital and the nurses were wonderful, they do a great job and boy they put up with a lot of crap but they are always smiling and friendly. The nurses helped me as well especially when things got tough they deserve everything they ask for. Great job everyone and thank you for taking good care of mum
Amanda, Adelaide
Someone who has received care
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We work hard for the little appreciation we get ...more
We work hard for the little appreciation we get
Kate, Morphett Vale
Nurse/midwife
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We have to be united and have our voices heard, im aged care our residents are getting younger stronger and its unsafe for staff, we are getting hit p ...more
We have to be united and have our voices heard, im aged care our residents are getting younger stronger and its unsafe for staff, we are getting hit punched spat on and abused with no support
Kate, Morphett vale
Nurse/midwife
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Tania, South Australia
Concerned community member
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Karen, South Australia
Concerned community member
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Peter, South Australia
Concerned community member
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I love the nurses and doctors. I've spent time in my local hospital and it all starts with the care and compassion from my local doctor who sent me to ...more
I love the nurses and doctors. I've spent time in my local hospital and it all starts with the care and compassion from my local doctor who sent me to the hospital. There I received the best care from doctors nurses etc.
They are my angels and I wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for these angels. Thank you thank you thank you. Continue your fight for recognition I'm behind you 100%
Fay, South Australia
Concerned community member
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I have spent several weeks in hospital this year & am very grateful for the wonderful for all they did for me. ...more
I have spent several weeks in hospital this year & am very grateful for the wonderful for all they did for me.
Lorraine, Salisbury
Someone who has received care
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As a graduate nurse, I would like to be assured that my future career will be a safe one, where I can focus more on the care I provide to my patients, ...more
As a graduate nurse, I would like to be assured that my future career will be a safe one, where I can focus more on the care I provide to my patients, rather than focus on the conditions we are currently faced with.
Josh, Glengowrie
Nurse/midwife
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We are frightened To come to work because even giving our absolute best care and effort we still leave unsatisfied and in tears we can’t provide the c ...more
We are frightened To come to work because even giving our absolute best care and effort we still leave unsatisfied and in tears we can’t provide the care we want to due to unsafe workloads and staffing. I don’t want to feel responsible for someone’s death because I couldn’t cope with my unrealistic workload
Anonymous , Regional
Nurse/midwife
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because working a double shift and working 18 hours in 24 hours is not acceptable and dangerous why are we reduced to this ...more
because working a double shift and working 18 hours in 24 hours is not acceptable and dangerous why are we reduced to this
Anonymous , Regional
Nurse/midwife
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I am a nurse, we are under staffed, under paid and under appreciated. We only do the job because we have a desire to help our patients and we believe ...more
I am a nurse, we are under staffed, under paid and under appreciated. We only do the job because we have a desire to help our patients and we believe we believe in ourselves. We are not robots, we are human beings who want to be recognised for the difference we make in our patient’s lives.
Sally, Largs North
Nurse/midwife
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Most underrated and unappreciated group of professionals. Our health is in their hands!!!! Get Real!!! ...more
Most underrated and unappreciated group of professionals. Our health is in their hands!!!! Get Real!!!
Peter, Hawthorndene
Concerned community member
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Nurses and Midwives are a critical part of patient care; Nurses and Midwives should always have opportunities for career progression and ratios that e ...more
Nurses and Midwives are a critical part of patient care; Nurses and Midwives should always have opportunities for career progression and ratios that ensure that services to patients are best practice.
Katie, Salisbury
Concerned community member
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They deserve more money for all the extra work they do, they go above and beyond!! ...more
They deserve more money for all the extra work they do, they go above and beyond!!
Rosa, Magill
Concerned community member
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Truly remarkable people!!
I stand by our nurses & midwives!! ...more
Truly remarkable people!!
I stand by our nurses & midwives!!
David, Linden Park
Concerned community member
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I believe nurses & midwives are under appreciated for what they do everyday! My partner is a nurse & she works very hard & very passionate of her job ...more
I believe nurses & midwives are under appreciated for what they do everyday! My partner is a nurse & she works very hard & very passionate of her job so SA Health do your bits & support our nurses & midwives. Give a pay rise & better work conditions.
Nathan, Lower Mitcham
Concerned community member
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Nurses are very important!!
They need all the support we and you can give them!! ...more
Nurses are very important!!
They need all the support we and you can give them!!
Anna, Kensington
Concerned community member
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It's time to revive our health care system & improve staff numbers for better outcomes. ...more
It's time to revive our health care system & improve staff numbers for better outcomes.
A, Hectorville
Concerned community member
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The nurses are truly angels who help not only their patients but also family who are in need of comfort and understanding. I would not have been able ...more
The nurses are truly angels who help not only their patients but also family who are in need of comfort and understanding. I would not have been able to cope with the serious illness that my husband and my son were going through without the nurses help. We owe them a huge debt of gratitude.
Barbara, Adelaide
Concerned community member
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Our local nurses were an immeasurable support to our family while my husband's father was ill and then through the palliative process. Didn't matter i ...more
Our local nurses were an immeasurable support to our family while my husband's father was ill and then through the palliative process. Didn't matter if they were understaffed, short-staffed due to colleague's illness, they were there. Never rushed in explaining things to us, happy to explain things again if we didn't understand. Absolute angels not supported enough by their employers.
Cindy, Port Augusta
Concerned community member
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If people can't be assured their safety is being put first and foremost, the sad reality is no-one will want to work in the sector. ...more
If people can't be assured their safety is being put first and foremost, the sad reality is no-one will want to work in the sector.
Elizabeth, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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My wife is nurse and i want safe working environment for her and i want her to come home happy..... ...more
My wife is nurse and i want safe working environment for her and i want her to come home happy.....
Garry, Westbourne park
Concerned community member
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I wouldn't want to be a patient in a hospital that has understaffing ...more
I wouldn't want to be a patient in a hospital that has understaffing
Anonymous, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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We've had a big loss of senior nursing staff and that is having a significant flow-on effect. ...more
We've had a big loss of senior nursing staff and that is having a significant flow-on effect.
Anonymous, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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I witness daily young nurses being abused in the pursuit of trying to care for patients. ...more
I witness daily young nurses being abused in the pursuit of trying to care for patients.
Anonymous, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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I'm really concerned about young nurses and how they are going to deal with the ongoing issues. ...more
I'm really concerned about young nurses and how they are going to deal with the ongoing issues.
Anonymous, Regional SA
Nurse/midwife
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For patients, you don't get the level of care you should expect, so that's what we worry about all the time. ...more
For patients, you don't get the level of care you should expect, so that's what we worry about all the time.
Anonymous, Regional SA
Nurse/midwife
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People are just terrified with the concept of getting of getting to work...even in the workplace people are feeling scare and vulnerable. ...more
People are just terrified with the concept of getting of getting to work...even in the workplace people are feeling scare and vulnerable.
Elizabeth, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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The significant price hike of car parking costs by approximately 20% - that's at least $700 additional costs. ...more
The significant price hike of car parking costs by approximately 20% - that's at least $700 additional costs.
Elizabeth, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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Nursing staff are getting threatened with knives, king-hit, punched on the floor, strangled, pushed. ...more
Nursing staff are getting threatened with knives, king-hit, punched on the floor, strangled, pushed.
Anonymous, Metropolitan SA
Nurse/midwife
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There is insufficient staffing, which means we have to do extended shifts, which only adds to the level of fatigue we all feel. ...more
There is insufficient staffing, which means we have to do extended shifts, which only adds to the level of fatigue we all feel.
Anonymous, Metropolitan SA
Nurse/midwife
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We’ve got nurses on the floor who are doing overtime or double shifts and getting exhausted. ...more
We’ve got nurses on the floor who are doing overtime or double shifts and getting exhausted.
Anonymous, Regional SA
Nurse/midwife
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Patients don’t get the level of care you should expect—and that’s what we worry about all the time. ...more
Patients don’t get the level of care you should expect—and that’s what we worry about all the time.
Anonymous, Regional SA
Nurse/midwife
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They are on the frontline of care. The saying, "Nursed back to health" is true! ...more
They are on the frontline of care. The saying, "Nursed back to health" is true!
Chris, Semaphore
Concerned community member
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They do so much for the people. I should know. My dad is unwell and I have had great support from them. Without them I’m lost and my dad may not prolo ...more
They do so much for the people. I should know. My dad is unwell and I have had great support from them. Without them I’m lost and my dad may not prolong his life, so I support you all. Great Workers. Great people.
Catharina , Parafield Gardens
Concerned community member
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Protect our nurses with better wages and more security!!! Nurses are the life blood of the hospital and community care. ...more
Protect our nurses with better wages and more security!!! Nurses are the life blood of the hospital and community care.
Kaz, Modbury
Concerned community member
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Government is not listening to the nurses who are the most aware of patient’s needs. ...more
Government is not listening to the nurses who are the most aware of patient’s needs.
Gary, Blackwood
Concerned community member
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We need to increase the safety of patients. We need better staff patient ratios and better working conditions for nurses, which translates to better s ...more
We need to increase the safety of patients. We need better staff patient ratios and better working conditions for nurses, which translates to better safety for patients.
Claire, Blackwood
Nurse/midwife
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You, the Government of this state, are putting us, its citizens, into harms way. Capping staffing stretches nurses from a sound working platform to a ...more
You, the Government of this state, are putting us, its citizens, into harms way. Capping staffing stretches nurses from a sound working platform to a very stressed one. Cutting shifts reduces staff which will exacerbate this pathway. Denying them the right to alternative work when redundancy becomes inevitable is just a slap in the face, a threat to their home life with their family and to their personal security. You hired them, surely you can take some serious responsibility, not have their skills and experience fall away.
Denis, Humbug Scrub
Concerned community member
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Overworked and underpaid. ...more
Overworked and underpaid.
Santosh, Parafield Gardens
Nurse/midwife
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All the government want is to take more away from our nurses. If we didn’t have nurses we wouldn’t have hospitals. Next the government will want to p ...more
All the government want is to take more away from our nurses. If we didn’t have nurses we wouldn’t have hospitals. Next the government will want to put nursing out to the public sector.
Peter, Greenwith
Concerned community member
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They are angels to those who are sick. Without them society is nothing. ...more
They are angels to those who are sick. Without them society is nothing.
Rhiana, Wynn Vale
Someone who has received care
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I have just been notified by a staff member that they had just completed a 16.75 hour stint.
Starting at 0900 yesterday and finishing at 01.45 this ...more
I have just been notified by a staff member that they had just completed a 16.75 hour stint.
Starting at 0900 yesterday and finishing at 01.45 this morning with no breaks, then having to front up after an 8 hour break.
This is an unsafe practice that has implications for both staff and patients.
What other industry allows this to occur.
Anonymous, Regional SA
Nurse/midwife
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They are the backbone to our health system and deserve to be remunerated as such!! Respect, Pay & Thanks ...more
They are the backbone to our health system and deserve to be remunerated as such!! Respect, Pay & Thanks
Christine, Parafield Gardens
Concerned community member
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Our hospital management does not have a backup plan for theatre nursing staff who are fatigued due to working excessive hours while on call. There is ...more
Our hospital management does not have a backup plan for theatre nursing staff who are fatigued due to working excessive hours while on call. There is no-one else to call during the night if nurses have worked long unsafe hours. Whose responsibility is it to keep patients safe when staff are fatigued, yet the employer has not provided a backup in a situation they know is potentially unsafe? My own experience of this was during a shift which lasted 22 hours. We told the shift coordinator we needed someone to relieve us, and she responded, “Who do you expect me to call at this time of night?” We had no choice but to carry on.
Anonymous, Regional SA
Nurse/midwife
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Without the skills, without the people with these skills, we can't provide the level of care that people require. ...more
Without the skills, without the people with these skills, we can't provide the level of care that people require.
Anonymous, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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Julian, Hove
Other health professional
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Kirsten, Barossa
Other health professional
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They're trying to do something they're not experienced to do because there's not enough senior people ...more
They're trying to do something they're not experienced to do because there's not enough senior people
Anonymous, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, Hampstead
Nurse/midwife
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We are short of staff and find it very hard to retain staff because of the variance of what we have to do in our country site. ...more
We are short of staff and find it very hard to retain staff because of the variance of what we have to do in our country site.
Anonymous, Regional SA
Nurse/midwife
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We are losing a lot of skills by people heading towards retirement that aren't being replaced. ...more
We are losing a lot of skills by people heading towards retirement that aren't being replaced.
Anonymous, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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A big influx of unskilled, non-trained mental health nurses are coming in, putting patient safety at risk. ...more
A big influx of unskilled, non-trained mental health nurses are coming in, putting patient safety at risk.
Enrolled Nurse, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife
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You can miss things if you have too many people to look after. ...more
You can miss things if you have too many people to look after.
Anonymous, Adelaide
Nurse/midwife