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Australian Pharmaceutical Industries Limited has a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) with which it must deal.

Geelong nursing and midwifery students will receive more realistic training following the opening of simulated hospital wards at Deakin University’s waterfront campus. The state-of-the-art simulation centre will provide students with examples of real-life patient scenarios they might face on the job. Interim head of Deakin’s School of Nursing and Midwifery, Professor Nikki Phillips, said the purpose-built centre provided a safe, supportive and realistic environment for students to develop core skills.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from the Royal Flying Doctors Service of Australia, Central Operations Aircraft Engineers Enterprise Agreement 2018 has received the nod from Fair Work Commissioner Harper-Greenwell in Melbourne on 15 May 2018.

The latest cohort of nurses and midwives has started work today in the Far North. More than 40 new registered nurses and midwives gathered at Cairns Hospital this morning for orientation before commencing duties at health facilities across the region. About 60 per cent of the group — the second intake for 2018 — are under 25, with the youngest aged 20 and oldest over 45 years. They will be employed on 12-month contracts, with some working in areas such as intensive care, medical and surgical wards, or at rural hospitals such as Babinda and Mossman. The nurses and midwives will be supported by staff included clinical facilitators, nurse educators, and nurse preceptors, to assist them in workshops, clinical days, reflective journaling and debriefing sessions.

Anglicare Victoria has a s.372 (Application to deal with other contravention disputes) it must resolve before Fair Work Deputy President Hamilton in Court 3 & Conference Room B – Level 6 in Melbourne (Karner).

Aged care nurses and carers have rallied in Melbourne, calling for laws to ensure minimum staffing ratios in private nursing homes.

A s.185 (Enterprise agreement) application from Medea Park Association Incorporated T/A Medea Park for its Medea Park Association Incorporated Nurses Agreement 2016 Deputy President Beaumont in Perth on 15 May 2018.

Nurses at the new $2.4 billion Royal Adelaide Hospital have warned that they will escalate a campaign over patient care policies if they are not satisfied with a formal response from the Health ­Department due today. The nurses’ union, which met with SA Health representatives on Monday, will resume crisis talks this morning in a bid to avert an escalation in a campaign to highlight chronic overcrowding, inefficient patient flow and a lack of available beds at the hospital, which opened in September.