Lowering a veil on men's right to see justice being delivered is a somewhat poorly written but interesting article written by the the Herald Sun's Andrew Bolt today ( Read more... )

To quote Justine Caines, Founding Member of whatwomenwant.org.au:

"We have just (and yes I mean in the last 24 hours) been advised that Nicola Roxon will put amendments to the midwifery legislation that will REQUIRE a midwife claiming Medicare to work WITH either an Obstetrician or GP. It is not work FOR (ie in their office) but it will be to ( Read more... )

I GOT MY FIRST PREFERENCE FOR GRADUATE PLACEMENT!!I'll be working at a different hospital to the one I did my training at, which is brilliant. They actually called me prior to the internet release of computer match details, which I thought was really nice. Of course, I answered the phone with a cup of tea and a crumpet in my hand ... wasn't ( Read more... )

I thought you might be interested in these links. I've been a member of the Australian Tibet Council for many years, and it still shocks me how the Chinese occupation of Tibet has resulted in horrific violations of basic human rights. In 2001 Kham Aid started a program to train local Tibetan midwives so that those native women who would otherwise ( Read more... )

I missed out on a distinction in my first semester midwifery subject by three lousy percent. Do you have any idea how bad that feels when you're busy applying for grad years knowing people are going to be stewing over your academic transcript in mere weeks?

Bloody hell.

BEWARE, THE FOLLOWING LINK CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR S4 EP13 OF DW!!! These ( Read more... )

We were talking today in a uni tut how wrong it is that PCAs are legally exempt from litigation if they give medications to patients, where DIV2 nurses can be sued in instances of adverse reaction. Basically what the government is saying is that DIV2s should know better, so they get the stick ... whereas PCAs don't know anything so we can't hold ( Read more... )

The American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology reports findings of a recent study indicate that consuming just 200mg of caffeine daily during pregnancy can increase your rate of miscarriage from 12% to 25%This is roughly the amount of caffeine found in two cups of coffee or five cans of coca-cola/pepsi. It's important to remember that smaller ( Read more... )

I have absolutely no right to be this confident about my midwifery exam tomorrow. I've reached the point where I figure if I didn't learn it while I was doing it for a month solid on clinical, then I've got bigger problems cos I've treated dozens of people incorrectly ( Read more... )

Ack! What masochistic impulse drove me to enroll in Perioperative Nursing as opposed to Child and Adolescent Health ( Read more... )

On behalf of his mum, I'd like to ask you to pray/think of/send positive energy to:

Billy, twin of Theo, 10 weeks premWho will be undergoing heart surgery at the Royal Children's Hospital tomorrow, Thursday 11th October. He has already proven he is a fighter, but this is a big operation for a baby who weighs a touch over 1500g ... he needs all ( Read more... )