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4 Self-Care Tips for Travel Nurses While on Assignment

The Gypsy Nurse

Self-care is often pushed to the back burner by many people, including nurses. As travel nurses, you always care for others, but taking care of yourself is just as important, if not more important. If you don’t take care of yourself, you will not care for those who rely on you. Being on the road while on a travel nurse assignment can make it harder to care for yourself.

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Staff shortage hits hospital in SA

Nursing Review

Staff shortages at a regional South Australian hospital have prompted the nurses union to launch a petition demanding the government intervene. Mount Gambier Hospital, located south-east of Adelaide, needs another 36 full-time nurses and midwives to fill their roster, with 7.7 of those full-time equivalent positions in the emergency department. The SA branch of the Australian Nurses and Midwifery Federation (ANMFSA) launched a petition calling for improved relocation allowances and better assist

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