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Articles in April, 2007 issue of Lamp, The

• Working for free
• Pay rises for further qualifications: union wins improved continuing education allowance in public health system
• 12% of kids work for nicks
• Health Care and the Law, 4th ed
• Nurses going green
  by Heidi Watson
• Future nurses get a head start
• Slow learners on nurse education: the Lamp asks an academic, undergraduate coordinator and nursing student for their perspective on the current state of nurse education
• Introducing our Country Music Queen: Leanne Coddington, RN at Tamworth Base hospital, was crowned Queen of Country Music at this year's Tamworth Country Music festival
• Diary dates
• No Medicare without smart card
• What's on this month
• Workers' comp changes under fire
• Always looking on the bright side of life
  by Belinda King
• Nurses the real winners in this election: one criteria underpins our campaigns: what's in the best interests of NSW nurses
  by Brett Holmes
• Support only a phone call away
• Protecting pay and conditions in aged care: aged care nurses need a union collective agreement to protect pay and conditions
• Even netballers fall foul of IR laws
• ACCCN's Critical Care Nursing
• Should NSW nurses have supported State Labor?
  by Chris Flannery
• Campaign to boost vaccinations
• Universities struggle as funding shrivels
• Outback and beyond thanks to Direct Debit: Direct Debit is the most convenient way to pay your union fees but switching to Direct Debit also won Jacqui Simpson a fabulous adventure holiday to Kakadu
• Toxicology Handbook
• Vaccinating needs debating
  by Rose Pitman
• UNE offers new postgraduate course
• Conditions safe under Symbion agreement: NSW nurses at Symbion win a union-negotiated collective agreement
• A lesson in xenophopia: Meg Collins recommends Freedom Writers, a story about how a naive teacher combats racial prejudice in the classroom
  by Meg Collins
• Vision tips for those in need
• 2000 faces of protest: 2000 faces show the human side of protest against John Howard's IR laws
• Tristar's double tragedy
• Health Promotion: Principles and Practice in the Australian Context
• More to aged care
  by Lucy Azares
• Scholarships for rural and lapsed nurses
• Thumbs down for aged care plan: union, employers blast government package
• Soaring with Beethoven: Beethoven's colourful and extraordinary last days are brought to life in Copying Beethoven, and his music will leave the audience soaring
  by Jennifer Nelson
• The WorkChoices battle continues
  by Rozlyn Norman
• Nurse 'trainees' on $300 a week: Visa system 'exploited' for cheap labour
• Agreement in the pipeline for baptist community services
  by Jacqui Du Bouley
• Addressing drug and alcohol problems at work: ACTU policy provides a fair and consultative approach to addressing drug and alcohol problems in the workplace
• Sick to Death: A Manipulative Surgeon and a Health System in Crisis, a Disaster Waiting to Happen
• Nepean knows its rights
  by Peter Mason
• Easier skills upgrade for rural nurses
• Slow learners on nurse education: politicians love to talk up the number of university places when it comes to nurse education but underfunding by the federal government is critical to the quality of nurse education. The Lamp investigates
• Ask Judith: when it comes to your rights and entitlements at work, NSWNA assistant general secretary Judith Kiejda has the answers
  by Judith Kiejda
• A Nuts-and-Bolts Approach to Teaching Nursing 3d ed