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Articles in May, 2009 issue of Lamp, The

• NSWNA welcomes stronger clinical leadership role: the NSWNA welcomes the State Government's decision to beef up the clinical leadership role of Nursing and Midwifery Unit Managers
  by Brett Holmes
• Inadequate follow-up training for EENs
  by Sean Bent
• Let down by NMB
  by Del Hayden
• Research on hospital play therapy
  by Christine Zuvela
• Thanks NSWNA!
  by Michele Selby
• More recognition for specialist practice nurses
  by Jan Riley
• Nurses fear losing control of Nightingale Museum
• Planned op theatres 'too small'
• WA nurses miss out on assault protection law
• Panic button phones for nurses
• Obama loves nurses
• Call for improved eating disorder treatment
• Union membership on the rise
• Colour-coded uniforms for UK nurses
• UK's RCN to adopt official position on assisted dying
• US hospital trial of handwashing monitor
• Your rights at work restored: the Rudd Government's new IR system junks WorkChoices and restores your rights at work
• New nursing award
• Workplace rights good for the economy: leading American economists say better workplace rights should be an integral part of any economic recovery package
• Liberals still wedded to WorkChoices: fair workplace laws restored despite Liberal Party resistance
• Government responds to Garling: the NSW Government has taken on most of the recommendations of the Garling Special Inquiry into public hospitals. Now we need political and bureaucratic willingness to see these reforms through
• MPs rebel against own government
• Nurses hit by secret jail eviction: sudden mass transfer flouts directives on consultation
• Ask Judith: NSWNA assistant General Secretary Judith Kiejda answers your questions on the new fair work legislation and the new modern award
  by Judith Kiejda
• You and the new work laws: Australia gets new workplace laws from 1 July this year when the Labor Government's Fair Work Bill comes into effect. It will bury John Howard's unfair WorkChoices and restore your rights in the workplace. And it will create a n
• Coonamble fights merger: protest forces GWAHS backdown on merging manager positions
• Frantic ED night shift 'satisfying', says Health Dept: in its case against the NSWNA's claim for increased night shift penalty rates, NSW Health has said increased penalties would be too expensive and change is unnecessary because everything is working ok
• Aged care group investigated for poor care: a Government investigation of serious breaches of care by BCP Health and Aged Care group reinforces the ANF's national campaign calling for drastic reform of aged care
• Don't risk second hand safety: all nurses needed for new OHS campaign
• Summary of NSWNA Financial Report for the year ended 31 December 2008
• Judith appointed to executive of Unions NSW: NSWNA Assistant General Secretary elected Vice President of Union NSW
• NSWNA branch news: NSWNA members across NSW have been active this month building their union and working to protect nurses' rights
• What just happened: a wickedly-funny drama that satirises Hollywood, showing it to be a venal sinkhole of arrogance
  by Elizabeth Fisher
• Is anybody there? A quirky, moving film that will especially appeal to nurses and our quirky humour
  by O'Bray Smith
• One of our finest nurses: Lynette Clare Taylor 7 June 1956-20 February 2009
  by Kathy Baker
• Medical Microbiology
  by Jeannette Bromfield
• Merck Manual of Patient Symptoms: A Concise, Practical Guide to Etiology, Evaluation, and Treatment
  by Jeannette Bromfield
• Wong's Essentials of Pediatric Nursing: Clinical Companion
  by Jeannette Bromfield
• Human Centered Nursing: The Foundation of Quality Care
  by Jeannette Bromfield
• Australia and New Zealand Nursing and Midwifery Drug Handbook
  by Jeannette Bromfield
• Midwife on a Mission
  by Jeannette Bromfield
• Diary dates
• Private jails risk to nurse safety: union joins community opposition to privatisation