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Articles in June, 2008 issue of Lamp, The

• Mental health nurses forum
• Nurses, Our shining light: in a moving dawn vigil on International Nurses Day, nurses gathered to commemorate the heroine of modern nursing, Florence Nightingale, and the commitment of nurses across NSW—a dedication that deserves reward and recogniti
• Don't take nurses for granted, Mr Iemma: the Rudd Government has kept its election promise and ploughed much needed funds into public health. It's now up to the Iemma Government to meet its responsibilities and act to keep nurses in the system
  by Brett Holmes
• Burma cyclone relief appeal
• Warning! 33 workplaces without local branch representation
• Real Nursing English —A Western Healthcare Language and Communication Guide for Chinese Nurses
• Work bans at Grafton
• Community and nurse in step over pay and conditions: www.saveournurses.com.au has been inundated with messages of support from nurses and the public for our campaign to improve the pay and conditions of NSW nurses and midwives. As The Lamp went to print,
• Back pay bonanza
  by Galetea Price
• Concord security under scrutiny
• Basic computer skills for nurses
• NSW Government fails nurses: three months after presenting our claim for improved pay and conditions for public health nurses and midwives to NSW Health, and 20 working days before the expiry of our current agreement, NSW nurses are still waiting for an o
• Fireys fined for speeding to blazes
• Unfinished sky: a gripping drama that keeps you on the edge of your seat and tugs at your heart. Top entertainment, says Elizabeth Joyce
  by Elizabeth Joyce
• Drug and alcohol nurse ahead of her time: Margaret Cluff 15 November 1942-21 December 2007
  by Karen Scrivener
• Bans aim to stop emergency mayhem: staff assaulted as ED fills with psychiatric patients
• Cyberspace beams support for nurses: moving tributes and deep concerns on saveournurses.com.au
• All the way with a UCA!
  by Inge Williams
• 2.5% won't touch the sides
• Life in a Hospice: Reflections on Caring for the Dying
• 10 questions for the Dalai Lama: an interesting travelogue and polemic on religion and politics
  by Cheryl Thompson
• Do you work in a private hospital? If you do, the association needs you!
• Diary dates
• NSW's first direct entry midwives graduate
• Ex-pollie empathises with nurses
• The day of the nightingale spirit
• Appropriate workplace behaviour
• Nurses campaign for fair pay
• Graceful retirement, with entitlements, please
  by Marion Beggs
• Legal and professional issues for nurses
• Spiders shut down hospital
• Understanding Patient Safety
• Mosby's Pocket Guide to Cultural Health Assessment
• Spotlight on health at 2020: there were some interesting and innovative ideas about health raised at Kevin Rudd's 2020 Summit but workforce issues and the way health is funded remain key problems to be addressed
• Critical nurse shortages at Wagga Wagga: IR Commission demands urgent action to address nurse shortages
• Public support
  by Roslyn Davis
• Not so super for women: a shorter time in the workforce and lower wages means many women reach the end of their working lives with inadequate retirement savings
• All-In-One Care Planning Resource: Medical-Surgical, Pediatric, Maternity and Psychiatric Nursing Care Plans
• Reminiscing at Bellingen
  by Val Sims
• Health care solutions: physician assistants and nurse practitioners
  by Rhonda Jolly
• More scholarships for nurses
• Life in His Hands: The True Story of a Neurosurgeon and a Pianist
• Motion on immigration detention
  by Stephen Langford
• WorkChoices bites Lib candidate twice
• Senior RNs need better recognition