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    <title>NPAA News</title>
    <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news</link>
    <description>Recent news from the NPAA community. Follow to stay up-to-date on everything that matters to Australian Nurses.</description>
    <language>en</language>
    <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:24:29 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:date>2026-10-19T01:24:29Z</dc:date>
    <dc:language>en</dc:language>
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      <title>NPAA submission: Review of the Codes of conduct for nurses and midwives</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/npaa-submission-review-of-the-codes-of-conduct-for-nurses-and-midwives</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/npaa-submission-review-of-the-codes-of-conduct-for-nurses-and-midwives" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/NPAA/npaa-coc-featured-banner.jpg" alt="NPAA submission on the Codes of conduct for nurses and midwives" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Nurses and midwives want a code of conduct that protects patients. That means clear clinical and ethical standards, and the freedom to use professional judgement and speak up when something is unsafe.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/npaa-submission-review-of-the-codes-of-conduct-for-nurses-and-midwives" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/NPAA/npaa-coc-featured-banner.jpg" alt="NPAA submission on the Codes of conduct for nurses and midwives" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Nurses and midwives want a code of conduct that protects patients. That means clear clinical and ethical standards, and the freedom to use professional judgement and speak up when something is unsafe.&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=8630368&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npaa.asn.au%2Fnews%2Fnpaa-submission-review-of-the-codes-of-conduct-for-nurses-and-midwives&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.npaa.asn.au%252Fnews&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2026 01:24:29 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/npaa-submission-review-of-the-codes-of-conduct-for-nurses-and-midwives</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-10-19T01:24:29Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>NPAA</dc:creator>
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      <title>What’s Changing for Nurses and Midwives Across Australia</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/whats-changing-for-nurses-and-midwives-across-australia</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/whats-changing-for-nurses-and-midwives-across-australia" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/AaEeA-uQ4DIJzkkKdvTAkA-AaEeA-uQwFvxbPjSF83qDQ.jpg" alt="What’s Changing for Nurses and Midwives Across Australia" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/whats-changing-for-nurses-and-midwives-across-australia" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/AaEeA-uQ4DIJzkkKdvTAkA-AaEeA-uQwFvxbPjSF83qDQ.jpg" alt="What’s Changing for Nurses and Midwives Across Australia" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=8630368&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npaa.asn.au%2Fnews%2Fwhats-changing-for-nurses-and-midwives-across-australia&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.npaa.asn.au%252Fnews&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>Nursing and Midwifery</category>
      <category>Workplace Safety</category>
      <category>Nurses &amp; Midwives</category>
      <pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 01:15:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/whats-changing-for-nurses-and-midwives-across-australia</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-10-09T01:15:59Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>NPAA</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>Your voice is in the room.</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/your-voice-is-in-the-room</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/your-voice-is-in-the-room" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/kara%20aged%20care.png" alt="Your voice is in the room." class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;What NPAA has done on your behalf in aged care:&amp;nbsp;March to September 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/your-voice-is-in-the-room" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/kara%20aged%20care.png" alt="Your voice is in the room." class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.2; text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: #000000;"&gt;What NPAA has done on your behalf in aged care:&amp;nbsp;March to September 2026&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=8630368&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npaa.asn.au%2Fnews%2Fyour-voice-is-in-the-room&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.npaa.asn.au%252Fnews&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>Nursing and Midwifery</category>
      <category>Workplace Safety</category>
      <category>Nurses &amp; Midwives</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:05:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/your-voice-is-in-the-room</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-09-22T00:05:02Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>NPAA</dc:creator>
    </item>
    <item>
      <title>Victorian occupational violence: our campaign, and who has answered</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/victorian-occupational-violence-our-campaign-and-who-has-answered</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/victorian-occupational-violence-our-campaign-and-who-has-answered" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/NPAA%20Victorian%20Occupational%20Violence%20Campaign.png" alt="Victorian occupational violence: our campaign, and who has answered" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;One word in the law&lt;/h2&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/victorian-occupational-violence-our-campaign-and-who-has-answered" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/NPAA%20Victorian%20Occupational%20Violence%20Campaign.png" alt="Victorian occupational violence: our campaign, and who has answered" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;One word in the law&lt;/h2&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=8630368&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npaa.asn.au%2Fnews%2Fvictorian-occupational-violence-our-campaign-and-who-has-answered&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.npaa.asn.au%252Fnews&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>Nursing and Midwifery</category>
      <category>Workplace Safety</category>
      <category>Nurses &amp; Midwives</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 06:06:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/victorian-occupational-violence-our-campaign-and-who-has-answered</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-09-17T06:06:04Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>NPAA</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>TPCH Admits Its ICU Memo "Could Have Been Conveyed Differently”</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/tpch-admits-its-icu-memo-could-have-been-conveyed-differently</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/tpch-admits-its-icu-memo-could-have-been-conveyed-differently" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/kara%20TPCH%20prince%20charles%20hospital%20qld.png" alt="TPCH Admits Its ICU Memo &amp;quot;Could Have Been Conveyed Differently”" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NPAA has secured the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/the-prince-charles-hospital-boss-threatened-to-scrap-icu-nurses-12hour-shifts-over-sick-leave/news-story/dec56ca9cb0a65bc1ae3f6a663517f4b" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;withdrawal of a memo that threatened to end 12-hour shifts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; in the TPCH Intensive Care Unit, after members raised serious concerns about staffing, skill mix and patient safety.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/tpch-admits-its-icu-memo-could-have-been-conveyed-differently" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/kara%20TPCH%20prince%20charles%20hospital%20qld.png" alt="TPCH Admits Its ICU Memo &amp;quot;Could Have Been Conveyed Differently”" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;span&gt;NPAA has secured the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/the-prince-charles-hospital-boss-threatened-to-scrap-icu-nurses-12hour-shifts-over-sick-leave/news-story/dec56ca9cb0a65bc1ae3f6a663517f4b" style="font-weight: normal;"&gt;withdrawal of a memo that threatened to end 12-hour shifts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt; in the TPCH Intensive Care Unit, after members raised serious concerns about staffing, skill mix and patient safety.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=8630368&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npaa.asn.au%2Fnews%2Ftpch-admits-its-icu-memo-could-have-been-conveyed-differently&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.npaa.asn.au%252Fnews&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>Nursing and Midwifery</category>
      <category>Workplace Safety</category>
      <category>Nurses &amp; Midwives</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:28:14 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/tpch-admits-its-icu-memo-could-have-been-conveyed-differently</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-09-17T04:28:14Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>NPAA</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>You Don't Fill a Bath With the Plug Out</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/you-dont-fill-a-bath-with-the-plug-out</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/you-dont-fill-a-bath-with-the-plug-out" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/understaffing.png" alt="You Don't Fill a Bath With the Plug Out" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Queensland has lost nearly 11,000 nurses in five years. New figures show the exodus is getting worse, not better.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/you-dont-fill-a-bath-with-the-plug-out" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/understaffing.png" alt="You Don't Fill a Bath With the Plug Out" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p style="line-height: 1.5; font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Queensland has lost nearly 11,000 nurses in five years. New figures show the exodus is getting worse, not better.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=8630368&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npaa.asn.au%2Fnews%2Fyou-dont-fill-a-bath-with-the-plug-out&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.npaa.asn.au%252Fnews&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>Nurses</category>
      <category>Nurses &amp; Midwives</category>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2026 04:19:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/you-dont-fill-a-bath-with-the-plug-out</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-09-15T04:19:42Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>NPAA</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>Flexible Work Options for Nurses: Guide to Beating Burnout</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/flexible-work-options-for-nurses-guide-to-beating-burnout-gate</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/flexible-work-options-for-nurses-guide-to-beating-burnout-gate" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/New%20Blog%20Banner%20(10)-3.png" alt="Flexible Work Options for Nurses: Guide to Beating Burnout" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What Every Nurse Needs to Know About Flexible Work &amp;amp; Burnout Recovery&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/flexible-work-options-for-nurses-guide-to-beating-burnout-gate" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/New%20Blog%20Banner%20(10)-3.png" alt="Flexible Work Options for Nurses: Guide to Beating Burnout" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;What Every Nurse Needs to Know About Flexible Work &amp;amp; Burnout Recovery&lt;/p&gt;  
&lt;img src="https://track.hubspot.com/__ptq.gif?a=8630368&amp;amp;k=14&amp;amp;r=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.npaa.asn.au%2Fnews%2Fflexible-work-options-for-nurses-guide-to-beating-burnout-gate&amp;amp;bu=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.npaa.asn.au%252Fnews&amp;amp;bvt=rss" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="min-height:1px!important;width:1px!important;border-width:0!important;margin-top:0!important;margin-bottom:0!important;margin-right:0!important;margin-left:0!important;padding-top:0!important;padding-bottom:0!important;padding-right:0!important;padding-left:0!important; "&gt;</content:encoded>
      <category>Staff Ratios</category>
      <category>Nurse Support</category>
      <category>Advocacy</category>
      <category>FWA</category>
      <category>nurses union</category>
      <category>rostering</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:06:42 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/flexible-work-options-for-nurses-guide-to-beating-burnout-gate</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-09-14T06:06:42Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>NPAA</dc:creator>
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    <item>
      <title>Across the Bargaining Table: September Nurse EBA Updates</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/across-the-bargaining-table-september-nurse-eba-updates</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/across-the-bargaining-table-september-nurse-eba-updates" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/social-drafts/eba_post.png" alt="Across the Bargaining Table: September Nurse EBA Updates" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; NPAA is currently involved in 11 nursing enterprise agreements across Australia, representing members and ensuring nurses have a direct voice at the bargaining table.&amp;nbsp; Enterprise bargaining shapes the pay, conditions and protections nurses rely on at work. Here’s where negotiations currently stand across the country.</description>
      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/across-the-bargaining-table-september-nurse-eba-updates" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/social-drafts/eba_post.png" alt="Across the Bargaining Table: September Nurse EBA Updates" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
&lt;/div&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; NPAA is currently involved in 11 nursing enterprise agreements across Australia, representing members and ensuring nurses have a direct voice at the bargaining table.&amp;nbsp; Enterprise bargaining shapes the pay, conditions and protections nurses rely on at work. Here’s where negotiations currently stand across the country.  
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      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 05:33:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2026-09-10T05:33:13Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Prisoner Patients on Princess Alexandra Hospital Wards: Nurses Raise the Alarm</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/prisoner-patients-on-princess-alexandra-hospital-wards-nurses-raise-the-alarm</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
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      <category>Media Release</category>
      <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:41:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/prisoner-patients-on-princess-alexandra-hospital-wards-nurses-raise-the-alarm</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-09-10T03:41:27Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>Kara Thomas</dc:creator>
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      <title>Queensland's Hospital System is on the Brink, and Nurses are Paying the Price</title>
      <link>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/queenslands-hospital-system-is-on-the-brink</link>
      <description>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
 &lt;a href="https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/queenslands-hospital-system-is-on-the-brink" title="" class="hs-featured-image-link"&gt; &lt;img src="https://www.npaa.asn.au/hubfs/blog-images/Atherton-Cairns%20Image.png" alt="Atherton and Cairns hospitals" class="hs-featured-image" style="width:auto !important; max-width:50%; float:left; margin:0 15px 15px 0;"&gt; &lt;/a&gt; 
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      <content:encoded>&lt;div class="hs-featured-image-wrapper"&gt; 
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      <category>Nurse Safety</category>
      <category>Media Release</category>
      <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 02:59:59 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://www.npaa.asn.au/news/queenslands-hospital-system-is-on-the-brink</guid>
      <dc:date>2026-09-07T02:59:59Z</dc:date>
      <dc:creator>NPAA</dc:creator>
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