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	"author_name": "End unpaid placements for nursing and midwifery students",
	"author_url": "https://actionnetwork.org/groups/end-unpaid-placements-for-nursing-and-midwifery-students",
	"title": "It&#x27;s time to end placement poverty. ",
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	"description": "Support our future workforce of nurses and midwives studying at universities. Sign this petition to persuade the Australian Government that students studying nursing and midwifery need to receive government wage subsidies while they are on clinical placement because the cost burden is so great. Why is this important? Nursing and midwifery students are required to complete over 800 hours of unpaid placement in hospitals, aged care facilities and community health facilities. Many students are often allocated clinical placements that are a significant distance from their home, and some are allocated regional placements across the state. In these circumstances, students are not only working unpaid, but are also required to fund their own travel and accommodation as well as loss of wages from their regular job whilst on placement. These unpaid placements make it really challenging to juggle jobs, cover their everyday expenses like rent, food, or transport, and keep up to date with their studies, all whilst fitting in large blocks of unpaid placement (sometimes up to 8 weeks long). This is known as &#x27;placement poverty&#x27;. About 70% of students who are enrolled in a nursing degree indicate that they are under financial hardship because of clinical placements. Placement poverty can force students to drop out of their course due to the sheer financial burden of attending mandatory placements, ultimately reducing the number of nurses and midwives entering our already diminishing workforce. The impact of unpaid placements also unfairly impacts those who have family or caring responsibilities, are from a regional and rural background, international students and students from marginalised communities. Recently, the Australian Universities Accord report made detailed recommendations to the Australian Government to work with higher education providers and employers to introduce payment for unpaid placements, including government financial support for placements in the areas of nursing, care and teaching to tackle placement poverty. The NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association strongly encourages this reform to be actioned as soon as possible. Ending placement poverty is a critical step forward to encourage more students to enter the nursing and midwifery professions. Join the NSWNMA to demand that the Australian Government commit to these recommendations!",
	"url": "https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/its-time-to-end-placement-poverty"
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