YES YES YES YES you can join QNU!!!! I have attempted to ensure QNU Councillors are aware/educated that there are midwives who are not nurses practicing in QLD. You are not the first midwife to do so and some have been practicing for years! QNU put out an alert recently to agency staff regarding their PI insurance. Some agencies are trying to be considered as contractors not employers thereby adjudicating their employers responsibilities. QNU does not provide PI to midwives working at home births or if midwives are self employed. Recently there were reports that some city councils are setting up Nurse Immunizers as contractors. These nurses tender for a position and then are expected to get PI. They are also unable to obtain PI in order to contract for the work and are presently working uncovered and unable to have QNU PI as they are self-employed.
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