Engaging with your local MP (Member of Parliament) is a powerful way to ensure the knowledge, experience and expertise of nurses shapes the direction of health care in Australia. You can help politicians recognise the vital role nurses play in the health system, harnessing their collective voice to influence Australia’s health policies for generations to…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) in collaboration with the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency) are hosting two introductory CPD accredited My Health Record webinars to support the critical role nurses play in delivering coordinated health care to patients. The webinars will address what My Health Record is, why we need it and when…
October 13 is World Thrombosis Day (WTD), observed every year on the birthday of the German physician, biologist and anthropologist Rudolf Virchow, the man credited with being the ‘father of modern pathology’ who pioneered the pathophysiology of thrombosis. WTD is dedicated to raising more awareness about the often-misunderstood condition of thrombosis, and so this year,…
The Australian College of Nursing (ACN) Mid-Career Nurse Leadership Program provides nurses who are passionate about advancing their careers with the skills to lead change in the nursing profession. Participants are supported through personal development, career coaching and learning sets. The program’s inaugural participants undertook a five-day intensive course in Canberra in June 2019 and…